Setting Win Limitations

[Frank Kneeland]

Here's what I know and what a lot of other gamblers know:

It's gambling. The edge may be on my side, the odds may be on my side, the chance of winning may be on my side, but when the money is in my pocket it's my money.

And if I have a nice win and I've won enough money to bring a nice smile to my face (a win goal) I'm going to take my money home and enjoy it -- or save it for my next casino outing.

Why is that such a foreign concept to you?

It is not. I'm not sure to what this is in reference.

If we have reverted to talking about win goals, the reason I find the decision peculiar is that if you set a "win goal" and reach it you should never play again...ever. You set a goal, you reach that goal, you are done.

I see no (logical) reason why you should get to wipe the slate clean, reset the clock and disavow your decision from the previous day.

I'm in full support of leaving due to fatigue, hunger, time constraints, etc... I cannot for the life of me see why a win (without these other factors present) would signal a time to leave, when you will be returning to the same conditions you left. That's all, it doesn't make sense to me.

We just debated this on LVA and the conclusion was there was no logical reason to leave as a result of a win. We found many emotional factors that could account for it and I don't think anyone is saying that there is anything wrong with including emotions in your casino decisions.

~FK

P.S. Of course, I would have been fired from the team for including emotions in any casino related decision.