The info that's involved isn't worth a penny to you or I. To Vitt, it's always been worth 10K. To Willie, who stepped in it, it's worth 2K. Vitt said meet in the middle, Willie who had no intention to pay anything, won't budge, his way of getting out of it. You analogy has no relevance to this situation. You're thinking strictly numbers, this ain't about numbers.
So you wouldn't take the 2k and get to clown willie forever for making a stupid bet?