High Stakes Games Quotes

International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.

Before you decide to play with live straddles in your home game, remember that this twist essentially doubles the size of the game. It's often used by players who have been losing and are trying to get lucky and win a big pot.

Pressure? Well it ain't hitting in forty-four straight games, because I done that and it was fun. The playoffs are pressure.

I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.

I actually get more conservative when I'm in Vegas.

I have been on TV quite a few times as a poker player.

One thing you know about playoff competition is this: If you have a hot quarterback and your defense can take the ball away, you don't need to have a dominant defense anymore.

In the playoffs, the best players are supposed to play better. I did. It made no difference.

To be able to pitch in the postseason is great, and to be able to go out there and throw the ball well and help your team win is a great feeling.

If you're betting all the time, everything is just another bet. You don't even think about the money after you've made the arrangements. You're used to it.

I play better if the matches are tight.

Tell you the truth, the night before, I don't sleep. It's exciting to be in postseason, you fight one-hitter 62 games, you make it.

Titanic Thompson and Amarillo Slim would have run from a game with Marty Stanovich. Marty could really play, and he didn't cheat.

Although I have to say, it's become a lot harder for me since I won the world series because everyone wants to beat me. For example, bluffing is really tough now, because there's always someone who calls me on the off-chance that they'll then be able to say they read a world champion's bluff.

I've wanted to be a part of the Premiership for some time, to experience the excitement and the atmosphere.

Vegas is a wonderful place and there are a lot of things going on over there, it's a great place to have some fun, but it is also one of the best places in the world to train and to box.

In international cricket you have to thrive on the big stage, you have to deal with the media and the pressure.

I wouldn't see myself as a gambler.

That unpredictability tag always sort of hangs around the Pakistan team, but that makes us very exciting as well.

Models are interested in me, mostly because of my 'bad boy of poker' image.

The hope that people walk into poker halls with and the despair they leave with was something I researched by actually visiting these poker halls.

One of the downsides of being a poker pro is that people see exactly how you play.

I mean, all kinds of good memories against Favre. Even when we lost, it was fun playing against him.

You need guys that have been playoff-tested and have that experience.

The Varzea is kind of like street basketball in America or like the semi-professional football leagues in Europe. The pitches are all dirt, and you're playing against the marmanjo - the 'hard men.' It's known for being extremely physical.