[links_slayer]

I've seen this a few times while watching High Stakes Poker on TV. Do any of you guys do it in your home games? If not, why? If so, is it acceptable to do it often as long as the players involved agree to it?

[Buzzerbeater]

Originally Posted by links_slayer

I've seen this a few times while watching High Stakes Poker on TV. Do any of you guys do it in your home games? If not, why? If so, is it acceptable to do it often as long as the players involved agree to it?

We allow it, but it's rare. Most of the time, people don't want to show their hands if they don't have to. I've done it a couple of time. I got one guy to do it when he was a 2 - 1 favorite. lol. I still lost, but it was funny.

[jmc]

Originally Posted by links_slayer

I've seen this a few times while watching High Stakes Poker on TV. Do any of you guys do it in your home games? If not, why? If so, is it acceptable to do it often as long as the players involved agree to it?

I allow it in my home games, but I've been to home games where it's not allowed.

It doesn't really change anything -- it just lowers your overall variance for the game. Sure, maybe you'll end up chopping a pot you would have won, but then again, you might end up chopping a pot that you would have lost when the guy gets lucky on the turn or river.

[Slim7]

I've never done it in a home game, nor have I been in a home game where it was allowed. It always seems odd to me to do it. On HSP, usually the guy who says you want to run it twice is way behind, so it seems like the other guy would know he is in a good spot to win and would want to run it once and not let the gut off the hook. The again I have never had $100,000 riding on the outcome of the cards

[hachkc]

I've played in games where it was done. I've been offered it a couple of times but have only accepted it once; my top set against his flopped str8. Probably bad etiquette as usually I just play the cards.

[Quads]

We do it once in a while in our higher stakes games. (3/5 or 5/10 NL and up) It's player by player and done on their preference. Some do, others propose it and don't.

I don't have an issue with it as a host as long as it's a once in a while thing and doesn't go against the grain and disrupt the integrity and general interest in the game for all players at the table.

[Captn_All_In]

reserving spot for later post....


*EDIT* Okay this may have been bad form, but I was reading this thread while I was on a break from my class and just as I started to get into it he ends the break!!! Anyways....

I have tried to get my guys to give this a shot just once, but they never want to take it. At times I have been way ahead, and other times way behind, and even after showing them just what would have happened they still don't want to try it. They never really know why they just don't....which I might add is the same response I get when I mention rebuy tournaments!!!

Me: "Lets try a rebuy tournament next week."
Them in Unison: "No."
Me: "Why not?"
Random Player: "I don't know, lets just play like we always do."
Me: "Ugh. Nevermind."

[maniack]

It's allowed in some of the games I play in, but it's a pretty rare occurrence. Oddly enough, the couple of people who seem to most often propose running it twice are the ultra-tight-conservative guys that get their money in with the best hand and then offer to run it twice as a sort of insurance against bad-beats. I usually only think about running it twice when I'm drawing to a one or two outer... and, go figure, people usually refuse my offer.

[links_slayer]

There have definitely been a few times when I wanted to do this but haven't for one reason or another. I think that, at the stakes I play, I'd rather just move on to the next hand.

[TrivialPiper]

Can someone explain what this means exactly?