Posted Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:04 am GMT by rlb2252
Do you have any favorite poker wise-sayings, witticisms, golden rules, mnemonics, rhymes or memory aids?
In grammar school English most of us learned this rhyme to help us pronounce words, “When two vowels go a-walking, the first vowel does the talking!”
Or, in spelling: “You place I before E, except after C.”
A carpenter: “Measure twice, cut once.”
A politician: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
And then there are the more generic words of wisdom with which the general population is most familiar:
“Look before you leap.”
“Don’t jump out of the frying pan into the fire.”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Are there any poker equivalents, some sage saying that you find particularly useful, that perhaps you utter during the course of a game, that may help guide you through some difficult poker situation.
A game with the centuries old history of poker must have plenty. Interestingly, in my reading of poker texts, I’m not sure if I can recall any. How many do you know?
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Posted Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:15 pm GMT by mindgame
This post has been done before, but my favorites are:
"It's lucky to be born smart....but smarter to be born lucky."
and
"There was a farmer lost a couple tractors drawing to inside sraights...
but he didn't lose the farm 'til he hit one."
Posted Sun Sep 10, 2006 1:32 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
Every time you minraise, God kills a kitten.
Please think of the kittens.
ok, that's mine, but I push it whenever I can. I gotta be famous for something.
Posted Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:00 pm GMT by mindgame
But Sean, I hate kittens. I drown them in burlap bags.
Posted Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:04 pm GMT by weirdofreek
"Better to win a small pot than lose a big one"
I tell myself this whenever i am tempted to slowplay a strong but vulnerable hand.
Posted Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:06 pm GMT by wEbMaStEr
Those who draw to straights and flushes,
Arrive on planes and leave on buses
If you can't spot the fish at the table,
It's probably you.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Your play makes the baby jesus cry.
(ok that last one is just mine)
Posted Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:29 pm GMT by Iron Butt
"Never draw to an inside straight" used to be a common one, I think that's fallen out of favor now though LOL.
Best one I've heard lately is "Don't go broke with a pair", still working on that one.
Posted Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:09 am GMT by LeafsFan1122
"To live, you must be willing to die." - Amir Vahedi
Posted Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:53 am GMT by Alaskadude
When you've got a small pocket pair...
"Flop a set, or don't bet"
Posted Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:26 am GMT by JewishPete
"A pretty face is a dime a dozen in this town, and the more you drink - the cheaper it gets"
^ 
Posted Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:24 am GMT by PokerBarney
"Without luck, I'd never lose."
I think that was Phil Helmuth.
Posted Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:44 am GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
"Luck is where preparation meets opportunity." - Seneca
So if you're prepared to put yourself in great situations, you might just get "lucky." I know it's worked for me, especially this week.
Posted Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:34 am GMT by jimmer
never bluff a bluffer
Posted Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:29 am GMT by MasterShake
"Never bluff into a made hand." That one's mine. :D
"Sometimes nothings a real cool hand." - Paul Newman "Cool Hand Luke"
"If he had lost that pot it would have been 'get lost bitch'." - Doyle Brunson "High Stakes Poker"
Posted Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:57 pm GMT by Alaskadude
Here's one that at LEAST 75% of the online players live by;
I'll call with my almost suited, non-connectors. I get to see more flops that way.
Posted Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:19 pm GMT by ye1tzen
"The third raise means pocket 7s."
Posted Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:15 am GMT by BeerWench13
When you spot a player's tell, don't let them or anyone else know what it is.*
Never tell a bad player that they're a bad player. Talk them up and let them stay a bad player. It pays better.
| weirdofreek wrote: | | Better to win a small pot than lose a big one |
^The one I live by the most.^
*Unless you've staked them.
Posted Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:55 pm GMT by UrAteUp
Non poker related...
1)Don't spit or piss into the wind.
2)Think with the head on your shoulders and not the one in your pants.
3)Even if a women is right...never tell them so.
4)Never trust a woman giving you "that look".
Poker related.
See rules 3 and 4 from above.
:D 
Posted Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:54 pm GMT by tame_deuces
Fortune favors the bold.
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