“Well there’s an old saying, the only thing you need to play this game is a chip and a chair. But to sit down and win against the best you need a whole lot more. Poker actually isn’t about winning and losing, poker’s about making the right decisions.

You gotta know when to call, when to fold, when to push all-in. When luck shuts the door, you gotta come in through the window – that’s where the skill comes in. You gotta have the courage to bluff. Courage doesn’t necessarily mean the absence of fear. But you gotta swallow that pride, you gotta throw your hand away when you know you’re beat.

When you’re really on your game, you can look your opponent in the eye, and you know if you’ve got him or you know if he’s got you. It doesn’t matter how good you are, everything can change when those cards are in the air.

We don’t stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing. That’s poker, folks.”

– Doyle Brunson, 78 year old poker legend, voicing the intro to NBC’s Poker After Dark