Chris Moneymaker Quotes

When I play poker, I don't like losing the pot.

So to me, Texas Hold 'em puts me to sleep. At least when you play stud, you can be funny as you deal. Somebody some day is going to come up with a Stud show that's going to work.

I just love poker players.

I got into poker in the early 2000s. In snooker tournaments, you are always looking for things to pass the time between matches, so we'd play together, or I would play online.

I like blackjack. I like the psychology of poker.

No, that's poker. To win, you've gotta get damned lucky.

I'm comfortable with the hold 'em, Omaha and stud high-low. But the other two games aren't my strongest games. I'm not comfortable at all with razz or stud.

I never really gambled - certainly not playing poker. I'd casually bet on a football game or joined a pool.

Titanic Thompson and Amarillo Slim would have run from a game with Marty Stanovich. Marty could really play, and he didn't cheat.

Ninety percent of the hands aren't shown in a poker game.

I'm a gambler at heart. That's my life.

What I know about poker, you can fit into a thimble with room left over, but I'm learning.

I like to play poker. I have a nice poker group that's been going on for years.

The beautiful thing about poker is that everybody thinks they can play.

The best part about poker is there's no down side.

Texas hold 'em is all about folding and waiting for that time that comes up every hour or two where you actually have an advantage and you can press it.

I love to go to casinos with my wife. I play poker, and she's an old-fashioned slot queen. She even has a visor.

I basically have paid for a piano and a flat-screen television completely with my poker earnings. I'm pretty good at it.

Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.

I'm not a great card player. Keeping my cards close has always been a challenge for me.

The best poker game is seven-card stud, high-low splits. I mean, it's the best if you don't have to declare high or low, and can win it all with a low straight.

I just don't enjoy poker that much.

Poker is supposed to be fun.

I'm not a big poker guy, I like to play shnarps.

I was mad-keen on poker as a kid. It was like the snooker, pulling me into that same smokey atmosphere I loved.