Insurance trap?
Honestly yeah, it mostly just feels good after you’ve been punched in the teeth a few hands in a row. That’s the whole thing. Insurance is the same itch as panic-cashing out a sports bet in the 3rd quarter because your stomach gets loud. I’ve done both, and every time it was me buying emotional relief, not value. Once i started treating calm decision-making like an actual SKILL, that bet got way easier to ignore. If you’re not counting, you’re basically paying a little fee to feel less sick for ten seconds. I hate it. Bluntly, i think people “make it work” in the same way lucky socks work.