Outs

Posted by wynn on Mar 11, 2010 in Bad Beats, Rounders | 0 comments

[This post is part of my series on Mike McDermott quotes from the movie Rounders]

“You don’t hear much about guys who take their shot and miss. But I’ll tell you what happens to them. They end up humping crappy jobs on graveyard shifts trying to figure out how they came up short. See, I had this picture in my head. Me sitting at the big table. Doyle to my left. Amarillo Slim to my right. Playing in the World Series. And I let that vision blind me at the table against KGB. Now, the closest I get to Vegas is west New York, driving this lousy route handed down from Knish to rounders who forget the cardinal fucking rule … always leave yourself outs.”

This quote runs through my head every time I feel compelled to push all-in preflop. Always leave yourself outs. The cardinal fucking rule.