Rule number one: Throw in your cards the moment you know they can't win. Fold the hand.

Rounders

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Topic

Cutting your losses Playing cards Gambling

Speaker

Jo

Actor

Gretchen Mol

Source

Rounders

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Advice Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Rounders. Directed by John Dahl, Spanky Pictures, 1998.

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Current Citation

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