The Thing with Gambling

As a social gambler, I gamble infrequently coz most of my friends dun. So my gambling skills suck big time. But ridiculously, my luck is actually quite good coz I usually break even one way or the other. So 2 session in this CNY, one at Tiong Bahru and the other at Hume Ave, yield a modest lost of around $30 as compared to others.

Now the thing is this, $30 is lost only at playing card games, a simple “luck”game that anyone can play, whilst I broke even at mahjong which l’m like amateur level one. I dunno how to count the “台”, dunno how to “count” the tiles and even worst, I dun guard too much against my “下家”. But i'm welcomed at any mahjong table as i'm usually depicted as a "菜包"。My strategy is simply to concentrate only on winning with my tiles irregardless of how many “台” anyone else have, much to the disgust of my friends, usually the “上家” but a delight for the “下家”。 Coz attack is the best defense. Ha ha ha… I will only start guarding when my tiles are in a hopeless permutation. What i have observed is that my direct opposite player tends to gain the most. Ha ha ha…

This CNY, I have learnt two versions of poker called “In-between” and “Chicago poker” or something like that.

So the important things I remembered from my last gambling session :

1. Prepare to lose your initial startup cash when you gamble i.e $50
2. Stop once your initial cash is lost
3. Be happy coz you are playing with friends

And the most important thing is :

虽然是“ 十赌九输”，假如真要赌，就不要怕输。