Gambling already took everything from me. My Money, my Time, my Friends, my School I even sold my Soul and my nerves.
This is already such a High Price that I won’t just Quit it.
Do you guys understand?
I know you call that sunk Costs but there is a Barrier in my mind that doesn’t want to give up all my efforts.
I’m Not dumb I know that.
The Thing with Poker is Similiar to Lets say blackjack I think Thats a Nice example.
In Blackjack you should Hit with a 12 Against a Ten of The Dealer.
Also you should stand with a hard 12 Against a 6.
Lets say someone Plays The Game and doesn’t know This Basic Strategy. He will lose more than someone that Knows this Strategy.
Same with Poker.
You can go all-in with The worst Starting Hand which is 7-2 offsuit but that move has a more negative expectation than just playing normal.
Noone does this 7-2 Stuff.
One mistake many People do is they fold (Pass, Throw away) their Hand too often.
I dont want to go in too much into Details but basically you Hit a pair or better in like 1/3 of The Times which Means you have Ace High or Worse 2/3 of The Time.
There are Players that just play on The Flop When they have a pair. Thats The Thing with poker.
This style that player does, it doesn’t mean that it is gambling.
But if he keeps doing that then someone Could abuse this player like this: Bet every Flop, he will fold 2/3 of The Time so Choose a small betsize (it has to work less often)
However if this player was Facing Even Worse Players he Could Easily be a Winner and live in The Dream that he knew how to Play This Game.
Poker is a Zero Sum Game which is Not Played Against The casino. But they Charge a Fee for Every Pot that is bigger than 20c or so which is 5%.
So if you make that Edge that The Casinos have on you up by playing better than your opponents you Could win.
But on The flipside it Means that The losers of poker lose really Big because they are paying The House AND also The better Players.
So Poker is really The worst Game you Could Play if you’re losing at it and if you play High Your Money is gone so fast you can’t Even Look That fast.