![]() Having put $999 in to the pot makes no difference. There is a 0% chance of winning the $2,000 pot, but a 100% chance of losing $1. You probably would just for a laugh, but you’re making a $1 loss every single time you call in that situation. Just before your opponent bets his final $1, he shows you that he has a Royal Flush, beating your full house. Let’s say that you’re on the river and you’ve put $999 of a $1,000 stack in to the pot. Example of why you shouldn’t just look at how much you’ve invested alone. Commitment to the pot is about the odds of winning too, not just about the “majority of a stack”. Just because you have put the majority of your stack in the middle, it doesn’t make you “pot committed”. “When a player should call a bet because the majority of their chips are already invested within the pot.” Here’s a poor explanation of “pot committed” that I found at on the Internet: The worst thing is that they use the term “pot committed” as an excuse to justify their play, and they fail realise just how abysmal their actions are. Always call if you are pot committed.Īn absolutely huge mistake that beginner players make is to throw good money after bad. You lose more money over the long run if you fold when pot committed as opposed to calling.This is why players are naturally more reluctant to fold after investing a large amount of money. The more of your stack that you invest in the pot, the greater your pot odds and the chances of becoming pot committed will be.Working out whether or not you are “pot committed” just involves basic pot odds.Being “pot committed” is simply working out your pot odds relative to the remainder of your stack (as opposed to working them out using the bet that you are facing).In fact, you would have to believe that you had less than 12.5% chance of winning to make a profitable fold (on the turn or river), which is highly unlikely in this situation. We’re not facing any bet, but if we look at our stack and pot size we can see that we are pretty much committed with a hand like top pair with 7 to 1 pot odds.Įven though you really don’t feel as though you’re going to have the best hand most of the time, the odds indicate that you would lose more money over the long run if you folded. Therefore we are pot committed and should call. In this example, our pot odds are greater than our odds of winning the hand. You almost certainly have a better than 7 - 1 (12.5%) chance of winning the hand, even if your opponent usually only bets or calls with strong hands.(Don’t forget to add your own stack to the pot to get the total pot size.) Your pot odds relative to the remainder of your stack are 7 - 1 ($350 : $50). ![]() If you have top pair at this point, you are virtually pot committed and should not fold at any point, whether it be on the turn or the river. You are on the turn and you have built a $300 pot between the both of you, and so you’re both left with $50. Let’s say you and an opponent both started with $200 stacks. ![]() A sweet tasting source of the nectar of the gods.If your "stack odds" are greater than your chance of winning the pot by the end of the hand, you are pot committed. ![]()
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