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Sportsbook Poker Software Feature: Run It Twice

Sportsbook.com Poker now offers players the chance to Run it Twice, an option that provides two outcomes for one hand by dealing community cards twice. The Merge Poker Network, which Sportsbook is part of, was the first site to offer this feature.

When players sit down at a Sportsbook Poker table, they can select Run it Twice by checking the box at the bottom of the screen.

Once two players who have selected Run it Twice are all-in heads-up, the remaining community cards are dealt twice. This can be done pre-flop, post-flop, or after the turn card has been dealt. The winner of each outcome wins half of the pot.

Why Run it Twice?

When there’s a lot of action at a table, it’s easy to get involved in a pot where a player’s entire stack is committed before all of the community cards have been dealt. Instead of letting one large pot be decided by a single turn of card, players can choose to Run it Twice.

Consider the following situation as an example. A player holding Kh-Qh sees a flop of 2s-Th-Jh – a perfect drawing opportunity to a straight, a flush, or even a straight flush. However, his opponent holds As-Ac. The hand is played strongly by both players, and they end up getting all-in at that point.

Mathematically, the situation is very close to a coin toss, with the Aces a very slight favorite. In this case, Run it Twice lets players better manage the probable outcomes by dealing the turn and river a second time. 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 how much you want to gamble!