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READ: Wired Analyzes Republicans’ Pot Commitment to Donald Trump
- Updated: October 12, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan flopped on Donald Trump Oct. 10 during a conference call with Republican representatives, saying he would no longer stand behind the candidate in the presidential election, reported Wired.
According to Wired, Republicans’ early investment of their reputation in Trump can be similarly applied to poker: ‘Were they pot committed?’ Is it too late to jump ship?
Pot committed suggests that the player has arrived at a point in the poker hand where folding to any bet or raise has become an incorrect play, sometimes called a point of no return. It is determined by pot odds and comparing them to the chance of winning the hand.
Wired’s Jason Tanz called politicians to do their own calculations, determining pot size (advantages to standing by Trump), chip count (what’s left of their reputation) and odds of Trump winning. Then they can decide on whether they should fold.
Even Ryan has avoided making statements in response to Trump’s media firestorms, while still realizing that he …
