I understand your point Mickey but once again Dancer, the Wizard, Grochowski and every video poker book and article I ever read says there is NO difference in the EV.

Since this was supposed to be a bet over the return of playing, and if the EV is the same, why are you objecting to a 100 play/hand game? The EV is the same.

You can also have VARIANCE with one million single line plays.