Do you also count the potential win as a loss when you gamble?

[Agbamoni]

For example, I bet $100 at odds 1.90.
The return should be $190, but when it loses, I don’t just feel like I lost $100. It feels like I lost the whole $190 that could have been mine.

I feel the same way, too. Losing both the staked amount and the potential winning is all part of losing. The brain plays a trick with us, after counting the $190 as our own money, after placing the bet.

Arguably, it hurts more when you know you were so close to winning your potential win. I often get that a lot, and I wish I never placed the bet in the first place.

[Iroh]

Is anyone else like this?
Do you only focus on the stake, or do you also factor in the potential win when deciding whether a bet is worth it?

I've also met someone who thinks like this. When he places his bets, he stops seeing how much he uses to place his bets and starts seeing how much his possible winnings would turn out. If he loses that game, the possible win automatically becomes what he stood to gain and has now lost. If you casually listen to him, you'll no doubt think the amount stated in the possible winnings is what he used to place the bets.
In this case, I'm mostly realistic, your potential win literally isn't yours just yet and It's much safer to think about it as it really is, a potential win. Sometimes, the potential win in a scenario could sway one into playing and taking that scenario when they ordinarily wouldn't.

[Powerjumboo]

Lately I noticed something about how I think when I place bets.
Aside from the actual stake, I also mentally count the possible winning as something I’m losing if the bet fails.

For example, I bet $100 at odds 1.90.
The return should be $190, but when it loses, I don’t just feel like I lost $100. It feels like I lost the whole $190 that could have been mine.

Because of that mindset, I’ve become more serious with my bets, like I take more time to study and analyze before placing anything, since in my head the loss feels bigger than the actual amount at risk.

Is anyone else like this?
Do you only focus on the stake, or do you also factor in the potential win when deciding whether a bet is worth it?

I also have thoughts like yours while gambling. I think this kind of thinking is not only in me but in many people. Because when 100 dollars are bet at 1.90 odds and if that bet is successful then I will get 190 dollars which is completely mine but if that bet is lost then I will lose 190 dollars and I don't think I am doing anything wrong by saying that. However, the best thing is to push away such thoughts and accept gambling as entertainment and use very little money on the gambling platform where if you lose a very small amount of money you will not regret it. And I think if you use a small amount of money you will regret it very little.

[terrific]

Will that make me happy if I count it as well? the short and quick answer is no.
Money that isn't mine, is not me to count it for. And so, if others are doing it and counting the money that isn't theirs as a loss because it's potential profit.
You're free to do that, it won't harm you that much but I think that there can be a psychological impact to your head if you've been doing it.
That will cause you to be more anxious if you do that as a practice. But, you surely do you do.

[Ronsbit]

I donot bother thinking about my win and loss because if I do, it might bring out the emotional aspect of me and if that happens, I might likely get affected with games I lose even if I do that for fun so I do not bother about recording such win or loss rom games I play because plying them, I already have the mindset of gambling for fun so what is the point to start taking statistics of my loss.

[Asuspawer09]

For sure, I also do something like that sometime, but I guess it is a bad habit to do because your always threating it as a lost what ever the situation is going to be, so when you almost win something or have a slip win it just feels like you lost a huge amount because you are focus on the winning numbers, making you more frustrated, so I think it is not a good habit to have, and at the same time we should stick on atleast making some profit not going on risking more, because that is where we could get greedy, just aiming for a higher number make us think of just the winning not realizing it wasn't a win unless we do win.

If you allow this mindset, this is where a lot of bad decisions could start, but I guess it is just fun. It reminded me of when my friends and I always talking about that we are going to buy some lottery ticket, and they will always say that if they win they would buy us all a house or maybe give us 2million each. It was just kinda funny that we are already thinking about the huge winning, even though we didn't even win or not realizing that the chances of winning is almost zero.

[Darker45]

It depends. Whenever my bet loses but the player or team I bet on almost won, I sometimes think I'm losing not only the amount I staked but also the potential winning. There's a feeling of a lost opportunity, one that's already within reach but wasn't given.

Apart from that, I guess I don't really think this way. On the contrary, the money I bring or deposited for gambling is money I already considered lost. I mean, I've already moved on before I even lost it. The goal is to make money but I'm aware gambling is basically losing.

[yahoo62278]

Lately I noticed something about how I think when I place bets.
Aside from the actual stake, I also mentally count the possible winning as something I’m losing if the bet fails.

For example, I bet $100 at odds 1.90.
The return should be $190, but when it loses, I don’t just feel like I lost $100. It feels like I lost the whole $190 that could have been mine.

Because of that mindset, I’ve become more serious with my bets, like I take more time to study and analyze before placing anything, since in my head the loss feels bigger than the actual amount at risk.

Is anyone else like this?
Do you only focus on the stake, or do you also factor in the potential win when deciding whether a bet is worth it?

When I make a bet I am only counting the money I put in as a loss if I happen to lose the bet. The potential win means nothing unless I win. I feel like the only reason you would count the whole amount as a loss is to make it a cooler story when talking with friends. Oh man I lost $5000 last night because of the NBA game or something like that when in reality you only risked $500 or whatever.

You can't count the money til it's in your pocket is what I have always been told.

[famososMuertos]

::///::
Is anyone else like this?
Do you only focus on the stake, or do you also factor in the potential win when deciding whether a bet is worth it?

Wow... it's a curious idea, one we all have at some point, but thinking that way isn't the right kind of "training" for decision-making. Let me tell you, people who become lottery fanatics feel the same; when they lose, they always say, "I missed the jackpot."

Now, with sports betting, I get that feeling too—but only with free bets. That's where it happens to me, not with real money. Back in December, I won around $400 on FreeBet I'm not exaggerating, the data is there on G&R. Maybe a bit more or less, but that's the general idea. Anyway, I placed some big bets; on average, the lowest multiplier was 3.5x.

Then I thought, I should have gone for 1.5x... but since the long term is what works for me, whenever I hit a big multiplier, it's like the Men in Black's little stick*— I erase the memories of those losses from my free bets.  

*Neuralyzer

[Samlucky O]

Is anyone else like this?
Do you only focus on the stake, or do you also factor in the potential win when deciding whether a bet is worth it?

Of course losing a game seams like losing the potential win amount which could have been won. Whenever we place bet out mind is not always focus on the stake amount but what the outcome will be. As a matter of fact this is what drives us crazy to bet. When we see the potential wining amount, we satisfied even without wining it, but when we lose we become emotional and weak. But however that just the fun part of gambling, and that's what keep the vibe going on.

[bitbollo]

I would see this as just a ... waste of time!
There are plenty of options that you get or not get... the same should be done also if you don't lose a bet? I mean... if you start to count your missing win, would you do the opposite?
In any case... after you realized how much have you win or have you lost (in potential) what it could change? I think this creates a BAD BIAS.
Likewise, feel more confident to play high stakes (even if this not required).
Personally I would just take care of the real money movements...

[maydna]

You don't have to think like that but if you bet $100, you should thinks that $100 is the amount you can lose. If you win or lose, you do not have a problem. You can accepts anything that will happens.

Sooner or later you will not thinks that gambling is for fun but you will serious analyzing your bet. You will want to win and difficult to accept the lose.

I don't focuses on the potential winning because many times my analysis is far from the wins. I just focus on the money that I use to bet. It is the amount I can risks.

[nimogsm]

I focus on my deposit and only on it. I don't consider potential profit until I gain full control over the funds when I transfer them to my balance. If I lose, I will only regret the hundred dollars, and I won't even consider the lost profit.If you focus on all losses at once, it will not lead to anything good. Calculating theoretical profits and actual losses will not correspond to reality.

[Cointxz]

I focus on my deposit and only on it. I don't consider potential profit until I gain full control over the funds when I transfer them to my balance. If I lose, I will only regret the hundred dollars, and I won't even consider the lost profit.If you focus on all losses at once, it will not lead to anything good. Calculating theoretical profits and actual losses will not correspond to reality.

This should be the standard but gambler usually have their own way thinking on their bets which is part of their character. I knew this feeling when the bet almost won then lose in the end. Such as the game is flowing according to the bet through first until the last quarter while somehow the result reversed on the final minutes due to team choke.

Some people already thinking as their money because it almost a sure win but there’s no sure win in sports betting unless the game was officially over.

I believe on this close to win bet the potential being counted by some gambler.

[Shinpako09]

No, I never do that. What I count as a loss is only what I already have. For example, my bankroll is $100, then I win and it becomes $200. If I lose that $200 before reaching my quota, I count all of it as a loss, not just the original bankroll. I include the amount I’ve won because it’s already considered mine. I don’t count potential wins, that’s unnecessary for me. I feel like you’re just adding more stress to yourself if you do that.

[Woodie]

In the world of gambling it's either you win or you lose, nothing like potential win or I missed a million dollars because I came short by a basket  And frankly speaking, why would a bet which almost landed be treated as a win ?? Btw, In the world of money you can not anticipate or record a profit before it happens and this is something I carry in the world of gambling... but I get were you going with this, it's not just the $100 it's the $190 that gets you attached to the bet 

[Byebyebtc]

This feeling is actually a real one and it affects most gamblers too, but in reality you did not loose your potential profits, you only lost your stake, your stake is your money but the potential profits isn't your money,

Meanwhile you don't have to take it that serious, most people have forget the main reason for gambling and get emotionally depressed because of loose, and they tend to be "too careful" when next they are analysing. If you take it this serious it might lead to emotional issues.

[rbynxx]

Is anyone else like this?
Do you only focus on the stake, or do you also factor in the potential win when deciding whether a bet is worth it?

I guess I'm also that kind of gambler but if ever I imagine that I think I have the edge over that bet like a parlay or a betbuilder. I guess the stake was understandable to be lost so we tend to focus on the actual winning considering we really want to win in gambling, you're probably a fool if you thought that you want more on losing. lol

[Nwada001]

I focus on my deposit and only on it. I don't consider potential profit until I gain full control over the funds when I transfer them to my balance. If I lose, I will only regret the hundred dollars, and I won't even consider the lost profit.If you focus on all losses at once, it will not lead to anything good. Calculating theoretical profits and actual losses will not correspond to reality.

And this is the only right way to look at betting; the other, which involves calculating potential winnings, is a big mistake the OP has been making and will hurt him more each time he loses since he doesn't control the potential winning amount, but it is accumulated based on the amount of odds the game he bet on carries. The higher the potential amount, the more hurt he gets each time he loses.

[Bitcoin.com97]

Lately I noticed something about how I think when I place bets.
Aside from the actual stake, I also mentally count the possible winning as something I’m losing if the bet fails.

For example, I bet $100 at odds 1.90.
The return should be $190, but when it loses, I don’t just feel like I lost $100. It feels like I lost the whole $190 that could have been mine.

Because of that mindset, I’ve become more serious with my bets, like I take more time to study and analyze before placing anything, since in my head the loss feels bigger than the actual amount at risk.

Is anyone else like this?
Do you only focus on the stake, or do you also factor in the potential win when deciding whether a bet is worth it?

You are not alone , I don’t only focus on the actual stake , I focus more on my potential win , because what I’m getting if it eventually boom is more important to me .

But taking your analysis seriously doesn’t actually determine the winning it only help get on the right Track , but for real the potential win is not supposed to trouble us but indeed before doing something their must be target , so when your target is very important to you the actual stake may not bother you again but the potential win will, because of the target you have in mind .