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Related Quotes Gambling Money Risk Games Las Vegas The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius. Julius 'Big Julie' Weintraub If, after the first twenty minutes, you don't know who the sucker at the table is, it's you. David Levien and Brian Koppelman, Rounders. If you’re looking for Inspirational Poker Quotes, then you have come to the right place. I’ll share 25 top Poker Quotes from the Best and Professional Poker Players. Everyone has something to say. And a lot has been spoken about poker. Many think that poker is based on Luck rather than Skill. Many will disagree. Also, many will agree with this. The Best Poker Quotes. If There Weren’t Luck Involved, I Would Win Every Time. Phil Hellmuth gave birth to one of the best poker quotes, if not the best poker quote of the modern era. The American poker legend and 15-time WSOP bracelet winner has always had a way with words. Who could forget when he said, “I can dodge bullets.

Everyone needs a motivational boost from time to time, and especially before you go for a game of poker. While these poker quotes may not help you get better at poker or share a new strategy, they are sure to get you all cheered up for your next game.

In the game of poker, everyone has something to say, and we could have added countless quotes to this list. But, some of these quotes left an everlasting impression even after decades, and some just spur the moment interactions that will be revisited for the generations to come. So, we at Academy52 bring you some of the best poker quotes ever said, and you let us know if you get motivated or not after reading those.

If There Weren’t Luck Involved, I Would Win Every Time

Phil Hellmuth gave birth to one of the best poker quotes, if not the best poker quote of the modern era. The American poker legend and 15-time WSOP bracelet winner has always had a way with words. Who could forget when he said, “I can dodge bullets, baby!”. But the quote in question brings out the sorrow of most poker players. While poker is a game of skill, it is luck that sometimes tips the scales in someone’s favour. Luck is the reason Phil couldn’t win every game, and it is the reason we see an amateur take it all now and then.

If You Can’t Spot The Sucker In Your First Half-Hour At The Table, Then You Are The Sucker

Remember that Matt Damon, Edward Norton and Gretchen Mol movie Rounders? The one with the loan shark, endless poker sessions and a lot more. Yes, that one! That movie gave one of the most inspiring poker quotes of all time to the world, and even after two decades, people still remember it. Now, this quote has been said by a lot of people, with a lot of different variations, at a lot of different places. But the essence remains the same. This quote gave birth to a whole new generation of poker players, many of whom started playing just because they loved Matt Damon’s character in the movie.

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There Is More To Poker Than Life

If you are a poker player, this goes right up in the book of poker inspirational quotes. But just to be sure you didn’t read it wrong, just have a look at the quote again. This was said by Tom McEvoy, the poker veteran who took the top spot at the 1983 WSOP main event. Why is this quote important you ask? This quote sums up the average poker player’s experience, who allow the game to take over their life completely.

It’s Not Whether You Won Or Lost, But How Many Bad Beat Stories You Were Able To Tell

Chances are, you haven’t heard this quote. This is because the one who said it passed over half a century ago. Still, this quote by late American sportswriter Grantland Rice is one for the ages. This quote quantifies the fact that most of us won’t have impressive numbers to show in poker. In fact, the average poker player loses more than he wins. But what poker gives a player is the leave the table with a story or two to remember.

Money Won Is Twice As Sweet As Money Earned

‘The Color Of Money’ is a sports-drama film released in the 1980s. It’s not a poker movie, and it is as far from cards as it can be. The movie is about the game of pool, but a quote by late actor Paul Newman has encompassed all sport, especially the one that involves direct money. While earning money is one way to get rich, it is the easy way out. Winning money, on the other hand, is where the fun lies. Therefore, as one of the best poker quotes suggests, the money you win is sweeter than the money you earn, because of the risks, thrill and excitement.

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Well, there you have it. These are some of the best poker quotes ever said. They may be on or around a poker table, or in a movie, but they perfectly sum up the heart and soul of a poker player. Which quote do you think is the best? Let us know in the comments.
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The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius. ~Julius 'Big Julie' Weintraub
If, after the first twenty minutes, you don't know who the sucker at the table is, it's you. ~David Levien and Brian Koppelman, Rounders
I stayed up one night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died. ~Steven Wright, A Steven Wright Special, 1985, stevenwright.com
Is it a reasonable thing, I ask you, for a grown man to run about and hit a ball? Poker's the only game fit for a grown man. Then, your hand is against every man's, and every man's is against yours. Teamwork? Who ever made a fortune by teamwork? There's only one way to make a fortune, and that's to down the fellow who's up against you. ~W. Somerset Maugham
[Poker] exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great. ~Walter Matthau
Your best chance to get a Royal Flush in a casino is in the bathroom. ~V.P. Pappy
The commonest mistake in history is underestimating your opponent; it happens at the poker table all the time. ~David Shoup
I must complain the cards are ill shuffled till I have a good hand. ~Jonathan Swift
'How long does it take to learn poker, Dad?'
'All your life, son.'
~Michael Pertwee
Poker: the art of civilized bushwhacking. ~Nick Dandalos, attributed
Poker is the game closest to the western conception of life, where life and thought are recognized as intimately combined, where free will prevails over philosophies of fate or of chance, where men are considered moral agents and where — at least in the short run — the important thing is not what happens but what people think happens. ~John Luckacs
Cards are war, in disguise of a sport. ~Charles Lamb
In a game of poker, I can put the players' souls in my pocket. ~Beausourire
I believe in poker the way I believe in the American Dream. Poker is good for you. It enriches the soul, sharpens the intellect, heals the spirit, and — when played well, nourishes the wallet. ~Lou Krieger
Poker, n. A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer unknown. ~Ambrose Bierce
Poker is... a fascinating, wonderful, intricate adventure on the high seas of human nature. ~David A. Daniel
Poker's a day to learn and a lifetime to master. ~Robert Williamson III
Whether he likes it or not, a man’s character is stripped at the poker table; if the other players read him better than he does, he has only himself to blame. Unless he is both able and prepared to see himself as others do, flaws and all, he will be a loser in cards, as in life. ~Anthony Holden
With spots quadrangular of diamond form,
Ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife,
And spades, the emblems of untimely graves.
~William Cowper
The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent. ~David Mamet
Poker is a microcosm of all we admire and disdain about capitalism and democracy. It can be rough-hewn or polished, warm or cold, charitable and caring, or hard and impersonal, fickle and elusive, but ultimately it is fair, and right, and just. ~Lou Krieger
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead. ~Jackie Robinson
Poker is to cards and games what jazz is to music. It's this great American thing, born and bred here. We dig it because everybody can play. ~Steve Lipscomb
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e., everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time. ~Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens, 1991
Hold'em — like life itself — has its defining moment. It's the flop. When you see the flop, you're looking at 71 percent of your hand, and the cost is only a single round of betting. ~Lou Krieger
[Poker is] as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find outside an advertising agency. ~Raymond Chandler
You have it in your power to turn a bad-beat around simply by realizing this simple truth: The more bad beats you encounter, the luckier you are. It's a sign that you are playing against opponents who continually take the worst of it, and if you can't beat someone who always takes the worst of it, you can't beat anyone. ~Lou Krieger
Old card players never die, they just shuffle away. ~Author Unknown
Industry executives and analysts often mistakenly talk about strategy as if it were some kind of chess match. But in chess, you have just two opponents, each with identical resources, and with luck playing a minimal role. The real world is much more like a poker game, with multiple players trying to make the best of whatever hand fortune has dealt them. In our industry, Bill Gates owns the table until someone proves otherwise. ~David Moschella
Most of the money you'll win at poker comes not from the brilliance of your own play, but from the ineptitude of your opponents. ~Lou Krieger
In life's poker game, the optimist sees the pessimist's night and raises him the sunrise. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
I've often thought, if I got really hungry for a good milk shake, how much would I pay for one? People will pay a hundred dollars for a bottle of wine; to me that's not worth it. But I'm not going to say it is foolish or wrong to spend that kind of money, if that's what you want. So if a guy wants to bet twenty or thirty thousand dollars in a poker game, that is his privilege. ~Jack Binion
There's opportunity in poker.... If Horace Greeley were alive today, his advice wouldn't be 'Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.' Instead, he'd point to that deck of cards on table and say, 'Shuffle up and deal.' ~Lou Krieger

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