Good players, bad beats and entitlement: not quite an essay

[EWillers]

This notion applies across the board to all advantage gamblers.

It's the curse of applying non self weighting strategies. Just gotta stick with it (and of course continually evaluate your play and the games to ensure you stay within the realm of the advantage gambler).

[Pirc Defense]

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I have a theory. Its that when we suffer that sting of a bad beat, we should figure out why it hurts and seek to eliminate that emotional reaction.

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We're disagreeing while saying the same thing.

My post was an example of me doing exactly what you suggest in the quote above. After this "bad beat" I didn't start to play any differently, I didn't start to raise indiscrimminately, I didn't type anything into the chat box; rather, I began to wonder why I did feel the sting of a beat, though, and came up with what in hindsight is a pretty obvious observation about why a particular type of beat resulting from the bad play of another player stings so.

I do of course realize that were I a good player, these types of plays we're discussing would add to my winnings (decrease my losses) in the long run. Elementary to understand. Given this, my post offered a reason as to why we feel the way we do after a "bad" beat, when it's something that helps us in the long run.

Fact is, neithber of us are treading in territory hasn't been beaten to death on this here forum. My "theory" isn't novel, and your response to a perceived "bad beat bitcher" isn't anything out of the ordinary.

Thanks for your responses.

[chesspain]

You play the Pirc? No wonder you don't mind bad beats. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Pirc Defense]

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You play the Pirc? No wonder you don't mind bad beats.



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Easy now.