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title: "24 Playing Poker Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 24 Playing Poker quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Playing Poker sayings and thoughts."
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> [I love playing poker, reading, and painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimple-kapadia/i-love-playing-poker-reading-and-painting/)

[Dimple Kapadia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimple-kapadia/)

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> [I've won over 50 million dollars playing poker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-bilzerian/i-ve-won-over-50-million-dollars-playing-poker/)

[Dan Bilzerian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-bilzerian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/dan-bilzerian-8595_million_i-ve-won-over-50-million-dollars-playing_98028.jpg)

> [You get steely nerves playing poker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nate-silver/you-get-steely-nerves-playing-poker/)

[Nate Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nate-silver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/nate-silver-3166_football_you-get-steely-nerves-playing-poker-3235_323512.jpg)

> [People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-would-be-surprised-to-know-how-much-i-learned-about-prayer/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Playing poker in their Quonset hut on Tinian, killing the last hours of the preatomic age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-goldman/playing-poker-in-their-quonset-hut-on-tinian-killing-the-last-hours/)

[Peter Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-goldman/)

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> [“There was a framed print on the wall of dogs playing poker. I wanted to smash it to preserve the dignity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-osborne/there-was-a-framed-print-on-the-wall-of-dogs-playing-poker-i-wanted/)

[Stephen Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-osborne/)

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> [“I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-wright/i-stayed-up-all-night-playing-poker-with-tarot-cards-i-got-a-full/)

[Steven Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-wright/)

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> [If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/if-you-ve-been-playing-poker-for-half-an-hour-and-you-still-don-t/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/warren-buffett-183_football_if-you-ve-been-playing-poker-for-half-an_1300655.png)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-newman/if-you-re-playing-a-poker-game-and-you-look-around-the-table-and-and/)

[Paul Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-newman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc0/paul-newman-2526_football_if-you-re-playing-a-poker-game-and-you-l_2958468.png)

> [“You don’t ever want to be the wife who keeps her husband from playing poker.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/you-don-t-ever-want-to-be-the-wife-who-keeps-her-husband-from-playing/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25f/gillian-flynn-316_gone-girl_you-don-t-ever-want-to-be-the-wife-who-k_1921520.jpg)

> [Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-wright/last-night-i-stayed-up-late-playing-poker-with-tarot-cards-i-got-a/)

[Steven Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-wright/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/steven-wright-432_cards_last-night-i-stayed-up-late-playing-poke_1824548.jpg)

> [“Maurice laid down all of his cards, then said, Gin. Reginald looked up into Maurice's face and said, I thought we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-b-truant/maurice-laid-down-all-of-his-cards-then-said-gin-reginald-looked-up/)

[Johnny B. Truant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-b-truant/)

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> [Playing chess can make you a better poker player because it forces you to think several moves ahead. That kind of intense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-negreanu/playing-chess-can-make-you-a-better-poker-player-because-it-forces/)

[Daniel Negreanu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-negreanu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/daniel-negreanu-3966_ahead_playing-chess-can-make-you-a-better-poke_1900319.png)

> [I like to play cards. I'm not very good, because I don't want to calculate, I just play by instinct. But I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-ma/i-like-to-play-cards-i-m-not-very-good-because-i-don-t-want-to/)

[Jack Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-ma/)

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> [I started playing poker in 2003 during my pregnancy, to distract myself from my awful morning sickness. For months all I did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-hines/i-started-playing-poker-in-2003-during-my-pregnancy-to-distract/)

[Cheryl Hines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-hines/)

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> [“You don't ever want to be the wife who keeps her husband from playing poker - you don't ever want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-flynn/you-don-t-ever-want-to-be-the-wife-who-keeps-her-husband-from-playing-2/)

[Gillian Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-flynn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/gillian-flynn-316_marriage_you-don-t-ever-want-to-be-the-wife-who-k_3196194.jpg)

> [I grew up, initially, poor and then rich and then back to poor when I was in the military and college. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-bilzerian/i-grew-up-initially-poor-and-then-rich-and-then-back-to-poor-when-i/)

[Dan Bilzerian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-bilzerian/)

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> [If you want to make money playing poker, find a game with a few suckers, fish, donkeys, live ones, or whatever you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-negreanu/if-you-want-to-make-money-playing-poker-find-a-game-with-a-few/)

[Daniel Negreanu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-negreanu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a7/daniel-negreanu-3966_bad_if-you-want-to-make-money-playing-poker_1364228.png)

> [The pros really like all the new people playing poker because they love the dead money; but when the money wins they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-moneymaker/the-pros-really-like-all-the-new-people-playing-poker-because-they/)

[Chris Moneymaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-moneymaker/)

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> [“The more I wrote, the less I needed to play. Once I got started I couldn't stop. This was my salvation. Writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-heller/the-more-i-wrote-the-less-i-needed-to-play-once-i-got-started-i/)

[Ted Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-heller/)

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> [“Life is just like the game of poker, you never know what cards you will get. Sitting against the people, you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prerna-varma/life-is-just-like-the-game-of-poker-you-never-know-what-cards-you/)

[Prerna Varma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prerna-varma/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dd/prerna-varma-66787_humor-inspirational_life-is-just-like-the-game-of-poker-you_1074753.jpg)

> [Actually," Alan said, earnest and clear-eyed, "this is my first time playing poker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-rees-brennan/actually-alan-said-earnest-and-clear-eyed-this-is-my-first-time/)

[Sarah Rees Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-rees-brennan/)

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> [Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samantha-bee/last-year-people-won-more-than-one-billion-dollars-playing-poker-and/)

[Samantha Bee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samantha-bee/)

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> [It's one thing to skip class to play poker, but if I'm learning how to think in the real world playing poker,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-holzhauer/it-s-one-thing-to-skip-class-to-play-poker-but-if-i-m-learning-how-to/)

[James Holzhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-holzhauer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/427/james-holzhauer-8135_education_it-s-one-thing-to-skip-class-to-play-pok_551779.jpg)

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