Originally Posted by slingshot View Post
One last post on this, Alan. I know it's silly, so I'll conclude. So, if individual results do not affect what you call the flow, an individual could stop when ahead, time after time,week after week- whether $25, $50 or $500- and the "flow" would not be altered. Millions of hands would in the meantime keep this "flow" going until the next visit and a repeat possible. If I could think of a name for it, I would call it short term strategy.
Another way to look at this is, that with a game with a 2% house edge, about 98% of people will be able to quit while ahead one bet, but 2% will loose it all waiting for the one unit up. (This is pseudo-math. )