When the expected value is so definitively against you I guess it's implied that you're playing for variance. Maybe you also feel that you're playing for the en

When the expected value is so definitively against you I guess it's implied that you're playing for variance. Maybe you also feel that you're playing for the entertainment value, which isn't subject to the same mathematical rationality. I get that. When I play poker for 5 hours and come out even at the end of the night or slightly behind, I consider it worthwhile because I had fun for 5 hours.