Gratis Poker

pkr.com – The phrase ‘pot commited’ basically means that you have put enough into the pot, that you cannot fold if you have a hand which still has a slight chance to win. In some ways I can agree with this sentiment, because there comes a point where a pot is too large for you to let go of your hand without a showdown, in case your opponent is bluffing.

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If you would be left with hardly any chips if you folded, and you feel it impossible you could double up enough as many times as it takes to get you back to the chip average, perhaps it is right to call.

I want to believe the maths behind this, and that if I only feel there is a 10% chance in my mind that I am in front in a huge pot, I should call a small raise for the rest of my chips. But the fact is that I cannot. The fact remains that I shouldn’t get myself in that ‘pot commited’ instance anyway. But if I am at that point, I have been known to defy the maths of the situation and fold, because I feel we should trust our judgment over what maths tells us every time in poker.

So my answer to the question of ‘at what point are we pot commited?’ is technically, never. If we are that sure that we are beaten, we should never throw the last few chips in ‘on the off chance’ that we might be in front. That part of our mind is the over optimistic nature of our minds that causes gamblers to stand at roulette wheels, or play blackjack against the house. We know the odds are against us, but we go against our logic regardless….Just in case.