Poker running twice?

Question

what are your opinion on running it twice when someone ask you and you have them dominated on the flop. I never run my cards twice and even though there are times I would suffer a horrendous beat, but I think it's a correct decision base on my part, am I right or wrong by thinking this way? ie. I was playing a cash games 10/20 no limit, and flop a bottom set on the flop and my opponents has top two pair, I trapped him unto the turn to make him commited for all his chips and the pot was huge, he wanted to deal it twice after the turn but I politely declined, since I was a huge favorite but unfortunately he caught his 4 outers on the river, someone at the table told me I should of deal it twice atleast I would chop the pot instead of losing all my money, but it didn't make any sense to me because I wasn't playing to chops if that's was my game then I might as well playing pai gow poker, lol. what are your thoughts on this matter? thanks!

Answer 1

It depends on the odds.   If you knew the hands before hand with the exaple you gave I would have run it twice.

If he had top 2 pair then he had a total of 4 outs. If only the river was left then he had a 9% chance of sucking out so the odds of you winning twice were great (82-18%) If however you are a 60% favorite, running it twice would most likely result in a split

Answer 2

I think the only reason to run it twice in that situation (when you're an overwhelming favorite) is to build goodwill and in most cases you would only do that in a group of people you regularly played cards with and/or are friends.  In terms of trying to win $ - it obviously makes no sense.  It just gives your opponent that many more chances to hit his/her cards.  If you're in a group of friends and someone's had a really hard night, you might do it to let them catch a break but really it's just to be nice which typically isn't a part of poker.  It's a game and the point is to win the biggest pots that you can - running a flop twice when you're ahead obviously goes in the face of that philosophy.

Answer 3

I see that question asked more in PLO than any other game, and I avoid it like the plague.  It is in higher limit games, and it is normally an option when someone is all in.  Obviously when you are ahead is the only time someone wants to do it and I tend to just want to let the original river determine the outcome even if I am the one all in.  Like I stated, I am only asked this when I am playing PLO and no hand is ever a made hand until the river, but it is more of an action game involving a little more gamble than nlhe, if I see that there is a better draw against me, I might consider it, but so far, I haven't.  My logic is I obviously liked my hand when I got my chips in, so I stand by that decision.

Answer 4

Running it twice is usually a bad idea.. If you're in the lead, running it twice gives them 2 or 4 more chance to catch on you, rather than 1 or 2, depending on if you're on the flop or turn once the idea is brought up. Not to mention, in a casino, if you chop the pot, the casino wins every time if it's only you and one other person