This is a mentality that is quite common in the poker world. A player gets down to their last chippies, and they go all in. Thereafter, they are out of the competition.
A British entrepreneur, Ashley Revell, decided he wanted to sell everything he owned, cleaned out his savings account, flew to Las Vegas, and let it ride, all $135,000 of it, on RED at the roulette wheel.
As it turns out, this incident happened in 2004, and Ashley Revell was, indeed, a so-called "professional gambler." It was filmed by Sky One as a reality mini-series titled Double or Nothing, and Revell was also featured in an E! documentary special along with Stu Ungar called "THS Investigates: Vegas Winners & Losers."
Here's a brief YouTube of Ashley betting it all: Man Bets His Life Savings.
I have *never* been all in or bet the house on anything in my life, and this mentality is something foreign to me. Thinking about it, though, I realize that many pool players -- pro caliber and action players -- put it all on the line, going all in, riding on empty.
The above-referenced video glorifies a man putting his entire life savings on the line; yet, in the pool world, when a player does something like this, they are sometimes called names. "Degenerate gambler" comes to mind. :embarrassed2:
I have never had a gambling addiction, but when I see something like this, it makes me wonder why. Is it the rush someone gets of betting it all, much like a drug addict? Is it for attention, someone wanting to feel important? Is it something else?
This going all in seems to be an accepted societal norm today. What do you think? Would you do it? Is this what separates the lions from the lambs?
JAM <---lamb
A British entrepreneur, Ashley Revell, decided he wanted to sell everything he owned, cleaned out his savings account, flew to Las Vegas, and let it ride, all $135,000 of it, on RED at the roulette wheel.
As it turns out, this incident happened in 2004, and Ashley Revell was, indeed, a so-called "professional gambler." It was filmed by Sky One as a reality mini-series titled Double or Nothing, and Revell was also featured in an E! documentary special along with Stu Ungar called "THS Investigates: Vegas Winners & Losers."
Here's a brief YouTube of Ashley betting it all: Man Bets His Life Savings.
I have *never* been all in or bet the house on anything in my life, and this mentality is something foreign to me. Thinking about it, though, I realize that many pool players -- pro caliber and action players -- put it all on the line, going all in, riding on empty.
The above-referenced video glorifies a man putting his entire life savings on the line; yet, in the pool world, when a player does something like this, they are sometimes called names. "Degenerate gambler" comes to mind. :embarrassed2:
I have never had a gambling addiction, but when I see something like this, it makes me wonder why. Is it the rush someone gets of betting it all, much like a drug addict? Is it for attention, someone wanting to feel important? Is it something else?
This going all in seems to be an accepted societal norm today. What do you think? Would you do it? Is this what separates the lions from the lambs?
JAM <---lamb