some good readout about gambling fellacy from Australian and European professional gambling sites:
THE PERFECT LOSER: a list of things he does to learn from.
Between some spanish PRO's there is the thinking that the mentality of the winners can be "seen"
by using the figure of its oposite: the perfect loser (PL).
This is a fictional character which is bound to fail in gambling with its current attitude.
I am compiling a list of 100 things the Perfect Loser does.
This will help me in my learning and I want to share a little bit of the process, since it can benefit plenty of others.
Here I will add to my list, you can add whatever you think too. The goal is to make 100 things the perfect loser does.
The most obvious "clasic" ones:
- The perfect loser (PL) stays in the game till the last chip is lost.
- The perfect loser (PL) doesn't know when to stop when he's winning, so he does the previous point.
- Whe he loses, the perfect loser (PL) gambles more and more and more, looking to a quick recoup.
- Once the perfect loser (PL) recoups, he goes back to the first point.
- The perfect loser (PL) needs the adrenaline rush of big bets.
- The perfect loser (PL) looks for the "Big win". He can't take small wins, it is "all or nothing".
- The perfect loser (PL) uses negative progressions.
- The perfect loser (PL) thinks no matter if he loses today, he is "investing" in learning, since once he finds "THE SYSTEM" he will make everything back and more to justify.
- The perfect loser (PL) blames the dealer that he is playing against him, that he can somehow control the ball (I have learned and this from dealers who have been dealers for 30 years and more and have worked across europe that it is Impossible to hit a sector where you want to..... Even if you have been spinning the wheel for 30 years!!! - The perfect loser (PL) is a risk taker, but takes the wrong risk at the wrong times (i.e. rising the bets martingale style at a losing tram).
- A type perfect loser (PL) is convinced gambling is 100% luck, no strategy involved at all (so why care about bet selection?).
- If the perfect loser (PL) takes a system, he uses the "easy ride" ones (martingale anyone).
- The perfect loser (PL) doesn't educate himself enough about the system he uses (You need to know your system inside out before placing the first real money chip on it).
- The perfect loser (PL) at the last moments of the session plays tired, bored. At a time he just wants to "stop the torture" of not winning but still have chips and since he can't go away till the last chip is in game, he even tries to lose on purpose (unconsciously).
-The perfect loser (PL) doesn't separates his game from his emotions, so winning makes him feel on top of the world, while losing makes him feel miserable (take notice guys, always "sober" no adrenaline rush on wins, no mid-session depressions when losing).
- The perfect loser (PL) doesn't know WHY HE'S PLAYING.
- The perfect loser (PL) mostly plays to have distraction, not to win (pretty amazing, right? Check out people at the table).
- The perfect loser (PL) sees every single spin as a betting opportunity (possible adrenaline rush due to a win).
- Because of the above, the perfect loser (PL) is a fan on playing each and every spin (which is a "no no" for situational play).
- The perfect loser (PL) is usually a SMART person! At other venues of life the perfect loser can be a total winner (i.e. a successful professional, excellent salesperson, etc. even outperforming at its field, whatever it may be). Only a smart, successful person can have the amounts of money the Perfect Loser loses at the casino.
- The perfect loser (PL) Loses everything and leaves the table. Back 3 minutes later, went to the ATM machine to get more money! Just lost the rent money but plays it off like its nothing. Such as "hey no big deal, its only money". Tries to laugh it off but you can see a tear forming. Feels the need to be totally drunk. Maybe acting stupid while betting will help him out?
cheers and happy punting
