“What is the chief end of man? —to get rich. In what way? —dishonestly if he can; honestly if he must.” Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
LOL, I thought this somehow wonderfully apt in a poker forum. “Bluff if you can, rely on value if you must.”
Taking My Typical Contrarian Viewpoint (well thought out of course), I often take issue with the Daily Quote which appears during Log-In. Generally, I only reason to myself, but not today Here is the quote and here is my own thinking, filed under “TWEAK the QUOTE”
Quote of the day: “When a man with money meets a man with experience, the man with experience leaves with money and the man with money leaves with experience.” - Unknown
I take issue with this quote on three counts, which I will not bore you to tears enumerating.
However, tweak this to say “A man with money meets a woman with experience” and you might have something !
I hope you do all understand that I was merely making the case that women are better poker players !
Boy, did I get that wrong!
Jack and Jill went up the hill, they both had $1.25. Jill came down with $2.50 not assuming anything
Ummm Bump.
If there weren’t luck involved, I would win every time. — Phil Hellmuth
There is more to poker than life. — Tom McEvoy
Limit poker is a science, but no-limit is an art. In limit, you are shooting at a target. In no-limit, the target comes alive and shoots back at you. — Crandell Addington
“Just play every hand, you can’t miss them all.” ~ Sammy Farha
If you’re not having fun why bother…
Craig_Anthony
When luck becomes a habit it’s called skill.
Anonymus
It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice
Jason Momoa (Aquaman)
You mock to keep people at bay, so that they don’t see just how vacuous you are.
I believe in poker the way I believe in the American Dream. Poker is good for you. It enriches the soul, sharpens the intellect, heals the spirit, and - when played well, nourishes the wallet." - Lou Krieger
“The man who discovers a new scientific truth has previously had to smash to atoms almost everything he had learnt, and arrives at the new truth with hands bloodstained from the slaughter of a thousand platitudes.”
Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Once you start thinking you have nothing left to learn, you have everything to learn." - Steve Badget
In poker, as in business, the secret is in knowing how to manage risk and capitalize on opportunity."- Lou Krieger