The story of one famous gambling addict
At first I played poker, I lost a huge amount of money in poker, and in 99% of cases I didn’t even have a positive week and lost almost every session, in slots — the situation was much better, but still I almost didn’t have really big wins during the session, I mean, when you spin slots for days and multiply the starting deposit by 100 times, for example, and now I’ll explain why it happens, I… I have a very specific character in putty, while I’m lucky and I’m not putty — I act super carefully, try not to play at high stakes, etc., but when putty and tilt happen — then nothing can stop me at all and I consciously just want to lose money. Not in poker. I have never had a positive session in slots that exceeded the negative ones in terms of total loss. I remember reading an interview about Phil Ivey a long time ago, and he was guided by a completely opposite strategy! You need to play and risk to the limit when you are LUCKY, and if things don’t work out, it’s better to stop the session altogether. To make it clear, let’s take 2 examples. You deposited 100 bucks, started spinning 10 slots and you immediately got x200. What will I do? I’ll withdraw the money. What would Phil Ivey do and what should you do? Keep playing and raise the stakes! I even tried to somehow control such crap, but it’s about the same as controlling putty, that is, no way, it’s purely psychology. And with such an approach and psychology, it’s better not to play at all, since it will be almost impossible to win. Again, an example, I smear myself, fly, miraculously make excuses, a streak of luck starts, but what do I do? I withdraw money, it’s more convenient for me psychologically... In general, what I wanted to say. You should play big and take risks only when you’re lucky, and not vice versa! And if you lose your first deposit, it’s better not to play at all that day or try your luck at another casino, but you shouldn’t make excuses! But if you’ve had a good run, you need to go further and bomb, it’s clear that in this case you’ll often lose your first win, but if you catch a wave, you’ll win a lot... I’ll give you the same example, I had stupid smears when I made a deposit of 50 bucks, lost, deposited 100, 200, 500, 1000, 5 thousand and so on until I made excuses and withdrew. or lost all the money. You can't play like that either, it's better to deposit all your money at once and play carefully according to the max bet or not deposit at all. There are many stories here. When people, for example, were spinning for days and won some unrealistic amounts, namely from small deposits. Well, my example can only serve as a reason to quit and never gamble... ps Listen to Phil Ivey guys, he won't advise any bullshit
If you bet on red in a casino and you're stubbornly unlucky, try betting on red!