![]() You could have just as easily clicked fold as you clicked call. It was 100 to win 1600, 16-1 with the nuts barring the flush."īoth of these statements are you deluding yourself. You are out.Īt this point you say to yourself, "I had to call, I was pot-committed." He hasn't lead with a bet, and now he's bluffing knowing you won't call because if you are wrong, you are done. If he doesn't have the flush, you are certain you have the nuts. Maybe he was hoping to make his own boat, and missed, and is now trying to steal it by representing the flush. Maybe he has trips, but they are lower as you have trips with the high card on the board. It is at this point you start to believe he may be bluffing. ![]() River comes and it doesn't give you the boat but it does complete his flush. You throw up another 250, lowering your stack to 100 chips. The turn doesn't help you, but it doesn't complete his flush if that is what he's going for. You want to make it expensive to chase it, so of your 800 chips, you throw in 450. Let's say you make your trips on the flop and don't want to see any more cards, as there is a flush draw with the flop. At least, don't throw any more serious money at it. Once you know you've lost a hand, or are going to lose, lay down the hand. ![]() I would say that the toughest thing to do in poker is to lay down a hand that you've spent a lot of chips on, even though you know it's a loser. Most often when a guy gets that low, you see him all-in the next hand, with 5 callers, and he has 8 3os. Granted, it was early, so I could take a look at a few hands because the blinds weren't going to force me out, but I still needed some good hands, and some luck. My personal best is taking a bad beat with the other guy all-in, only having 65 chips left, and winning the game. I have seen plenty of people come back from a devastating hit to finish in the money. Even when they know they are beat.Įven having some chips is better than having none. Some people think it's not worth playing if they've lost almost all their chips, and toss the rest in. You can fold at any time, as long as you have chips left. The reason pot-committed is a fallacy is that you can ALWAYS click the FOLD button. The lower your stack though, the better the hands you will need to receive, and quickly. You can always, theoretically, come back and win if you have chips. You are never out of a game until all your chips are gone. You have to know your loss threshold, and try to ignore it. The person with high pair is most often happy to oblige, and the slick is out. I've even seen folks with the slick throw the rest of their stack in, after the river card, hoping to bluff the other folks. With 5 cards on the board that aren't aces or kings, that doesn't happen very often. Many a player has played the slick to the river, and beyond, in the hopes that ace-high, king-kicker is good enough to win. AK is only a good hand when an ace or king comes up on the board. Many players use the term pot-committed to justify their losing with the big slick. Others, it totally depends on the condition and how good the actual hand they have is, even if it's a loser. This is the point where a player decides he's in too deep to turn back. Good players set traps keeping the term pot-committed in mind.Įvery player has his "loss threshold". Pot-committed is an excuse the opponent is hoping the player uses to justify GIVING away all his chips. Rarely is his opponent bluffing, and now the player is eliminated, or severely short-stacked. Then, when he realizes he has the losing hand, he pays to play the hand to completion just to make sure his opponent was not bluffing. Most often, a player is said to be pot-committed when he has unknowingly put too many chips into a pot with a losing hand. Many players use it as an excuse to justify their losing. I will state this now: There is no such thing as pot-committed. Often, especially in limit Hold'em, players will set traps to get their opponent "pot-committed" and take all their money with a superior hand. Being "pot-committed" is defined as putting a decent amount of your chips into the pot, realizing you won't have a winning hand, and staying in the hand until it's conclusion.
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