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I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table.

~Al Alvarez

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But in a tournament, you can be said in for all your money at any point so you can't make any mistakes so you have to, it's all about where you're sitting at the table.

~Al Alvarez

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I'm good at reading people.

~Al Alvarez

Topics: Good People Reading

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I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck.

~Al Alvarez

Topics: Absolutely Anything Believe Full Including Luck Stop

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I hate writing.

~Al Alvarez

Topics: Hate Writing

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I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.

~Al Alvarez

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I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me ever, how I ever got into this dreadful trade.

~Al Alvarez

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I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for.

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Topics: About Done Ego Interesting Interesting Things Once Poker Things Think You Your I Think

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Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade.

~Al Alvarez

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The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all.

~Al Alvarez

Topics: About Better Fact Mean Ordinary Play Players Than Write

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: August 5th, 1929

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