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I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table.

Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling.

I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for.

People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker.

I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head.

Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.

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

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

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

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

If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.

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

As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think 'actor' and see some easy money.

I am very driven. I work really hard, whether it's acting or my charity or even poker. When I focus on something I give it my all.

The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker.

Air power is like poker. A second-best hand is like none at all - it will cost you dough and win you nothing.

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.

Being able to pit your wits against literally hundreds of other people is really exciting and ultimately the biggest single challenge for a poker player.

Initial feedback we got from people was that Poker could and should be a product in its own right. For us, that was definitely a case of us not seeing the forest for the trees since we are Poker nuts.

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.