PHAkash
Enthusiast
Silver Level
I believe that this feeling of injustice is simply the “loss aversion” bias, in which people feel the emotional impact of a defeat more intensely than the pleasure of an equivalent gain. A player may feel “treated unfairly” when losing a favorite hand and reacting with tilt—this aversion to loss working in conjunction with hindsight bias, which makes him think he “knew” what he should have done. Understanding what biases are and how they operate can go a long way in maintaining emotional balance during the game.
