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If you ain’t just a little scared when you enter a casino, you are either very rich, or you haven’t studied the games enough.” – Terrence “VP Pappy” Murphy Mike Sexton - Poker index and results of Mike Sexton". RankingHero. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013 . Retrieved September 22, 2020. Mike Sexton WPT Career Stats". World Poker Tour. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018 . Retrieved September 22, 2020.

The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.” – Heywood Hale Broun A weekend in Vegas without gambling and drinking is just like being a born-again Christian.” – Artie Lange Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.” – Samantha Bee a b "Tributes pour in for poker giant Mike Sexton". Las Vegas Review-Journal. September 7, 2020. Archived from the original on September 10, 2020 . Retrieved September 8, 2020.

Caruso III, Anthony (September 7, 2020). "Poker icon Mike Sexton has passed away". The Capital Sports Report. Archived from the original on September 10, 2020 . Retrieved September 8, 2020. PokerGives makes donating easy for players - Poker News". Archived from the original on September 10, 2020 . Retrieved February 6, 2009. In 1985 he moved to Nevada to pursue poker full-time. [4] Sexton was a well-known cohort of poker player Stu Ungar, and was a pallbearer and speaker at Ungar's funeral. [5] Poker player and promoter [ edit ] World Poker Tour [ edit ] Play interests me very much,” said Hermann: “but I am not in the position to sacrifice the necessary in the hope of winning the superfluous.” – Alexander Sergeevich PushkinSexton joined the U.S. Army as a paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division in 1970. [3] The division had just returned from Vietnam and Sexton never saw combat. While he was in the army, he taught ballroom dancing, and one of his clients convinced him to try being a salesman, which he continued to do after his two-year enlistment was up. After a while, he realized that he could make more money playing poker than being a salesman, so he took up poker in 1977. [4]

Here we have curated famous gamble quotes from movies, books, actors, writers to inspire to no not gamble. Gambling is so popular because anyone has the opportunity to get rich overnight. People always like to make a lot of money without any effort. Klinski, Craig (September 7, 2020). "Poker World Mourns The Loss Of Mike Sexton". Archived from the original on September 10, 2020 . Retrieved September 8, 2020. The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dicebox in hand, shaking the dice.” – Denis Diderot Life's A Gamble: Interview with Mike Sexton on His Great Poker Life Journey". CardsChat.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2020 . Retrieved April 7, 2020. There is a lure in power. It can get into a man’s blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.” – Harry S. TrumanMike Sexton Leaves World Poker Tour, Accepts Role As Chairman Of partypoker - Poker News". www.cardplayer.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2019 . Retrieved January 31, 2019. Even as I approach the gambling hall, as soon as I hear, two rooms away, the jingle of money poured out on the table, I almost go into convulsions.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky

Yes, I can understand that a man might go to gambling table – when he sees that all that lies between himself and death is his last crown.” – Honore de Balzac Bond didn’t defend the practice. He simply maintained that the more effort and ingenuity you put into gambling, the more you took out.” – Ian Fleming a b "Legendary Poker Icon Mike Sexton Passes Away at 72". Poker Central. September 7, 2020. Archived from the original on September 7, 2020 . Retrieved September 8, 2020. The only man who makes money following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel.” – Elbert Hubbard The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.” – Ambrose BierceA former commentator of the World Poker Tour, alongside Vince Van Patten, he wrote articles for Card Player Magazine and the Gambling Times. He founded the now-defunct Tournament of Champions of Poker, which only let tournament winners from the previous year compete. [15] PartyPoker [ edit ]