Poker Quotes

I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table.

Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy.

I used to sports gamble a lot and I was getting killed on that but then I found poker and really enjoyed it. But it was a hobby more than anything else. I played it every day but only on pretty small stakes.

Never in a million years did I think the sport of poker would blow up the way it did.

The competition has improved tremendously. In 2003, I could teach a guy how to play poker in an hour and he could win some money. Today, it would take days. The game has gotten so much tougher. So I will spend my time with my family and play when I can.

Air power is like poker. A second-best hand is like none at all - it will cost you dough and win you nothing.

Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

I am very driven. I work really hard, whether it's acting or my charity or even poker. When I focus on something I give it my all.

Being able to pit your wits against literally hundreds of other people is really exciting and ultimately the biggest single challenge for a poker player.

Poker is meant to be enjoyed.

Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.

If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.

The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker.

The best part about poker is there's no down side.

But I want people to understand that poker's not all glamorous, it's not all being on TV and making tons of money. It's a hard life. It's a lot of travel. It's a lot of weird hours.

Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling.

People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker.

The beautiful thing about poker is that everybody thinks they can play.

I'm the first person in my family to play poker.

Ninety percent of the hands aren't shown in a poker game.

You get steely nerves playing poker.

You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker.

Not having the online game has made it more difficult. There are a lot of young and upcoming players in poker. But you don't get to see them because TV has sort of been taken away.

When I play poker, I don't like losing the pot.

Initial feedback we got from people was that Poker could and should be a product in its own right. For us, that was definitely a case of us not seeing the forest for the trees since we are Poker nuts.

I'm not like a poker player. I'm not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I'm intending to go. My cards are always on the table.

What I know about poker, you can fit into a thimble with room left over, but I'm learning.

As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think "actor" and see some easy money.

ESPN has this problem with sports, it's impossible to fill 24 hours with sports programming so they have to resort to things like poker and arm wrestling tournaments.

I met my boyfriend, a pro poker player, at a tournament. He tried to dissuade me because it's a seedy gritty world. Listen, I've played till 4 in the morning. I've played with a half million dollars on the table.