[A_C_Slater]

Let's say you have a roulette wheel with 25 numbers on it and you bet on 13 every single time and only on 13. It should hit about once every 25 times, right? But sometimes you'll put your money on the 13 and it won't hit 1 out of 200 times.

You are right in that you can lose a lot of money against maniacs faster than you could if you were playing against a World Class expert, but you can also make more money off of them then anyone else. If you aren't properly bankrolled and there is a maniac in the game you should just leave.