Online Holdem with Run it Twice at Carbon Poker
Run it Twice occurs in Texas Holdem cash games when two players are all in and agree to run two boards; usually such agreements come after the flop. When this is the case, the pot is split in half, and two sets of turn and river cards are dealt, with the winner of each run receiving one half the pot. Run it Twice agreements sometimes occur before the flop and in such cases two entire boards of five community cards are used.
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Run it Twice has been common in the “Big Game”, such as the ones played in Bobby’s Room at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, for a long time, but only recently has it made its appearance in online play. Of course, many are familiar that FTP recently added the Run it Twice option to some tables; however, they added it over a full year after Carbon Poker, who was the very first to offer Run it Twice online.
These days Run it Twice is much more common in home games, and it will likely continue to have a growing presence online. This is largely due to a television show airing in the US on the Game Show Network (GSN) called High Stakes Poker. This show invites well known poker player celebrities to compete at ultra high stakes; the show is taped and edited with a new episode airing each week. On this show, Run it Twice is somewhat common and ultimately is what introduced the concept to much of the world.
If you’re wondering about when Run It Twice is appropriate: really anytime a player has an aversion to risk, then, when available, Run it Twice makes sense. The actual act of running it twice in no way changes the expected value a player has in the hand; it simply reduces variance, so with that considered one might choose to always run it twice. It really depends on how much a player enjoys gambling/variance.
If you’d like to see a run it twice hand, here is video of Daniel Negreanu and Jennifer Harman running it twice on High Stakes Poker Season 4.
If you’re confused by the reactions after the hand, Jennifer Harman and Daniel Negreanu are long term friends.
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