Deal Twice?

I was watching "High Stakes Poker" on GSN last night and at least two times they agreed to "deal twice." Basically, two players in a showdown post-flop who agree to deal twice see the turn and river and then, two more cards dealt the same way as the turn and river( kill one card, etc.). The deal is if one player's hand wins both times they get the pot but if one player wins on the first two and the second player wins the second two, they split the pot. Anybody ever hear of this?

I think it sounds the same as a game we have sometimes in our local casino during festivals, "Double-Flop" Texas Hold-Em.

Too complicated for me but some of the boys i play with love it.

yeah i have heard of this. it is a quirk to the game to make it more interesting or to help you break even. it doesnt happen very often i find but it does give a different flare to the game once in a while. you can also deal it three times to so there is a ultimate winner also. the other thing is that it only applies to ring games and not tournament play.

Running the cards twice is a common practice among the top professionals in high stakes ring games. Daniel Negreanu mentions this form of finishing an "all in" hand many times in his forum. The deal is that when there are two players all in with a coinflip situation, one player might propose to run the board twice. I have done this a few times at my home game. I had JJ vs AK all in preflop. I offered him to run it twice even though I am the slight favorite. My goal in cash games is to break even. Yes it is nice to have a big win, but a 50/50 is not the kind of odds I want to acheive a big win. He agreed and we dealt the board twice. He spiked an ace on the flop the first deal but my jacks held up the second time around. Therefore we split the pot and both happily went on to have a winning session. I believe that this is a smart tactic to use when a lot of money is on the line in a coinflip situation and I believe that it will be seen in cash games more often in the future.