Quote from Lightningsmurf:
Great movie.
"Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker."
"You play for a living, it's like any other job. You don't gamble, you grind it out. Your goal is to win one big bet an hour. That's it. Get your money in when you have the best of it, protect it when you don't. Don't give anything away."
"Always leave yourself outs. Applies to a player's life away from the game same as it does at the table."
"You were looking for that third three, but you forgot that Professor Green folded it on Fourth Street and you're doing your best to represent that you had it. The DA made his two pair, but he knows they're no good here. Judge Kaplan was looking to squeeze out that diamond flush, but he came up short. And Mr. Eisen is futilely hoping tha this queens'll stand up. Like I said, the professor's bet is twenny dollars."
"In his Confessions of a Winning Poker Player, Jack King said, "Few players recall big pots they have won -- strange as it seems -- but every player can remember with remarkable accuracy the outstanding tough beats of his career." Seems true to me, 'cause walking in here I can hardly remember how I built my bankroll, but I can't stop thinking about how I lost it."
"Put a guy like me in a weak game like that, the cards themselves hardly matter. A fish acts strong, he's bluffing, acts meek, he has a hand."
"The poker room at the Mirage in Vegas is the center of the poker universe. Doyle Brunsen, Johnny Chan, Phil Helmuth - the legends - consider it their office. Every couple of days a new millionaire shows up wanting to beat a world champion. Usually they go home with nothing but a story."
"All the luck inthe world isn't gonna change things for these guys. Theyr'e simply overmatched. We're not playing together, but we're not playing against each other, either. It's like the Nature Channel. You do'nt see piranhas eating each other, do you?"
"Generally, the rule is, the nicer the guy, the poorer the card player."
"Fold or hang tough. Call or raise the bet. These are decisions you make at the table. Sometimes the odds are stacked so clear there's only one way to play it. Other times, like holding a small pair against two over cards, it's six to five, or even money, either way. Then it's all about feel, what's in your guts."
"You can't lose what you don't put in the middle... but you can't win much, either."
"Teddy KGB: That ace couldn't have helped you. I bet it all.
Mike: You're right, it didn't help me. I flopped the nut straight."
"Why do you think the same 5 guys are at the finals of the world series of poker EVERY year? They're the luckiest guys in Vegas?"
