how tiny actions in a session affect the future outcomes of the session

Example: I waited 5 seconds to make my decision on the flop, instead of 30 seconds.

Something in that timing could and probably would affect the precise way that the dealer shuffled the cards, or the timing of it going into the machine.

So, for example, this means that if I had a big hand 2 hands later or the next hand, it's very likely that it was somewhat affected a lot of random things?

I ask this because i was in a bad situation the other day, and I just laughed it off. It cost me a couple of thousand dollars.

I then went to the bathroom next hand and came back within a couple of seconds that my hand would have been folded. then I go on to make about 8.5K on that hand, and then the next hand I earned another 3K or so.

I thought, well if I had handled the first situation differently and not just let it go and laugh about it, instead this affects all future events.

I felt very awesome how I handled the situation I was in. But then it had me thinking mathematically how each situation would be completely affected by the prior situation somehow.

Is there a way to describe this that is a math term?

Over the long term I supposed it won't matter (given infinite sample size) but in the short term it would.

Thanks