Usually I just feel like another guy, but yeah, from time to time it happens that I run into Australopithecus tables, where my table mates seem they haven’t seen a woman in ages. I hate it in these cases. I don’t like feeling over observed or realise that the other people at the table are talking about me. Sometimes though it can be positive; if someone doesn’t know you as a player they’ll use stereotypes, and being a woman means they’ll assume you are tight and weaker than a man… that’s great! Nothing is better in poker than opponents assuming wrong information!

Leo Margets – 01/2010 – in PokerStrategy

 

In the end, being a woman is definitely to my advantage at the poker table. I can take advantage of the underestimation and stereotypes that will be attributed to me simply due to my gender.

Vanessa Rousso – 03/2009

 

To be successful, you have to live a balanced life. All of those players who just sit in front of their computers all day long, seven days a week, will simply burn out and not really enjoy what life is all about. To succeed in today’s poker world, you must be disciplined enough to separate your social life form your poker life.

Matthew Hilger – 07/2009 – in CardPlayer

 

I’d never experienced such a significant moment at a poker table. If I got my card here, it would be over. I felt the weight of all those hours of play as the dealer slid the card off the top of the deck and turned it over. Wow! Was it really the ten of diamonds? The noise rising from the spectators jammed up around the table and the TV cameras undeniably confirmed it. I’d made a full house, tens over twos to beat Jesse’s two pair. I was the new World Champion of Poker! [...]
When that last card crowned me champion, I felt like I had just climbed Mount Rushmore. I was mentally and physically exhausted. I was glad it was over.

Doyle Brunson – 10/2009 – In The godfather of poker

 

As a female player, you are always being watched. Everyone remembers you and if you make one single mistake, you will hear it for the rest of your life.

Katja Thater – 08/2008 – in Poker News Daily

 

I admire the attitude among the top European players. In US, so many players just think about surviving until the next day. European players come out to play and they attack. I see a younger me in some of the younger European players I met. They fear nobody and really have attitude. Some of them even intimidate me.

Scotty Nguyen – 12/2009 – in Facebook

 

The fact people accept that you’re a poker player now is a big thing. In those days, you were a second-class citizen. They thought you were a gangster if you played poker for a living.

Doyle Brunson – 08/2009 – in Poker News Daily

 

If you want to be a successful poker player that reaches the highest levels, you simply can’t do that unless you are aware of your weaknesses and focus on plugging those leaks. For most people, even after doing that, they’ll simply never be good enough to play at the highest levels. That’s just life. You have to accept that and find a game you can beat. Most people rise to their own level of ruin by always looking to play in games they can’t beat. It’s part ego, part delusion, and part competitive spirit.

Daniel Negreanu – 12/2009 – in Full Contact Poker

 

I spent the last year of my life evaluating what I needed to do to become better at poker and better at picking up women, and in the process I discovered that the two only really have one thing in common — confidence.

Hevad Kahn – 01/2009 – in The Huffington Post

 

The most important thing for a professional poker player to have is discipline. If you cannot move down in limits when you are losing, you do not have the discipline that is needed to be a professional poker player.

Chris Ferguson – 05/2008 – in Card Player