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I remembered a moment from the movie Molly's Game. There, one day an old and calm professional player came to Molly Bloom’s club and decided to play poker. There were other players sitting at the table who played well, but there was one who played terribly, he played with different cards and placed different bets. So this old pro started losing hand after hand to this amateur. This happened all the time, the other players even started laughing at this situation. All these reasons caused his tilt and he lost everything completely. Then he borrowed more money and lost it.
This situation showed how a professional player sinks to the bottom. I liked how it was shown in the film, I think in reality there were many such situations. I would call this a guide for professional players. If they feel that they are sinking to the bottom, they should remember this part of the film, it will probably stop them.
As a professional, he should not have been triggered by his emotions due to his loss. As a professional gambler, he knows what to do when he has lost more than 4 times and must be able to stop himself from gambling. Unfortunately, he didn't think about it and instead continued gambling, and in the end, he lost and lost everything. In gambling, when someone has experienced more losses, his emotions will be triggered and can make him lose his mind. That will make him want to recover his losses because, in his mind, he will think that a novice gambler can't beat him, especially since he already has more experience than a novice gambler.
And finally, it really happened when he experienced loss after loss, which caused him to lose everything and even have to borrow money. It will also not give him a chance to win the game because when a person is in high emotions, he will not be able to think clearly, and his gambling game will become random.
He had a feeling that just a little more and he would win all his money from the gambling and aggressive newcomer. He thought he would do it easily. You cannot underestimate your opponent, no matter how carelessly he plays, any opponent must be respected, even this one.
Yes, to put it simply, he succumbed to emotions. I know that this infuriates professionals the most when those from whom they are accustomed to earn money show them the opposite. This undermines their self-esteem about themselves, about their game. They think it also had a big impact that the whole table was watching and laughing. Probably some deep feelings and emotions from childhood that did not manifest themselves in poker were at work, which allowed him to win until that moment. The rest of the professionals also need to think about this, suddenly the moment will come when they will have something similar.