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Suckers2 quotes
It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money. — Mike McDermott · 1998If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker. — Mike McDermott · 1998Cognitive biases1 quote
In "Confessions of a Winning Poker Player," Jack King said, "Few players recall big pots they have won, strange as it seems, but every player can remember with remarkable accuracy the outstanding tough beats of his career." It seems true to me, cause walking in here, I can hardly remember how I built my bankroll, but I can't stop thinking of how I lost it. — Mike McDermott · 1998Counterfactual history1 quote
If you had it to do all over again, would you make the same choices? — Mike McDermott · 1998Decisions and choices1 quote
If you had it to do all over again, would you make the same choices? — Mike McDermott · 1998Gambling1 quote
In "Confessions of a Winning Poker Player," Jack King said, "Few players recall big pots they have won, strange as it seems, but every player can remember with remarkable accuracy the outstanding tough beats of his career." It seems true to me, cause walking in here, I can hardly remember how I built my bankroll, but I can't stop thinking of how I lost it. — Mike McDermott · 1998Loss aversion1 quote
In "Confessions of a Winning Poker Player," Jack King said, "Few players recall big pots they have won, strange as it seems, but every player can remember with remarkable accuracy the outstanding tough beats of his career." It seems true to me, cause walking in here, I can hardly remember how I built my bankroll, but I can't stop thinking of how I lost it. — Mike McDermott · 1998Morality1 quote
It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money. — Mike McDermott · 1998New experiences1 quote
I'm the first. It's a strange feeling. Step outside the rover? First guy to be there. Climb that hill? First guy to do that. Four and a half billion years, nobody here, and now, me. I'm the first person to be alone on an entire planet. — Mark Watney · 2015Nice guys1 quote
Generally the rule is: the nicer the guy, the poorer the card player. — Mike McDermott · 1998Playing cards1 quote
Generally the rule is: the nicer the guy, the poorer the card player. — Mike McDermott · 1998War1 quote
Tell her that when you found me, I was here I was with the only brothers I had left and there's no way I was gonna desert them. — Private Ryan · 1998