People being backed in general don't have money.. They might have 5 or 10k to there name but it won't often be a lot more (They might have a house, car, good lifestyle etc. But that's mostly not the case)..
My argument (and the reality) didn't state that both players started with 100K.. The backer has a certain roll and the horse (hero in the story) is down 40K in makeup..
The player one his own roll starts with 100K roll and looses 40K. he's still got 60k.
We can manipulate/frame the scenario's where we can prove the other wrong but I think the best way to look at it, is what the majority of the people do/are doing.
Most people playing backed, play backed because they don't have the money to play on there own. The money they earn goes directly into spending and that's why they will remain backed until they have a very big score/upswing.
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Do people realise that what they're saying is essentially that being backed is more mentally stressful than not being backed?
Christ.
So yes, in that scenario (again, most common among online players). Playing backed will become a lot more stressful.
Being in makeup for too long will result in being very tight in your spending budget and when you have fixed costs like rent, phone bill, internet, daily living costs, health insurance etc. The pressure becomes very high.