Poker Playing Quotes (124 Quotes)

Joe's blue eyes turned a little watery; he rubbed first one of them, and then the other, in a most uncongenial and uncomfortable manner, with the round knob on the top of the poker.

Years later, when Baker learned that Gaye had been killed by his father, he thought back to the last time he saw Gaye. He was in bad shape, just...detached, ... going to a drive-in, or sit around playing poker, or chase girls, or let them chase us.

It's like playing a game of poker and, if you lose the hand, saying, 'Let's negotiate the pie.' It doesn't work that way. You lose the hand, you pay the money, then you go on to the next hand.

The cost of settling private class action securities fraud litigation continues to rise. The price of poker is going up.

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

A. J. and I were about as competitive as two people can be. Actually, competitive is a big understatement. It could be in golf, poker, basketball - we just compete. That's a big reason why we both have done so well in competitive situations. It's a huge part of us.

To be made to hold his tongue is the greatest insult you can offer him -- though he might be ready with a poker to make you hold yours.

Abruptly the poker of memory stirs the ashes of recollection and uncovers a forgotten ember, still smoldering down there, still hot, still glowing, still red as red.

To use a poker analogy, if the deck is a bit stacked against you, spread the deck on the table and let everyone see the cards,

I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12.

No, that's poker. To win, you've gotta get damned lucky.

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.

I can never have a poker face. Anybody looking at me can tell exactly what I'm thinking.

The good players and quirky personalities are certainly out there. It's like the 'World Series of Poker' -- no one would have thought that people want to watch a bunch of people sitting around a table playing cards, but it has become very popular.

At the college and university level, poker is pretty much the hottest thing going.

College students around the world are telling us how much they love Absolute Poker's free 'Win Your Tuition' tournament. For no money down, these up-and-coming poker players can experience the excitement of participating in a global, interactive event, which is now bigger than the World Series of Poker (WSOP), for a shot at winning the grand prize of one semester's tuition and other awesome prizes.

I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head.

New blood coming into poker is good for everybody. It is good for the industry, good for casinos and the players on the tour. We're seeing a lot of young guys win and there is a lot of money out there.

It is with great excitement that we welcome Erica to the MANSION team. MANSION is thrilled to endorse a player with Ericas obvious talents and skills that extend far beyond the poker table, and we look forward to developing a successful partnership with her.

Bluff is a nice word for lying. The cards are going to even out in the end. In poker, the one who lies the best wins.

Video poker is contrary to the rule of thumb that you shouldn't play machine games. That's because there's so much competition in video poker and some of the pay schedules get so juicy, that if you know what you are going, you can actually play with an advantage over the casinos.

I worked on my elbow and I learned how to play poker. That was all I did. I didn't want to watch games on television because it was too painful. I missed pitching.

POKER, n. A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer unknown.

There's never been a debate about poker and whether poker should even be part of this legislation because of its status, at least in our minds, as a game of skill. I don't want Washington or America waking up with a hangover the day after this thing gets passed where Washington (says) 'What did we do' and 70 million people in the country (say) 'What They took away my poker' I just think it's time that poker be part of the debate here.

DD Tournament Poker is a great game for introducing people to the world of Texas Hold'em poker, ... One of the biggest challenges for new players is to learn the game at their own pace without risking any money. DD Tournament Poker solves this problem by allowing novice and intermediate players to play against savvy computer opponents and to develop a solid understanding of the game before venturing into cash games.

I love playing on HollywoodPoker.com. I am a huge fan of the World Poker Tour and I could not be more psyched to represent Hollywood Poker.

Jacobs also has assembled a great editorial staff to drive towards the goal of becoming the predominant poker magazine. We will give poker-playing readers the news, interviews, and features they want, ... Our Editor-in-Chief Lou Krieger, himself a poker pro, is the author of a number of books on the subject of poker. And our Managing Editor Cynthia MacGregor, who has authored 50 books, brings over 20 years of magazine editing experience to her work on PokerPro. Between these two, we feel we have the editorial staff to take PokerPro to prominence in the poker magazine community.

In helping to grow the poker industry as a whole and to bring more exposure to the stars of poker, the players -- the Player of the Year Awards Show will further cement poker's prominence in the mainstream -- and Bodog.com is proud to be the gala's exclusive sponsor.

The growth of Poker in the United States has been phenomenal, to the point that it no longer surprises fans to see celebrities from film get involved in these events. Obviously, few people expect the movie stars to actually win a tournament like this, but it would be very exciting to see someone like Affleck at the final table playing the likes of Gus Hansen.

Poker Night Live will give online players the rare opportunity to showcase their poker skills on live television. River Belle is the ultimate entertainment portal and we are very excited to share it with the Canadian market.

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.

If that were the case, then why did you bring the appeal ... Why did you carry it through It's like playing a game of poker and if you lose the hand, saying well, let's negotiate the pie.

Poker is both math and instinct, and CEOs understand the bottom line and the odds. But knowing the numbers is not enough, they have to know how to read people, something they do every day in the boardroom.

For the past 18 years, Card Player has remained the go-to source for everything poker, ... As a longtime Card Player fan and writer, I am very excited to assume a larger role with the perennial leader in the poker industry.

We made it very clear throughout the IPO process that we would stick to the knitting and concentrate on our core product, i.e. poker, in our core market, the United States and that is something that absolutely we are doing,

Life is like a game of poker If you don't put any in the pot, there won't be any to take out.

Fueled by a poker craze, the growth of broadband, and television coverage, online gambling is quickly moving to the mainstream.

Poker is an endurance sport and we have just made it harder, no one can doubt that playing poker in subzero temperatures, with very little light, requires the utmost concentration, patience and mental stamina.

To win a gold bracelet in Vegas at the World Series of Poker. Or to become a professional bass fisherman.

This event has special qualities that have enabled it to rise in the poker landscape and establish a uniqueness that the public can embrace. The head-to-head confrontation between players, who are now legitimate stars, provides compelling competition for players and makes for entertaining television.

Wild Jack made a conscious decision to make the final table open only to feeder satellite winners. For as little as 11 or 22, a player will win a poker trip worth over 3,000. And with nominal buy-in fees, we plan on seeing a lot of our regulars, as well as newcomers who find poker boot camps appealing.

I'm absolutely gonna win it, because I'm ruthless. I sit at the poker table and my job is to destroy people.

We're one of the fastest growing poker sites on the web today and we're really excited about dealing over 300 million hands to our players. We're pretty passionate about ensuring our players have the best possible experience when they're playing online at AbsolutePoker.com so we've recently given them the option to easily customize their tables and we've also made some back-end technical improvements.

Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.

I absolutely love poker, ... It's the perfect game. ... The perfect combination of everything that I love it's math, psychology, competition, money ...

World Series of Poker fans around the world can now experience our unique blend of thrills and excitement on their mobile phone. These products are official, authentic, and -- like our tournament -- the real deal.

This has been a shock. Poker isn't dead, but the talk of 45 growth now looks unrealistic.

The popularity of poker is absolutely phenomenal. It is head and shoulders over other types of college gambling.

Malmuth thinks the fever for poker will subside yet the sport will still maintain a higher temperature than it did a few years ago. He points to the generation coming of age, and into the workplace, picking up the green-felt virus in college. They're not interested in drugs anymore, ... but they want to play poker.

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