[EWillers]

I'm really amazed at some of the opinions on this issue.

It seems that many who know quite a bit take that attitude that if 1) it doesn't prejudice other players (i.e. it was head-up at the start of the betting round) and 2) it doesn't slow down the game too much; then players can do what they want.

I must ask though, is there a limit (beyond the above mentioned) to what these two players can do? Could they agree to only have 4 board cards? Could they play the rest of the hand as a modified stud hand? Could they make it hi-lo? Is there any limit as long as they don't slow the game down?

I'm of the opinion that the rules pretty much exist and once people are head-up, they don't magically go away. Perhaps I'm a nit on this though.