Originally Posted by
redietz
So if Mr. Mendelson plays negative expectation video poker and is ahead lifetime after so many hands, that should terrify some people? Is that the logic here? I can see that as unsettling and a disconfirmation of advantage play principles, depending on his number of hands.
On the other hand, I have never hit a royal more than $1200, and I'm ahead about $5100 lifetime. Should that be a confirmation of advantage play principles? I've only played about half a million hands lifetime, so I'm not sure that's enough hands. I count free play winnings directly generated from the video poker towards the total. I still have a couple hundred in free play stashed, so they are not counted in the total.