Originally Posted by coach belly View Post
How many progressive royal +EV plays do you need before you hit the royal? Is it possible...or probable...that an individual player (not part of a team) will never hit on one of these plays?
Yes, its possible....but not probable if you have a large enough sample space. I'm not as boned up on this type of math as RS is but he once posted that the probability that it will take you two cycles to hit a royal is 1 in 7, three cycles 1 in 20, four cycles 1 in 55. My personal record is 5.5 cycles between royals. The flip side is twice in my career I've hit 3 royals within four hours of play. I've played multi-millions of hands of video poker. I've seen the extreme from both sides.