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5 Lou Krieger Quotes

Lou Krieger offers a thoughtful look at poker as a mirror of capitalism and democracy, where fairness and harshness meet.

Lou Krieger quotes

  1. Poker is a microcosm of all we admire and disdain about capitalism and democracy. It can be rough-hewn or polished, warm or cold, charitable and caring or hard and impersonal. It is fickle and elusive, but ultimately it is fair, and right, and just.

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  1. Hold'em - like life itself - has its defining moment. It's the flop. When you see the flop, you're looking at 71 percent of your hand, and the cost is only a single round of betting.

  2. Only losers and amateurs blame the cards. After all, cards don't care; they don't take sides, and they have no memory. They are blind justice holding her scales, and in the long run they'll tip evenly for the novice and the skilled alike.

  3. Figure out what your opponent wants you to do and try to do the opposite.

  4. If the shoe fits, steal it.