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Poker, has given us more quotations than you can shake a stick at. From Hellmuth-ian outbursts to classic song Lyrics, here are the top 10 greatest poker quotes of all time:
1.“O you hate to see another tired man / lay down his hand / like he was giving up the holy game of poker” - Leonard Cohen
2.“Well, sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand.” - Cool Hand Luke.
3.“He is wham-boozled.” - Norman Chad
4.“[Someone] is going to offer to bet you that the jack of spades will jump out of this deck and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not bet him, for as sure as you do you are going to get an ear full of cider.”- Damon Runyon
5.“They forgot one thing: I can dodge bullets baby.” - Phil Hellmuth
6.“Every time you play your hand the same way you would have played it if you could see all their cards, they lose.” - David Sklansky
7.“If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half-hour at the table, then you are the sucker.” - Rounders
8.“Mister Moss, I’m gonna have to let you go.” - Nick “the Greek” Dandolos
9.“Gets down to what it’s all about, doesn’t it – making the wrong move at the right time.” - The Cincinnati Kid
10.“I’ll play any man from any land, at any game he can name, for any amount he can count – provided I like it.” - Puggy Pearson
This week, on The Ten, we’re taking a look at some of the best things ever said around a card table.
Take a look and let us know if you agree with our rankings. If you don’t, tell us which one of your favorite quotes we forgot to include.
10. There is more to poker than life. — Tom McEvoy
Wait. Go back and read that quote again. Chances are, you read it wrong the first time around. Too often, poker players get it backwards and allow the game to completely take over their lives. Here Tom McEvoy, four-time bracelet winner and 1983 WSOP main event winner, ironically captures the mindset of the average poker player.
9. 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. — Crandell Addington
The quote would have made more sense coming from a young online pro, not Crandell Addington, a guy who competed with the greats during a time when no-limit poker was rarely played. Addington finished second in the WSOP main event twice and final tabled that tournament seven times in the 1970s, making his quote look even more prophetic.
8. It’s not whether you won or lost, but how many bad beat stories you were able to tell. — Grantland Rice
The great Grantland Rice was an American sportswriter who passed away in 1954. But even back then, Rice was able to nail the true appeal of the game. The truth is that the majority of us won’t get rich playing poker. In fact, we’ll probably wind up losing everything we brought to the table in the first place, but at least we’ll be left with a story or two.
7. Trust everyone, but always cut the cards. — Benny Binion
Benny Binion was a true Las Vegas visionary who is credited with the formation of the World Series of Poker back in 1970. This is also a man who was once accused of killing a competitor and then turning the gun on himself in order to claim self defense. Amarillo Slim Preston, who you’ll hear from in the next quote, once called Binion “either the gentlest bad guy or the baddest good guy you’d ever seen.”
6. You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once. — Amarillo Slim Preston
This was the quote that preceded “don’t tap the glass.” Amarillo Slim knew that it wasn’t enough to beat a man out of his money, you had to find a way to make him come back for more.
5. Poker is a lot like sex. Everyone thinks they are the best, but most don’t have a clue what they are doing. — Dutch Boyd
What Dutch Boyd gets correct here is that most poker players are a bit delusional about their abilities. Ask a table full of average $1-$2 no-limit hold’em players who is a winning player, and somehow, all will raise their hand. They’re not lying to you, they just don’t want to face the truth. It’s really easy to forget five losing sessions and focus on the one winning session you just had.
4. If there weren’t luck involved, I would win every time. — Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth is a poker quote machine. Who could forget when he channeled his inner-Neo to say that he could dodge bullets? Still, it’s hard to ignore the poignancy of this quote. Luck is the ultimate equalizer in poker. It’s the reason why Phil Ivey doesn’t win every tournament he enters, and it’s the reason why someone like you, an average reader, can take down the main event.
3. If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker. — Matt Damon in Rounders
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This quote has been said by many people in many different ways, but for a lot of us, it’s the reason why we got into poker in the first place. Rounders fascinated us and Matt Damon’s portrayal of up-and-comer Mike McDermott had us all believing that we were the next Johnny Chan.
2. Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser — Stu Ungar
Funny Poker Quotes
Here you have just ten words, but they are ten words that say everything you need to know about the late, great Stu Ungar. The three-time WSOP main event winner despised losing and never took it well. That being said, he didn’t exactly take winning well either and overdosed just over a year after earning his fifth and final bracelet.
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1. Money won is twice as sweet as money earned. — Paul Newman in The Color of Money
If you haven’t seen the The Color of Money, you are missing out. It’s not a poker movie. Frankly, it’s not even about cards, but the quote above says it all. We’d all like to work hard and make a decent living, but the reality is that it’s way more fun to get rich “the easy way.” Of course, it’s been said that poker is hard way to earn an easy living.