So if Mr. Mendelson plays negative expectation video poker and is ahead lifetime after so many hands, that should terrify some people? Is that the logic here? I can see that as unsettling and a disconfirmation of advantage play principles, depending on his number of hands.

On the other hand, I have never hit a royal more than $1200, and I'm ahead about $5100 lifetime. Should that be a confirmation of advantage play principles? I've only played about half a million hands lifetime, so I'm not sure that's enough hands. I count free play winnings directly generated from the video poker towards the total. I still have a couple hundred in free play stashed, so they are not counted in the total.