The best poker quotes | Poker Bonus Club Marawa

In the history of poker there have been many colourful characters. Of course this made for some great quotes. We collected some of the best (in no particular order). Feel free to add a good one in the comments!

“The objective of poker, is to keep hold of as many chips as you can, for as long as you can, until Phil Ivey takes them off you” – Doyle Brunson

“I thought you had pocket kings ” – Jennifer Tilly after checking down turn and river with jacks full of kings. See video.

“I can dodge bullets, baby!” – Phil Hellmuth to his wife at the World Series of Poker

“You can shear a sheep many times, but you can skin it only once.” – Amarillo Slim

“Just play every hand, you can’t miss them all.” – Sammy Farha

“Gamble!!!” – Motoyuki Mabuchi after going all with Quads Aces (and losing ). See video.

“The next best thing to gambling and winning is gambling and losing.” – Nick ‘The Greek’ Dandalos

“The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius.” – Big Julie

“9 ball corner pocket!” – David ‘Viffer’ Peat after beating Phil Hellmuth’s Ace-King. See video (highly entertaining).

PHILHELLMUTH: what a sucker
PHILHELLMUTH: plqys every single pot
PHILHELLMUTH: and pays off like a slot machine
HOSS_TBF: I do indeed see similarities between my play and the workings of a slot machine

“Sometimes you’ll miss a bet, sure, but it’s OK to miss a bet. Poker is an art form, of course, but sometimes you have to sacrifice art in favour of making a profit.” – Mike Caro

“Click a mouse, lose a house” – Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan