"Big boys like the banks can afford to buy ------ heck if it doesn't work out it's a writeoff."

Bunk. If you think for one minute that the players don't take every peny seriously, you are hugely mistaken. That attitude is what creates losers not players. Winners take nothing for granted...that's how they stay sharp. It's part of the discipline. You don't stray from it or you become careless....and then you lose.