Soft profits are indeed that which is cashed out every time you get 40 or more credits ahead in any and all denominations.

The special plays are as much an important part of my strategy as having the proper bankroll, knowing how to play the game I'm playing optimally, and the discipline to walk when the win goal is hit. I would say money management is as good a phrase as anything else, and yes, I play more by-the-book than the critics realize. But in order to create an edge over the casino you can't do it mathematically, simply because it is they who perpetually hold it. You have to start by doing the exact opposite of what they expect you to do, then use your ingenuity which is what and how my strategy was developed. The AP's who claim a 103.6% play today is to their advantage never understand that they will lose more hands than they will play regardless of what specials are on for the comparatively very short time they are playing that machine/promo. And especially in someone like Frank's case, chasing a royal that absolutely needs to be hit - and hit in a financially timely manner - in order for his team to claim to be a winner, is the ONLY way that theoretical 10(4%) "edge" will ever be realized. And how often do you think THAT happens?