Have you ever been up 25% of your bankroll?

[mickeycrimm]

How much time is required before the positive expectation results in an actual profit?

There are a myriad of examples. It depends on the type of game it is, how big the edge is, and how the game is configured. In video poker, most of the edges to be found are pretty thin. We're generally talking less than 4%. Depending on whether its a progressive or flattop, and what type of game it is, Jacks or Better, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus, etc., we're talking royal odds between 33,000 to 48,000, depending on the strategy used. My cruising speed is 1000 HPH. So unless I run extremely lucky we're talking a lot of hours for the edge to manifest itself. That is, if all the edge is in making the royal.