Top 10 Texas Hold'em Poker quotes:
1. It's a business
"When we play, we must realize,
before anything else, that we are out to make money."
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2. Money talks
"Poker may be a psychological warfare, an art form or indeed a way of life,
but it also is a game, in which money is simply the means of keeping score."
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3. Mirror wisdom
"Poker teaches the observer something about his own nature.
Many bad players do not improve because they cannot bear self-knowledge."
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4. You can not have it all
"You cannot survive without that intangible quality we call heart.
The mark of a top player is not how much he wins when he is winning,
but how he handles his losses. If you win for thirty days in a row,
but on the thirty-first you have a bad night, go crazy, and throw it all away,
you certainly are not one of the best."
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5. Target backfire
"Limit poker is a science, but no-limit is an art.
In limit, you are shooting at a target. In no-limit,
the target comes alive and shoots back at you."
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6. Unknown forces
"Without any mathematical explanation, one thing is certain:
If you engage in games of chance long enough,
the experience is bound to affect the way you see God.
Successfully draw to an inside straight three hands in a row,
and you've got to be blessed, but if you're the person drawn out on,
the one whose trip aces just got snapped for the third time,
you will go home feeling cursed."
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7. Keep your cool
"The strong point in poker is never to lose your temper,
either with those you are playing with or, more particularly,
with the cards. There is no sympathy in poker.
If you lose your head, you will lose all your chips."
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8. Imbalanced play
"The real things to know, is that folks
will stand to lose more than they will to win.
That's the most important percentage there is.
If they lose, they're willing to lose everything. If they win,
they're usually satisfied to win enough to pay for dinner and a show.
The best gamblers know that."
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9. Poker face
"The cardinal sin in poker,
worse than playing bad cards,
worse even than figuring your odds correctly,
is becoming emotionally involved.
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10. Duh...
"It never hurts for potential opponents to think you're more than a little stupid
and can hardly count all the money in your hip pocket, much less hold on to it.."