The sense of entitlement has been a wonder for a long time. Do people really obtain what they are worthy of? If we do the correct actions are we going to achieve an incentive for it? Do our bad actions stay unpunished? In a world of idealism, you will gain what you deserved. But now, it seems like things have gone awry, we get what we’re not supposed to get.

When you give back a wallet full of money it is given that you’ll think that you might get a reward for your honesty. But oftentimes, the only thing that you’ll get is a simple thank your from the indebted owner.

Another common example would have happened to your during your school years. Somehow that time you’ve experience studying a lot on a subject anticipating that you’ll get good results in your exams. On the other hand, you also expect that you will fail a subject that you’re not interested in studying. But the thing is that, the results are not what you anticipate it to be; you got a very high score at the subjects you’re not interested with and failed on the subject you expected to have ace results.

At work, some employees work hard to achieve promotions and salary raises but we observe that a lot of hard-working people have been ignored on promotions, laid off and been force to low grade their salaries.

What I mean is that people always think that they are worthy of something for their efforts but sometimes it is very probable that you’ll get a very different outcome.

A fine example of poker entitlement would be Phil Hellmuth. Phil is identified for saying this statement: “If it wasn’t for luck, I guess I’d win them all.” This individual considers that playing with a good game plan give him the privilege to win. But now he’s knowledge is a little wider for he acknowledges that luck is a key factor in poker, but he still believes that a superior hand will win against an inferior one all the time.

This way of reasoning made him ignore other factors in the game. One instance would be his tirade with Adam “Roothlus” Levy in WSOP Main Event 2008. It happened early in the game when they are bought deep stacked: Hellmuth raised with a pair of 9 and Levy called with QTs. As the game was played, a 9 turned up and it gave Phil a set, but unfortunately it gave Levy a nut straight. Phil Hellmuth lose a fairly big pot and he rant on Levy, saying things demeaning his game play. The reality is that Levy played his hand flawlessly: Phil was so mad on how the game turned against him even if he has the hit the set – which he permitted his belief of entitlement shadow what was really going on through the game.

Both players have deep stacks, Levy is in position and Phil has a rep as a loose player. He even commented during bet on the final card, “Could I be good enough to play QT like this?” It means that the range of his hand consists of a QT here, but he still called Levy an idiot for playing the very same hand.

If you desire to be an excellent poker player you need to erase all sense of entitlement in your self. All you need to do is place your money on the best play you’ll have and then let fate have his way. It’s true that sometimes you’ll get poor results on your good plays but in the end it will be balance out.

In the poker table, the only thing that you’re entitled with is you’ll be dealt with cards. Then all the things that will happen afterwards will depend on your own choices and fate. But keep in mind that your decisions will be the turning point of your poker career: Fate will just tell you the time that you deserve to win.