Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
No, because I am telling you that the results of video poker players (and that is the bell curve I am talking about) is not purely math based. The results of video poker players (make sure we are talking about the same thing) will vary with the decisions made by the players. Want an example? Here is it is: Rob Singer. Rob Singer wins on negative expectation games. He violates the math.
Assuming of course that he really has won. However, even the math accounts for that possibility. There is an .03% chance he really did win as much as he has claimed. So, no math violation whatsoever. Now, if you really believe that someone is that lucky for 10 straight years I have some prime Wyoming ocean front property available ...

Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
I am not disagreeing with the math. I'm saying that the results of video poker players will differ from the math.

Now, if you can show me that that difference fits a bell curve I will accept it. But you can't tell me that non random video poker play fits a bell curve automatically.
No, the results do not differ from the math. The math is not tied to optimal play as you appear to think. The math applies to any strategy a player uses. It simply shifts the bell curve to the left.

All a bell curve does in VP is provide a range of possible outcomes and the associated probabilities of a method of play. There is not a single bell curve.