Why 10k hands before stats mean anything? (long and technical)

[MadMojoMonkey]

This is obviously ridiculous, and you don't understand that there are a number of types of statistical distributions. This reads like someone who encountered omg STANDARD DEVIATION WOW in high school and hasn't really progressed much from there.

I'm using a standard Geometric distribution based on Bernoulli trials (i.e. true/false scenarios where each one is unrelated to past or future events) to estimate any given stat. This means that all I know about a stat is how many times it could have happened and whether it did happen when it could have.

I'm using a student's T-dist for the CI's on stats with less than 20 trials and a normal distribution for CI's on stats with more than 20 trials (although that's not apparent in my OP).

I have a degree in physics and a minor in mathematics, so If I'm not satisfying your sense of fullness, please just ask a question. I may not understand the stats as well as my professors, but I've certainly used them in lab reports for the last 4 years.

I'm not trying to "sound smart" or anything. I'm just thinking about something that seemed arbitrary (10k hands to build a stat profile) and trying to find if there is logic behind it.

[daven]

I'm using a standard Geometric distribution

? a little knowledge is a dangerous thing

[EasyPoker]

(10k hands to build a stat profile) and trying to find if there is logic behind it.

Will knowing this help us play poker better? Srs question