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title: "5 Professional Poker Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 5 Professional Poker quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Professional Poker sayings and thoughts."
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> [It's almost like, when someone plays poker for the first time, they might be a professional poker player out of ignorance, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-hill/it-s-almost-like-when-someone-plays-poker-for-the-first-time-they/)

[Jonah Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonah-hill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/jonah-hill-3023_accidentally_it-s-almost-like-when-someone-plays-poke_248950.png)

> [Prior to Box, I was a professional wiffleball player and then a professional poker player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dylan-smith/prior-to-box-i-was-a-professional-wiffleball-player-and-then-a/)

[Dylan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dylan-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de3/dylan-smith-62415_ball-player_prior-to-box-i-was-a-professional-wiffle_1583328.jpg)

> [It wasn't a popular thing to be a professional poker player in the '80s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-hellmuth/it-wasn-t-a-popular-thing-to-be-a-professional-poker-player-in-the-80s/)

[Phil Hellmuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-hellmuth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/phil-hellmuth-4613_player_it-wasn-t-a-popular-thing-to-be-a-profes_1641079.png)

> [Some people know me as the bad boy of professional poker and call me The Poker Brat. Sometimes I deserve that nickname,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-hellmuth/some-people-know-me-as-the-bad-boy-of-professional-poker-and-call-me/)

[Phil Hellmuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-hellmuth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b13/phil-hellmuth-4613_bad_some-people-know-me-as-the-bad-boy-of-pr_1750125.jpg)

> [But when I will call it a day, I could become a professional poker player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-vieri/but-when-i-will-call-it-a-day-i-could-become-a-professional-poker/)

[Christian Vieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-vieri/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f5/christian-vieri-23781_become_but-when-i-will-call-it-a-day-i-could-be_2901791.jpg)

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