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"I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table."
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"Ninety percent of the hands aren't shown in a poker game."
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"I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table."
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"So you went back to your friend's next donkament two weeks later, and this time you just laughed right along when they gave you that framed picture of the poker hands. And when they called you 'pigeon,' 'fish,' and 'muppet,' you just smiled and batted your eyes and said stupid things like 'Does a straight beat a crooked?' And while everyone else was throwing a party, you just sat there acting like a tourist with your kill stack until you were in the money. Those poor dills, they didn't know what hit 'em, did they?"
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"No, that's poker. To win, you've gotta get damned lucky."
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"If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you."
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"The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker."
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"The best part about poker is there's no down side."
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"I can never have a poker face. Anybody looking at me can tell exactly what I'm thinking."
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