Manipulating Pot Odds
Often a player will bet to manipulate the pot odds offered to other players. A common example of manipulating pot odds is make a bet to protect a made hand that discourages opponents from chasing a drawing hand.
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Famous quotes containing the words manipulating, pot and/or odds:
“We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity.”
—Raoul Vaneigem (b. 1934)
“Would I were in an alehouse in London. I would give all my
fame for a pot of ale, and safety.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“It makes no odds where a man goes or stays, if he is only about his business.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)