Top 12 Quotes by Al Alvarez

Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

When you make a bet, you're saying something.

I hate writing.

I'm good at reading people.