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Quotes From Rounders

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I’ve listed some of the best Rounders quotes. There are quite a few I left out, but I tried to pick quotes that were meaningful even if you don’t know the context in which they were spoken.

If you can’t spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker.

Always leave yourself outs.

It’s immoral to let a sucker keep his money.

You know what, fuck you and your never ending string of boats.

We can’t run from who we are…our destiny chooses us.

In the poker game of life, women are the rake. They are the fucking rake.

Throw in your cards the moment you know they can’t win…fold the hand.

I can’t lose what I don’t put in the middle.

You know this is one time I don’t need you to tell me how I fucked up. I know I fucked up.

In a heads up match, the size of your stack is almost as important as the quality of your cards.

Don’t splash the pot.

People insist on calling it luck.

Rounders

Rounders

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Rounders (Collector's Edition)One of my favorite movies of all time. I figured I should watch the greatest poker movie in history before I hit up the casinos on my trip to San Diego next week.

Matt Damon, Edward Norton, and John Malkovich all play important parts in this film. It’s a story of a New York poker player who loses it all for a dream and works to get it back when he gets into trouble for an old friend. If you like to play poker or do a little gambling, you can’t go wrong with this movie. I could go on forever talking about Rounders, but I’m going to keep it short and let you watch it yourself. Pay attention, because there are a lot of great quotes in this movie.

I give it an A+.

Mike Caro University

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I just finished watching a poker seminar video by Mike Caro University. Very good stuff! I think I’m going to start visiting his site for some good reading material.

During the seminar he gave a lot of good advice. Most of which I’ve never thought about, but made complete sense after hearing it. Following is one of the greatest pieces of information that a poker player needs to understand and learn:

You’re not getting paid to win pots; you’re getting paid to make good decisions.

Mike Caro

What a simple concept, but such a hard one for most people to grasp. In poker, you don’t make money by winning a lot of pots. If you win a lot of plots, it usually means that you are playing a lot of hands. When you play a lot of hands, there are a lot of pots that you do not win. Over time, you will lose money playing like this.

You get paid off (make money) in poker by making good decisions. These good decisions will win pots and over a period of time, you will make money. Making good decisions can be the hardest part of poker, because our natural instincts attempt to take over when we think we might be able to win, but the odds for us are bad. You really need to train the way you think while playing poker, because if your mind isn’t focused, you’ll make bad decisions, which ends up costing you money.

Poker Skill Or Just Luck?

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I had a very interesting conversation today at work about poker. There are so many people out there that suggest or truly believe that there isn’t any skill involved in poker…just dumb luck. I invite everyone who believes this to come play a fews sessions of poker at my house, and we’ll see how much skill it takes to win!

I read an interesting article today and I couldn’t give a better argument if I tried, so I’ll just give a few of the main points from the article and let you read the whole thing if you are interested.

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Poker Champ

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Played in a poker tournament tonight with some friends and a few people I had never met before. Thirteen people ended up playing. The entry was $20 per person and the top four places paid out. We played at two tables and I drew a spot at the table with 7 people.

I started out the night with some pretty good cards and won a few pots the first time we went around the table. In the 7th or 8th hand, someone called to go all-in and lost. She eneded up dealing the rest of the night, and she was pretty good at it. After the first trip around the table I didn’t get much for cards, but played a hand here and there. After awhile I started to get some very nice pocket cards, but could never get anything on the flop, so I had to keep folding. During the first two hours I think I had “pocket rockets” twice and won both times, which was nice.

During the end of the 2nd hour and for a good portion of the 3rd, I got pretty short stacked, so I played very tight. After watching everyone else play I knew I could outplay them, I just had to wait for my chances and let them make the mistakes. I was being very patient and eventually it started to pay off.

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This And That

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Went out to an 80’s bar last night with a few friends and ended up staying until closing time. As a result I’m feeling a little “under the weather” today. The bar is pretty cool…they have a big screen TV that they play videos on while the song is playing, so you get the feeling that you’re back in the day, listening to some of the music we grew up on. They played some pretty good songs last night, but they also played a lot of garbage I had never heard of. The highlight of the night was when I asked a cutie for her number and got it. To tell you the truth, I don’t think I’ve ever asked for digits before. I also had another first last night…I’ve never tried to tie a cherry stem in a knot with my mouth, but did it on my first try.

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Linkage

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  1. I need to start cooking some more. Maybe some good recipes will help.
  2. I’m still not too sure about Orkut, but I’m checking my account more often now. If you want an invite, leave a comment and ask.
  3. Southwest Airlines has good rates on flights right now. I booked my mom’s flight with from Detroit to San Diego for a total of $295.
  4. I was really looking forward to seeing Blue Man Group and playing some Texas Hold’em out in Las Vegas. Someday!
  5. A magazine I’ve recently thought about subscribing to.
  6. Cool movies made using the game Halo. Which reminds me…I haven’t watched the last few episodes.
  7. A lot of good poker information.
  8. Free online golf handicap system.
  9. If I had a girlfriend, she would have gotten this for Valentine’s Day.
  10. Sick of seeing of all those motivational posters, plaques, and sayings all over the place? Despair Inc. was created with us in mind. I have a calendar and several of their posters.

Poker Patience

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When you keep getting weak hands, patience is the key to playing poker. I played for 2 hours tonight and came out $8.60 ahead playing .25/.50 at a ten seat table. Usually I play 6 seaters, so this was a little bit different. I had to play a little bit tighter and watch myself. I was swinging up and down a few bucks early, but wasn’t getting shit for hands, so I was playing 20% or less of the hands. After the first hour went by I started to pick up a few hands and never looked back. When all was said and done for the night, I played 26% of the flops and won 11% of the hands.

I also brought out some of my poker chips today. I need to start practicing poker chip tricks again because I’m pretty rusty. Hopefully I’ll get my Vegas trip booked tomorrow at work…we couldn’t get ahold of the company I’m taking training classes through at all today.

Play A Few Hands

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It has been nearly a month since I played poker on UB, so I decided to play a little this afternoon. I played for an hour and a half at the .25/.50 cent tables and came out ahead by $1.80. I played 27% of the flops and won 13% of the hands, so overall I did pretty good. I should have won more, but I was down about $8 early on, until I realized that I was playing too many hands, so I tightened my play and was able to claw my way back into the positive. I am most likely going to Las Vegas at the beginning of March (more info on that in the next few days), so I need to sharpen my skills. I plan on playing quite a bit this month because I don’t want to walk into the casino and appear as a “fish”, although I’m sure that is what I will be. I will also be reading my poker books to refresh everything in my mind.

Fan Email

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I received a great email tonight. It feels good to know that people appreciate the time you spend and that doing something you have fun with is actually benefiting other people. Here is a portion of the email I received:

I was surfing the web today looking for Poker Chip Tricks and I found your web site. All I can say is THIS IS AN AWESOME SITE DUDE!!!…Little did I know that I was going to spend two hours looking at your site…All most forgot to tell you, I e-mailed all my friends that I have on line and told them to check it out also.

Someone just made my day! 🙂