"There are few things that are so unpardonably neglected in our country as poker. The upper class knows very little about poker. Now and then you find ambassadors who have sort of a general knowledge of poker, but the ignorance of the people is fearful. Why, I have known clergymen, good men, kind-hearted, liberal, sincere, and all that, who did not know the meaning of a "flush". It is enough to make one ashamed of the species."-Mark Twain

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life is too long to play bad cards

like writing if it were easy
everyone would do it

a king can do no wrong
unless it runs into an ace
 

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the ass was made to lug the mind around

it's hard work writing
gambling and playing poker

Don't let anyone tell you different. Think about what it's like sitting at a poker table with people whose only goal is to cut your throat, take your money, and leave you in your den talking to yourself about what went wrong on the inside.

Mark Twain: Riverboat Poker and Lilies Overboard