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A lot of boys in my poker circle are mathematicians who play on probability. I don't have that kind of brain, so I rely on instinct. But I recently found out that poker and cards in general go way back in my family gene pool.

— Natalie Dormer

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Poker is a skill game pretending to be a chance game.

— James Altucher

I like to play cards. I'm not very good, because I don't want to calculate, I just play by instinct. But I've learned a lot of business philosophy by playing poker.

— Jack Ma

Every poker player is smarter than me.

— Penn Jillette

The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent.

— David Mamet

I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis.

— T. Boone Pickens

Both poker and investing are games of incomplete information. You have a certain set of facts and you are looking for situations where you have an edge, whether the edge is psychological or statistical.

— David Einhorn

I'm not like a poker player. I'm not into bluff. My way is to look someone in the eye and tell them the way I'm intending to go. My cards are always on the table.

— Tori Amos

Poker is a charismatic game. People who are larger than life play poker and make their living from playing games and hustling.

— James Altucher

I'm the first person in my family to play poker.

— Chris Moneymaker

✗Opposing Perspectives

If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.

— Vannevar Bush