Chapter 500,000: Conquer the Ego
Another strategy of the God of Gamblers is that any two combinations of 10, J, Q, K, and A will never be split, but the two aces will be resolutely separated. He explained that 20 points would almost certainly win, so why break the "duck in hand" into two pairs to find greed? Two aces are equal to 2 points, or equal to 22 points, so they must be taken apart.
Dai Zilang's two strategies for playing blackjack are summed up in one point: to overcome people's greed, people die for money, birds die for food, and in fact, the main factor for failure in the casino is the greed of gamblers. Wu Wei noticed that the cards on this table gradually began to climb after a few rounds, and the cards had reached more than ten points before they were halfway through, and Wu Wei's emotions also followed the momentum of the cards, and he focused his attention on this table.
After a few rounds, the card momentum has exceeded twenty points, Wuwei heart a burst of ecstasy, the remaining cards are already based on big cards, the probability of the dealer bursting cards has increased greatly, now is extremely beneficial to the player, he involuntarily sat at the table, hurriedly took out a pile of 100 yuan bills from his pocket, did not count, snapped and threw in front of the dealer, afraid of delay. Several stacks of colorful chips were pushed in front of him, and Wu Wei grabbed the two yellow 1,000 yuan chips in his hand, and when he instinctively raised his hand to place a bet, his brain was stunned, and his hand stopped in mid-air.
He suddenly remembered the purpose of his visit to the casino, and the master repeatedly emphasized that he could only watch and not gamble, and as long as he gambled three times, he would not recognize himself as an apprentice.
Wu Wei's arm raised in mid-air slowly withdrew, sweat drops oozed from his forehead instantly, he couldn't understand how he could sit at the table, his actions just now were completely unconscious, and he began to bet unconsciously. He only now realized that gambling had infiltrated his subconscious, and he blamed himself deeply in his heart, how could his self-control be so poor, and he forgot the master's words when he came to the casino for the first time.
Wuwei picked up a black chip and threw it to the dealer, and said to her embarrassedly: "I won't play anymore, please change the chips back for me." ”
The dealer looked at Wu Wei strangely, not knowing why he suddenly stopped, put the hundred yuan chips given by Wu Wei into the box, and then quickly exchanged all the chips for cash.
Wuwei stuffed the money handed to him by the staff into his pocket, fled the casino in a hurry, and came to the street, only to find that it was already night.
Wu Wei took a deep breath and exhaled softly, slowly calming himself down. Thinking back to the scene just now, I sat at the table completely unconsciously, and it was so natural to exchange money for chips, and I didn't think about it at all. In other words, gambling has entered one's subconscious, and to a certain extent, it is not controlled by the mind.
"It's horrible. Wuwei said softly, he always thought that his self-control was very strong, and he didn't expect to get off the field unconsciously. He decided to finish today's training session and go home and take stock of it.
Wuwei returned to the apartment dejectedly, because it was still early, and Robert, Yang Yan and Alun were still watching TV in the living room, and they all looked at him curiously when they saw him come back so early.
"Why did you come back so early?" Robert asked him first.
Wu Wei sat on the sofa, shook his head with a wry smile, briefly explained the process of being in the casino, and finally said: "I failed to go to the casino for the first time today, and before I knew it, I changed my chips and started betting. The master gave me three chances, but I didn't expect that I would break it on the first day. ”
"Brother Wuwei, don't be discouraged, besides, you haven't placed a bet yet, and it shouldn't be a one-time event. Yang Yan comforted Wuwei and said.
"Of course, I can't fool myself, it's useless to coax. If I forgive myself this time, then I will be even more unable to control myself in the future. It's horrible, and I just realized today how hard it is to not gamble in a casino!"
It was the first time that Yang Yan heard the word terrible from Wuwei's mouth, and she immediately understood Wuwei's heart. I just heard Robert say: "Wuwei, it's normal to have this kind of reaction, don't blame yourself too much." Gambling is already conditioned in your brain, so you don't need to think about it in a casino for your body to have reflexive behavior. The situation you encounter today is actually not terrible, the terrible things are yet to come. ”
"Why do you say that? Is it so terrible that I don't do anything but spend ten hours in the casino?" asked Wuwei in surprise, his expression more skeptical, thinking that Robert was exaggerating.
"Gambling has a lot of similarities with drug use to a certain extent, the reason why it is difficult to quit after taking drugs is not how much harm drugs have caused to the human body, in fact, physical drug rehabilitation is not very difficult, and it can be eliminated after enduring a period of pain, and the most difficult thing to eliminate is the dependence of the human spirit on drugs. Until now, modern medicine has been helpless against this mental dependence on drugs. A person who is addicted to gambling is also mentally dependent on gambling, and when you are in a casino and cannot gamble, the mental pain can be described in two words, 'torment'. If you can endure this suffering, then you will be completely reborn. ”
"Robert, is it really as terrible as you say, so painful?" Yang Yan also asked with some disbelieving.
"It can only be more powerful than what I said, you don't forget that Wu Wei is carrying 30,000 yuan in cash, which is like being in an empty house that no one cares about, making him hungry for three days and three nights, and then putting a bowl of fragrant braised pork in front of him to lure him. The metaphor of Robert's image gives everyone a sense of what it's like.
"Damn, if I can't stand it, even if I kill me, I will steal the braised pork, not to mention that no one cares. Aaron swallowed as if he had just experienced that feeling.
Robert looked at the contemplative Wuwei and then said: "Wuwei, I have already told you twice about the power of emotion to control people's behavior, reason is so weak in the face of emotion, all this refers to ordinary people, what you have to do now is exactly the opposite, the training that the master asked you to carry out is to train yourself to be able to use reason to control your behavior, you must use your own reason to overcome emotion." It is safe to say that any outstanding person, no matter what profession he is engaged in, must do one thing, and that is to use reason to overcome inner emotions. ”
Wuwei looked at Robert gratefully and said softly, "I understand, thank you for your help." Robert, to be honest, I'm lucky to know you. ”
The next day, Wu Wei walked into the casino with cash again, and he reminded himself of the purpose of his visit from time to time. Wu Wei walked in the casino, looking at the brand-new playing cards on the table, looking at the colorful chips, and the fast-spinning roulette wheel, exuding allure everywhere. Wuwei felt like a cat's paw scratching himself in his heart, he couldn't help but put his hand into his pocket to take out the money, and a voice seemed to say to himself in his heart: Play two, just play two, anyway, no one knows.
Wuwei's hand took out the money in his pocket for more than ten minutes, and finally pulled it out again, he finally understood why Robert used the word "torment", and now he felt in his heart that it was really worse than torment in a hot pan.
There are two things in the world that are most tempting to people, sex and money, and these two things are often the most harmful to people. People often show two emotions when it comes to money, one is greedy possessiveness, and the other is the fear of losing money. Whether it is possessiveness or fear, it can cause great harm to people, and the common manifestation is to make people nervous, and when it is powerful, it makes people lose their minds. Because money is linked to human survival, losing money means losing the security of survival, which will make people instinctively resist. This is why some people have difficulty controlling themselves when gambling. And the possessiveness of money is also a struggle for the conditions of existence, so both emotions can stimulate the instinctive reaction within the person. Fighting your inner instincts is never easy, and it needs to be tested like purgatory.
On the third day, Wu Wei sat down at the table several times in a row, sat down and stood up again. Several times he felt that he couldn't hold on anymore, and wanted to run out of the casino, he admired the brilliance of Robert's metaphor, he was really like a man who hadn't eaten for a few days, and suddenly saw a plate of steaming, fragrant braised pork, and he couldn't control himself at all, no matter what he thought in his heart, but his hand couldn't help but stretch out.
Just when Wuwei couldn't bear the pain in his heart, he suddenly remembered what Robert had said about how to change himself. The easiest way to change your behavior or habits is to associate desired behaviors with happiness and add pain to unwanted behaviors. Wuwei felt that his heart suddenly opened up, and his current training is the only way for him to become a gambling king, and only after this test can he succeed.
Wu Wei created a scene of becoming a gambling king in his mind, he tasted the joy of success in his heart, and slowly Wu Wei felt that his emotions calmed down, he wondered that his emotions changed so quickly, he seemed to be outside the casino all of a sudden, and then looked at everything around him as if he had no connection with himself.