Molly Bloom

First of all, what shocked me was if you looked at the net worth at a lot of these people that were playing, it would indicate that

First of all, what shocked me was if you looked at the net worth at a lot of these people that were playing, it would indicate that

a loss of a couple hundred thousand or even a million wasn't a big deal, right?

a loss of a couple hundred thousand or even a million wasn't a big deal, right?

But that wasn't the case.

But that wasn't the case.

I saw crazy behavior.

I saw crazy behavior.

And what I realized kind of like, because I always would ask myself the question, what's underneath this?

And what I realized kind of like, because I always would ask myself the question, what's underneath this?

What's causing this flipping of the tables, screaming at me that you're never gonna pay, whatever.

What's causing this flipping of the tables, screaming at me that you're never gonna pay, whatever.

And what I kind of got to is it's fear.

And what I kind of got to is it's fear.

Even though it doesn't make logical sense compared to someone's net worth, losing money or losing in general kind of triggers this fear response.

Even though it doesn't make logical sense compared to someone's net worth, losing money or losing in general kind of triggers this fear response.

You feel out of control.

You feel out of control.

So my job consistently was having enough top-down control to be able to be the one that could then make that person feel safe.

So my job consistently was having enough top-down control to be able to be the one that could then make that person feel safe.