interesting turn for "hoi polloi"

Thu Aug 3 21:23:09 UTC 2006

On Aug 3, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Mark A. Mandel wrote:

> Arnold forwarded:
>
>> ...He has
>> Lew Wolff and above him, John Fisher, pot-committed to his
>> leadership style,
>
> "Pot-committed"?

doug and i didn't get it either.  seems to be a poker term:

Pot Committed When a player should call a bet because the majority of
their chips are already invested within the pot.
www.answers.com/topic/pot-committed

*piles* of webhits.

arnold

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