Question on "Running it Twice"

Let's say that Player A has a made straight in hold-em. Player B has the same straight, but also has a flush draw with it, so he is on a freeroll to win the pot.
If both players agree to "run it twice" which player would have the advantage in that situation?
Is player A making a mistake by allowing player B two chances to hit the flush?

Player A has higher chances of retaining 50% of his stack however his chances of retaining 100% got very slim. His chances of losing 100% are also significantly reduced.

Player B now has much higher chance of winning 75% of the pot but lower chances of winning 100%.

Basically by running it twice both players are indirectly agreeing to share the pot 75:25 in favour of player B because of his flush draw.

I assumed you are talking about this situation on the flop instead of the turn.

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Doesn't benefit either, EV won't change

Running multiple times just theoretically closes the gap between EV and real result.

If you run all the cards then it gets perfect and nobody wins anything (each gets his own), except the dead hole cards of other people assure it is never perfect (in that one hand) so only in HU it gets ideal.

Player B who has a freeroll has a slight advantage in any kind of situation. He is the only one who cannot lose any of his money in this spot. But he can either win it all or win half of opponent's stack.

I think we player A should only run it once as allowing player B to run it twice only increases his odds of hitting a flush and take some chips from player A. Do as Phil Ivey does - "One Time".

suby_rafael said:

Player B who has a freeroll has a slight advantage in any kind of situation. He is the only one who cannot lose any of his money in this spot. But he can either win it all or win half of opponent's stack.

I think we player A should only run it once as allowing player B to run it twice only increases his odds of hitting a flush and take some chips from player A. Do as Phil Ivey does - "One Time".

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That doesn't help either playee