"We walk from here!", and other things to say when there's no turning back

[james_kieliszek]

At our poker games, over-emotional players are taunted to call with the label "pot-committed". Either you've got the cards or you don't, but it's an attractive fallacy for those inclined to gamble. Personally, I prefer Caesars' "Alea iacta est!" when making decisions with decisive and irreversible results. Today I am crossing a metaphorical

Comments

[grahams]

While they may be misusing the notion, there truly are instances where you are pot-committed....

For instance, you've already put so much in the pot that if you fold the hand you are for all practical terms out of the game, so you move in with a marginal or draw hand....