Is It the Classic Case of Loss Aversion?

"When you're an advantage player, you just kind of see the world through this whole thing," he says. "I honestly don't know why no one else decided to do this before I did, but it's the correct way to do it." The Japanese court is meant to be like a game-changing event and there are only a few opportunities to strategize on it. But even though people aren't really risking real money until they win, it feels like dollars to people.