Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
Here's a simple example: how do you explain to someone that they should quit after reaching a ten percent win goal? How do you explain to someone that after you lost $200 playing one-dollar video poker that you should move up to $2 videopoker for a chance to recover your losses and finish with a profit? These are concepts that are totally foreign to conventional players because they think only one way -- which is the odds of drawing cards. They don't think about win amounts because if they did they would embrace win goals and changing denominations to meet those win goals.

When you suggest win goals the conventional players argue that win goals do not change the odds of the game. They're right. But Rob isn't talking about odds -- he's talking about winning. That is the problem. Rob is traveling one road, the conventional players are traveling on another road, and their destinations are different. Rob is seeing the "win" destination while the conventional players are looking for the "odds" destination.
So Alan, what is the difference between winning and odds? Do win goals change the odds? If not, how do you end up winning when the odds are against you?