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

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

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Author

Sun Tzu
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
Chinese
Time
475 BC 470s BC 5th century BC
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Sun Tzu. 孫子兵法 [The Art of War]. c. 475 BC, ch. 3.

Current Citation

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