Paul Newman, The Colour of Money (1986) quote: "Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."

Cara Bertoia: "It's hard to walk away from a winning streak, even harder to leave the table when you're on a losing one."

R. E. Shay: "Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit."

Phil Hellmuth: "If there weren't luck involved, I would win every time."

Wayne Gretzky: "You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

Terry Murphy: "A gambler never makes the same mistake twice. It's usually three or more times."

Edmund Burke: "Gambling is a principle inherent in human nature."

Baltasar Gracián y Morales: "Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do."

Nicholas Dandalos: "Remember this. The house doesn't beat the player. It just gives him the opportunity to beat himself."

V. P. Pappy: "Gambling is not about how well you play the games; it's really about how well you handle your money."

Quote from: alrelax on June 14, 2023, 04:16:12 PMPaul Newman, The Colour of Money (1986) quote: "Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."

My favorite.

Mae West:  "I hear that poker is a game of luck"

W.C. Fields  "Not the way I play it"

From the film "My Little Chickadee"


"The only way to make money in a casino is to own one"    Steve Wynn



"I wasted my entire life savings on gambling, alcohol, women and liquor........the rest I spent foolishly"  Anonymous

"I think every game can be beaten"

Richard Munchkin (professional gambler, author of "Gambling Wizards")

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"A skilled gambler makes the most of it when he has the best of it"

Mason Malmuth (Author of Gambling for a Living: How to Make $100,000 a Year, Gambling Theory, et al must-read books for the serious player)

A couple of quotes from old time Vegas comedian Joe E. Lewis:

"I just want to get even"

"I'm on such a bad losing streak that if I was around then, I would have taken Colonel Custer and given points"


Free bonus Joe E. Lewis story:

Sitting at a table with a lady friend at a casino, Joe's lady friend went to light a cigarette and realized that she didn't have any more cigarettes....and neither did Joe, so like a gentleman, he said that he would go to the gift shop and buy a pack of smokes.

Well 5 minutes went by, then 10 minutes then 15 minutes and no sign of Joe.

Finally Joe appears with the pack of cigarettes and the lady friend asks how much did they cost and Joe says about $ 2,000.

Well on the way to the gift shop, Joe had stopped at a craps table.........and you can guess the rest of the story.

"I'm on such a bad losing streak that if I was around then, I would have taken Colonel Custer and given points"

"If you're not on it you're not getting paid".

Alrelax

"Vegas, you lose track of time in those casinos.  There's no windows, there's no clocks.  He's probably on a heater, and you don't walk away from a table when your on a heater!"

Jeffery Tambor, played Sid Garner
The Hangover.  2009 Movie

"Just one time.......one time"

Mike Matasow


You have to be a poker player to get it.

"Every plan has an inherent degree of risk. But risk is the price you pay for opportunity".

 A.J. Cooper played by Tom Selleck

"Remember this. The house doesn't beat the player. It just gives him the opportunity to beat himself."

– Nicholas Dandalos (professional gambler)

"If he wins this session, he's a hustler
If he loses this session, he's an A**hole
Because he can't afford to lose $100!
And he is really really really leaning towards the A**hole side right now!"

SAID OUT LOUD BY; A person playing along side of me at a bac table last night about someone the guy knew who was winning nicely and then beginning to give it back.  (And eventually did)

"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."
                                                              ---Leo Tolstoy, 1897

"The purpose of gaming is to win".

Alrelax, 2023