[Rorshach]

For what its worth I had a chance to "test" this theory recently. I am leaving on an east coast vacation tomorrow, so I cashed out a significant portion of my bankroll--500 bucks. That left only 75.00 left.
So it was with some trepidation that I logged on to play the next day. I did not seem to fall victim to the cashout curse and ended up tripling my 50 dollar buy in 2.5 hours. What I did notice, though, was a disturbingly high number of potential longshout suckouts that I did not chase, but that would have hit big time. I counted 9 times that I would have got runner, runner for a flush or straight if I chased the losing longshot draw.
So perhaps Empire had me in "win" mode, where win means to chase bad draws and surprisingly hit. Perhaps they put you in win mode if you almost clear your bankroll for fear of you busting out and losing your taste for the game or their site.

All of this, of course, assumes you subscribe to any sort of rigged game theory...