Topic: Criteria of a good gambler - page 4. (Read 38032 times)

I suppose some characteristics which make a good gambler are going to change depending on the games you prefer to play, but at the same time there are other characteristics that I would guess should be pretty much the standard and self-explanatory, like keeping your gambling money separated from the rest of your money and never touch it should be one of the most basic skills of a good gambler, as if someone is incapable of even doing this much then they will eventually get into money problems.

Yeah, that requires self control, and many gamblers don't have that. Specially the problem gamblers, they tend to use extra money to try to get back in the game after they lost their main gambling money.

Of course we all know that eventually they end up losing that extra money as well, so it's just worse in the end. At least the gambler that has self control doesn't end up losing everything.

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I suppose some characteristics which make a good gambler are going to change depending on the games you prefer to play, but at the same time there are other characteristics that I would guess should be pretty much the standard and self-explanatory, like keeping your gambling money separated from the rest of your money and never touch it should be one of the most basic skills of a good gambler, as if someone is incapable of even doing this much then they will eventually get into money problems.

I confess that I had not read this topic in detail.
I imagine that some of these types of criteria may be more relevant than others, not all people think the same way and consequently the same type of criteria cannot be relevant to another person, I even dare say that most of these characteristics /criteria are subjective (of course, some more than others)

I know each and every point which OP has mentioned in the post. But the main problem is to adhere to them while playing.

Taking the example of the revenge gambling how many times when I gamble and lost few games I will try my best to play another game with taking a big risk in order to overcome the loss. This is revenge gambling and we should all avoid it.
Most people involved in this type of revenge gambling but they never know what they are doing and hence they lose big money.

A lot of people wonder what is the criteria of a good gambler, here are some of my thought about good gambler

a good gambler never chase profit
Profit might be the first reason why people gamble, but a good gambler never attached to the profit, the most important thing in gambling is excitement and fun experience, having profit is just the bonus

a good gambler able to control himself / herself
Self controlling is very important in gambling, without a clear mind there will be a lot of mistakes in betting and even causing reckless betting and losing all of the money in split second

a good gambler know when to stop
Setting a limit is very important in gambling, setting a lost limit will prevent you to over spend your money and setting a win limit is  also important because in the long run the house got a bigger chance to win due to the house edge

a good gambler never cause any problem to the surrounding
A good gambler know that the chances of losing money in gambling is huge, so a gambler should never used daily needs money or borrowing money to gamble, and a gambler should never think of robbery or stealing to gamble

a good gambler can accept lost
When losing a good gambler won't blame the surrounding, cursing or accusing the  casino as fraud places, losing is the half part of gambling, if you can't accept lost then dont start to gamble

a good gambler should able to manage the time
A good gambler know how to split the time for family, for friends and for gambling, a good gambler never neglected family or friend just because of gambling

We must encourage people to become a good gambler, so people won't always have a bad judgement about gambler

very rich people have many businesses, sponsorships, so when a very rich person starts playing and bets for example 1000$ on a game and loses, on the same day or hours later or next day or following days or week he makes a profit of 1000$ of one of his many trades, so he won't be crying because he lost 1000$ in a casino bet, but if an ordinary person bets 1000$ and loses everything, that person will cry because he won't have that 1000$ anytime soon

and we have to look at the expectations created, for example, when the rich man bets 1000$ at the casino, he doesn't care much when he wins and keeps 2000$, because he knows that he wins those 1000$ every day or hours or days, while the average person when he bets 1000$ he creates high expectations that when he wins and keeps 2000$ he will make a lot of profit and will buy something X or Y in the real world, so you and all of us can already imagine the disgust that person gets when loses

I wonder why I've been late on this topic but I want to comment the OP for this fine writing and all you've listed are truly the qualities of a good gambler.
Ability not to chase after ones loss which I refer to as revenge gambling as stated by one other user over here is one great criteria of a good gambling and I've seen so many people try as much as possible to recover all their losses for the day at once and by so doing, emotions might interfere and one might not do the right thing resulting in loss.
And no matter what quality one has, the ability to gamble responsibly is key and with that alone, one is already 85% a good gambler.

There are many reason why people engage in gambling and some of them is for entertainment only and wasting of money but the other hand there are many gamblers that they play it because they getting have fun once they are in casino betting and win. Also some gamblers play it because of they need a comfort when they lost and have a problem gambling is their medicine do better.

Controlling our emotions is hard because there will be times when we will feel deeply devastated and disappointed because of our losses. However, we should still know how to put limitations on everything and we must not let our emotions control us because if we let our feelings rule over, we could make wrong decisions. Knowing when to stop and when to continue is a responsible response whether we lose or win. Self-discipline is always necessary so we'll know how to take control in betting the wisest way.

We totally agree, that what the Op said in his long list is true. however, the fact is that doing exactly what Op posted in that thread is extremely difficult. the problem is, sometimes we are provoked by excessive emotions, especially when we get consecutive defeats. Of course, it will greatly affect our psychology as humans.

to be a good gambler, it's hard and i believe there are many of us hard to do it right. nevertheless, I agree with what you say. in fact, for a gambler the most important thing is responsibility. with responsibility, one can reduce excessive activity, especially when losing in a row. with responsibility too, self-control will be formed which can limit any excessive activity. but, yes, however it is difficult to do because often, we are influenced by emotions, whether it's when we get a win or when we get a loss.

Everything you said is correct mate, as long as the only important thing for a gambler is to be responsible in playing gambling, first of all, don't send emotions that are the main enemy of a gambler.

Because I only play gambling 1 or twice a week, win or lose, stop immediately and come back the next week. That's just the routine I do.

A lot of people wonder what is the criteria of a good gambler, here are some of my thought about good gambler

a good gambler never chase profit
Profit might be the first reason why people gamble, but a good gambler never attached to the profit, the most important thing in gambling is excitement and fun experience, having profit is just the bonus

But that is not good, gamblers should not look for a way to make money from gambling, they should look for other ways because gambling can only take more than give as people think they can use it to make money. The primary reason that gambler lose more is because they are thinking gambling can be used to make money but which is not, gambling can be used to spend away time for that time to be lively and not boring but some people turn it to another thing.

Different people/gambler do have different reason why they are involve with gambling, the common saying is they are enjoying while playing, a good criteria is those who can manage their finances and not allowing addiction to take place, I see lots of different stories about heavy gaming which ended up losing a lot to the point of losing everything including their families.

If you want to play for fun, best to have a strong mental and financial control.

You cant really be sure of that because on the time that these wealthy gamblers or does have lots of money would come into a point where they would really be minding with their huge losses and its impossible

that you wont really be able to notice out that you are gradually losing huge money on longer run which on the time that you are making yourself that aware already then this is where emotions would kick in.

Desperation would takes place and this is where you do mess up even more because you would really be that in a hurry on trying to break even on what you had lost.
In gambling whether you are a whale or not, we do share up on the same motive which is to make profits.

Everything you said is correct mate, as long as the only important thing for a gambler is to be responsible in playing gambling, first of all, don't send emotions that are the main enemy of a gambler.

Because I only play gambling 1 or twice a week, win or lose, stop immediately and come back the next week. That's just the routine I do.