Perhaps the current trend of many chess professionals taking up the more lucrative pastime of poker is not a wholly negative one. It may not be too late for humans to relearn how to take risks in order to innovate and thereby maintain the advanced lifestyles we enjoy. And if it takes a poker-playing supercomputer to remind us that we can’t enjoy the rewards without taking the risks, so be it.
Garry Kasparov – 02/2010 – in The New York Review of Books
You will rarely see a to professional bet all of what’s in the pot when you watch poker on television. They’ll vary their bets generally between one-third, one-half, and three-quarters of the pot. They understand that by keeping the pots smaller, they’ll have more control over the outcome. And that’s just what they want – to maintain control of the table.
Daniel Negreanu – 01/2007 – in Hold’em Wisdom for all Players
Think about it. Would anyone in any other activity say they enjoyed an experience that left them ten-grand poorer? Can you picture walking up to a blackjack table, losing $10,000 and then saying – I can’t wait to go back? Imagine walking into a retail store, forking over $10,000 and then leaving out the door with absolutely nothing. Most people would depart with regret and anger. Yet in the decade I have been working the WSOP, I have never once heard a player say he or she regretted playing and sworn not to return to the WSOP the following year. This alone says something about what is really important at the WSOP. It’s not the money. It’s the experience.
Nolan Dalla – 02/2010 – in WSOP News
Brian Hastings – 12/2009 – in CardRunners Blog
Matthew Hilger – 07/2009 – in CardPlayer
Gavin Griffin – 01/2010 – in PokerStars Blog
TJ Cloutier – 01/2009 – in Poker Player
Alan Schoonmaker – 12/2009 – in CardPlayer
Andrew “muddywater” Wiggins – 01/2010 – in Poker News Daily
Luke “_FullFlush1_” Schwartz – 09/2009 – in PokerListings
