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[VP Pappy]

Guys, Gals?
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I own about a 150 poker books (and hundreds on gambling) . Some of the first ones I bought were when I was a kid growing up and playing poker in pool halls in Mt. Clemems, Michigan. Even as a teenager, I knew that reading a poker book and playing the game went together like cook books and cooking. Ya need the correct recipes to succeed!
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I think the first one I bought, around 1950?, was <span style="font-style: italic">Oswald Jacoby On Poker.</span> There was no mention of a game called Hold'em or Hold Me Darlin' in it.
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I collect poker quotes. (I have thousands)
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A few quotes from it:
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"...a player who attempts to fool his opponents by means of gestures, actions, etc,, is much easier to play against than one who makes all his bets in the same manner."
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"He is continually studying the other players to see, first, if they have any telltale habits, second, if there are any situations in which they act automatically."
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"...when another player makes a special effort to look confident he has nothing, while when he tries to look nervous, he is loaded."
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"When I am losing in a poker game I say to myself, 'I can get even when, if and as my luck turns. If it doesn't turn today it will tomorrow. Meanwhile I am not going to force matters with bad hands."
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Not much has changed, has it.
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Terrence "VP Pappy" Murphy
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“Learn everything about yourself before you attempt to learn everything about poker.â€