Robison describes a run of four-deuce hands that brought his personal tally back toward its statistical expectation. The accompanying casino-floor encounter highlights a common misunderstanding: a large credit balance does not reveal how much a player originally put into the machine.
A personal perspective
An individual session is a story, not a controlled sample of a game. Personal accounts can illuminate what players notice, remember and find confusing, while leaving the probabilities of future hands unchanged. This distinction is useful when reading both winning milestones and frustrating runs.
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Ask the Slot Expert: Red-letter day in my video poker history
John Robison · Jun 10, 2026
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