#poke

I used to sports gamble a lot and I was getting killed on that but then I found poker and really enjoyed it. But it was a hobby more than anything else. I played it every day but only on pretty small stakes. ↗

— Chris Moneymaker

#day #else #enjoyed #every #every day

If you're a poker player and you show up at a casino at 8 a.m., you're going to be by yourself or with some people that are rocks and just don't give you any action. ↗

— Chris Moneymaker

#any #casino #give #going #just

Not having the online game has made it more difficult. There are a lot of young and upcoming players in poker. But you don't get to see them because TV has sort of been taken away. ↗

— Chris Moneymaker

#because #been #difficult #game #get

The competition has improved tremendously. In 2003, I could teach a guy how to play poker in an hour and he could win some money. Today, it would take days. The game has gotten so much tougher. So I will spend my time with my family and play when I can. ↗

— Chris Moneymaker

#could #days #family #game #gotten

The pros really like all the new people playing poker because they love the dead money; but when the money wins they don't like that very much at all. ↗

— Chris Moneymaker

#dead #like #love #money #much

It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book. ↗

— Dylan Moran

#before #book #doing #everyone #i

Musicians are so well covered in the press, it would be great to see more outspoken practitioners of green life. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#great #green #life #more #musicians

The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers. ↗

— Roger Mudd

#disbelief #government #readers #reporters #spoken

I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do. ↗

— George Murray

#just #novel #occasional #once #poked

My job is to be a spokesman - the spokesman, I suppose - for the President, for the White House, to do the daily briefings, to manage the press corps in terms of travel, day-to-day needs, access, interviews, all those issues. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#briefings #corps #daily #day-to-day #house