Why Smart Peoples Sometimes Get Stuck In Gambling

[Onyeeze]

I have not seen anyone came here to tell us that he is she is an expert of gambling which they have streaks wins at all time and there is no lose in their gambling life. Nobody can tell us the true answer of the game but only to predict the game. So that should be on luck and not from the analysis or smartness. Everyone stuck because nobody knows the results until it is display after the match.

there are people who think that they are expert in gambling and there are also people who think that they cannot lose in gambling and whose ever that loses in gambling does not know how to gamble and does not know how to make a research before gambling, so all these things are things that we need to understand that there are people who think that they are perfect in everything they're doing but it is obvious that the gambling is something that you can never be perfect and nobody may say that it have experience in the gambling than other persons

[uneng]

Another thing is ego. For someone who is used to being right in life accepting repeated losses feels uncomfortable.

That is an interesting point, because sometimes ego can be misunderstood as intelligence, or lead someone to think they are more capable than they really are on the present time. An inflated ego easily lead people to bad decisions, which make them look foolish on people around's eyes.

I guess if someone is really smart, they don't get stuck in gambling for too long, because they will have a sharp perception of what is going on and that it's not going to take them anywhere interesting on long run.

[lombok]

I have not seen anyone came here to tell us that he is she is an expert of gambling which they have streaks wins at all time and there is no lose in their gambling life. Nobody can tell us the true answer of the game but only to predict the game. So that should be on luck and not from the analysis or smartness. Everyone stuck because nobody knows the results until it is display after the match.

there are people who think that they are expert in gambling and there are also people who think that they cannot lose in gambling and whose ever that loses in gambling does not know how to gamble and does not know how to make a research before gambling, so all these things are things that we need to understand that there are people who think that they are perfect in everything they're doing but it is obvious that the gambling is something that you can never be perfect and nobody may say that it have experience in the gambling than other persons

The assumption that someone can become an untouchable guru of gambling, is also a logical fallacy that sometimes spoils the process of risk management. Gambling is nothing more than a system, whose odds are always stacked against the game provider. Although research is important, humility and realizing that you know nothing will be much more helpful to your bankroll than thinking that you can understand everything based on rather random and unpredictable nature of the game.

[Reatim]

there’s different kinds of intelligence

a person that is book smart may not get the grit of gambling and might not be particularly good at it but a person that’s street smart may find success in gambling one way or another. but the one that really trumps them all is a person who’s financially smart.

[terrific]

What do you think? Do smart peoples really have an edge in gambling or does overthinking sometimes make it worse?

Overthinking can make things worse.
Been there and done that. The smart ones always have a conclusion into matter and if that includes gambling, they're going to have it play in their mind the possible results when they do it.
But the simplest thing is when we gamble, make sure that you're not going to overthink. Because if you do so, you'll be having a lot of simulations in your head thinking of the potential profits and neglecting the possible losses that you'll have.

[Crypto_Timothy]

You might thing it is analystical thinking but it may just be you overthinking every ticket before gambling. It may also look like you analyse the last 5 matches of the teams but in reality you are just overthinking and then try to pick a team to place a bet on. Smart people sha will not find themselves in such situations, now regardless, I still think is it better to overthink it than to just be non chalant about the situation. So yea smart people will have the advantage.

[Onyeeze]

What do you think? Do smart peoples really have an edge in gambling or does overthinking sometimes make it worse?

Overthinking can make things worse.
Been there and done that. The smart ones always have a conclusion into matter and if that includes gambling, they're going to have it play in their mind the possible results when they do it.
But the simplest thing is when we gamble, make sure that you're not going to overthink. Because if you do so, you'll be having a lot of simulations in your head thinking of the potential profits and neglecting the possible losses that you'll have.

yeah I'm supporting the opinion that to overthinking can make gambling to be worst, 1 gambling it needed at the last mind so that you can be able to calculate and make your predictions very well without being bothered once you are thinking repeatedly on what you have for experienced true gambling and the things that you have lost in gambling that will make you to miss your calculations gambling so for me anyone that I want to gamble have to have a rest of mind and they also gamble with the natural intention so that it will not lose sometimes what contribute our failure and gambling is based on anxiety and also excitement

[HelliumZ]

Another thing is ego. For someone who is used to being right in life accepting repeated losses feels uncomfortable.

Smart people naturally consider themselves to be the smartest and most experienced people. If for some reason they lose money in gambling, then such an ego works in them that they never want to accept the loss of gambling naturally. Then they take the loss of gambling as a challenge because of their ego and at some point that challenge becomes so aggressive that they try hard to recover the losses they have made in the past and in this way an experienced and conscious gambler sometimes becomes unconscious and arrogant because of their ego.

[GiftedMAN]

I have not seen anyone came here to tell us that he is she is an expert of gambling which they have streaks wins at all time and there is no lose in their gambling life. Nobody can tell us the true answer of the game but only to predict the game. So that should be on luck and not from the analysis or smartness. Everyone stuck because nobody knows the results until it is display after the match.

That is because no one is an expert in gambling because it is not something you can become so perfect in since you have to be lucky to even win in gambling. The person who is lucky to win today mY end up not winning again for two months that's shows that smartness don't make you win but luck does. People will always be stuck in gambling because no one can understand it better.

[alegotardo]

A lot of intelligent people try to understand gambling like a system. They track results and change strategies if the old one does not works and blame themselves that if they think a bit harder they can get better control over the outcome.

And after a few wins confidence grows. And slowly that confidence turns into a feeling like I am not just gambling I am managing it.

The problem is gambling is still based on uncertainty.

So when losses happens smart peoples often do not accept it as just randomness. Instead they try to fix it or recover it using another plan. That is where chasing starts without even realizing it.

Another thing is ego. For someone who is used to being right in life accepting repeated losses feels uncomfortable.

From the outside they still look calm and controlled. But inside the focus slowly shifts from profit to I need to be right again.

Are you sure you are referring to intelligent people?
From what you've described, I do not think they are intelligent at all. That is the kind of person who thinks they're better than others, who think they understand the game and the probabilities, but who are mistaken, who do exactly the opposite of what they themselves say.

An intelligent person, successful among friends, in family, and financially, is unlikely to gamble on gambling sites. And people who gamble do so only for fun. Intelligent people not only know the risks and limits, but they also respect them, because talking is easy, doing is for the intelligent.

[terrific]

What do you think? Do smart peoples really have an edge in gambling or does overthinking sometimes make it worse?

Overthinking can make things worse.
Been there and done that. The smart ones always have a conclusion into matter and if that includes gambling, they're going to have it play in their mind the possible results when they do it.
But the simplest thing is when we gamble, make sure that you're not going to overthink. Because if you do so, you'll be having a lot of simulations in your head thinking of the potential profits and neglecting the possible losses that you'll have.

yeah I'm supporting the opinion that to overthinking can make gambling to be worst, 1 gambling it needed at the last mind so that you can be able to calculate and make your predictions very well without being bothered once you are thinking repeatedly on what you have for experienced true gambling and the things that you have lost in gambling that will make you to miss your calculations gambling so for me anyone that I want to gamble have to have a rest of mind and they also gamble with the natural intention so that it will not lose sometimes what contribute our failure and gambling is based on anxiety and also excitement

Just expectations not too wide so that if it's not happening, you're not going to be disappointed.
Many gamblers tend to be smart but when it's up to their emotions, they're failing or I should say that we're failing in that.
That's the #1 enemy of each of us when we gamble because no matter how smart you are, there can be moments that we lose that fluke.

[Outhue]

Gambling don't need some kind of strategy or anything, you are already powerless when it's about gambling, why not enjoy your game and accept what happen? I feel more comfortable gambling without expecting to win something in return and I just burn what I can afford to burn and when I win it becomes a surprise, I don't want to be smarty about gambling, it doesn't make me feel better, it makes me want to make the wrong decisions.

[fruktik]

Exactly, one can’t treat gambling like a normal problem that can easily be solved , there is so much risk in gambling and I keep saying it luck plays a very big role , trusting only in your understanding may fail , it’s better to try your best and hope luck plays the major role, been intelligent won’t make one get everything right especially when it comes to gambling activities , over confidence doesn’t even help either  , but discipline and believing luck is what can really  help  and not how intelligent one is.

Belief in luck? Hmm... Yes, that is the only thing that might actually work. There was a period when I tested various strategies at the casino. And what was the result? Not a single one of them yielded a positive outcome. Was I surprised? No; from the very beginning, I understood that it was nothing more than self-deception—a delusion I so desperately wanted to believe in. And the majority of us wander through this world of illusions in exactly the same way. Hope never dies within us. So, what is the right course of action? To realize—before it is too late—that this is merely a sweet dream, and nothing more than a figment of our own minds.

[Yablee0]

The problem is gambling is still based on uncertainty.

As someone that is claiming to be a smart or an intelligent gambler, these are fact you must consider and always work with it. Nothing is sure, and if you're making it in your gaming streak don't always think it's by your own making or smartest because that mindset can only push you into greater lose that when you will only realize is when you are completely ruined.

So when losses happens smart peoples often do not accept it as just randomness. Instead they try to fix it or recover it using another plan. That is where chasing starts without even realizing it.

Offcourse, that is the smoothest way to losing chasing. Many gamblers think that accepting defeat or lose in gamble is a sign of awareness, is not, rather it shows how strong and reasonable you are in the game. If you're claiming to know it all and by that refusing to accept defeat then be ready to face the consequences that is attached to it when it comes.

Another thing is ego. For someone who is used to being right in life accepting repeated losses feels uncomfortable.

Ego has distroyed so many great people in life and it's sad how people are still falling victim. In real facts no man is an highlands, if you intend gambling with ego and for that reason refuse to accept outcomes the way they are then be ready to dance when the music of lost, frustration, regrets and so on will start playing.

[EluguHcman]

Gambling don't need some kind of strategy or anything, you are already powerless when it's about gambling, why not enjoy your game and accept what happen? I feel more comfortable gambling without expecting to win something in return and I just burn what I can afford to burn and when I win it becomes a surprise, I don't want to be smarty about gambling, it doesn't make me feel better, it makes me want to make the wrong decisions.

Imagine after employing all those strategies or probably doing your best as a smart one and then the overconfident your so regarded smartness ignites you to stake huge amount expecting you will make very huge profits and at the end the game outcomes proved to you that no one can beat the house?

Maybe then you can justify your smartness to be stupidity and begin to wonder how did you even got into the mess.
Of course the smart ones will always act greedy with the kind of falsely ideals inside of them that they can outsmart the bookies and house edges.

[gracreavix]

Gambling is obviously not for everyone. Most people that claim to be smart always want to be correct, and that is a problem. Instead of just accepting the 50/50 chance in gambling, they keep trying to find that reason why they lost, like maybe they missed something or did not calculate well.
The more they overthink it, the more they believe they can control the outcome. After some wins they will then start to feel like they already understand the system and can do it better than others, but sorry gambling does not work like that.
Gambling is still based on uncertainty. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, no matter how smart you are. Gambling is obviously not for people who think they should always be right, because that mindset alone will make losses harder to accept.

[Cityhunter34]

I have not seen anyone came here to tell us that he is she is an expert of gambling which they have streaks wins at all time and there is no lose in their gambling life. Nobody can tell us the true answer of the game but only to predict the game. So that should be on luck and not from the analysis or smartness. Everyone stuck because nobody knows the results until it is display after the match.

Honestly, I respect how gambling is set up. There's no skill or strategy that can keep you on a winning streak forever. Gambling is not by power or smartness. It's about discipline, knowing when stop, so you gamble responsibly. Nobody can predict what gambling will do. That's why it's essential to understand that gambling depends on luck, not by anything else.

[L E G E N D A R Y]

Gambling don't need some kind of strategy or anything, you are already powerless when it's about gambling, why not enjoy your game and accept what happen? I feel more comfortable gambling without expecting to win something in return and I just burn what I can afford to burn and when I win it becomes a surprise, I don't want to be smarty about gambling, it doesn't make me feel better, it makes me want to make the wrong decisions.

Having the cautiousness that gambling is game of both loss and gain and accepting that it when you lose without having to fight back to recover because the more one fights, the more they get more losses and the more they will be pained. So people should gamble and expect nothing from it, that is to said they have to accept any outcome from gambling and if they are satisfied with the outcome, they know what to do that will be best for them.

[348Judah]

Gambling is not by how smart we are or how we are able to apply our own personal strategy to win, sometimes the whole thing depends on luck, this is where we should not concentrate more on the tendency to win a bet because we may end up being disappointed with losses upon every attempt to win, the only aspect that smartness should come in is by the way we see gambling and how we are able to play it in a more responsible manner that does not later end up affecting us by any way.

[LastKiss]

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What do you think? Do smart peoples really have an edge in gambling or does overthinking sometimes make it worse?

That happened to most gamblers, when they lose a bet they think using another strategy will help them recover their losses. The thing is, even smart people may find something new but as we know, we are playing in a casino where the longer we play the more we lose because the house always wins in the long term. Accepting our losses and stopping could also make us look smarter because we are no longer wasting time chasing losses or overspending our bankroll for a longer time. I think being smart is not always about finding something new but also about being able to control ourselves from gambling.