Tournement idea/running it twice.

[ApeAttack]

It would definitely change the dynamic of the game. It would be harder to put pressure on people to fold if they know they could run it twice.

[jogsxyz]

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Imagine if you ran it 1,000 times. So much variance!

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No, just run it once thru pokerstove. It should reduce
the variance.

To increase the skill pay a premium for correct calling
decisions and a penalty for incorrect decisions.

[nuclear500]

fairly certain he was leveling the guy he was replying to

[Do You See Why]

The idea would be that its mandatory to run it twice no matter what. I would love to play in such a tournament asit really decreases varience. I would be curious as to see if it sped up play and slowed down play. If your running it twice your gonna see alot more split pots. You also see alot more allins, as people will tend to play there draws alot stronger. Four flushes on the flop would be about 64 to get a split. I would love to see an online site or some series try this as one of the preliminarty events. Could be alot of fun. I would suspect that alot of the math based players would come out on top.

[JohnnyGroomsTD]

why not just run a tournament where there was a calculator at the table and split the pot based on the EV of the hand?
Then the tournament would never end.....

[THAY3R]

Johnny you are coming off very dickish in this thread.

[shaundeeb]

thayer I hope you are leveling people and actually don't think this is a good idea.

[JohnnyGroomsTD]

Not meaning to...Just playing devil's advocate. I just wish people would embrace the variance. It's part of what balances the game. If players are winning players, then long term results will happen. Running them twice does eliminate variance, but it also eliminates weak players faster. When weaker players chances are reduced, along with good structures and good rules, then they will have no incentive to play. Like a GM vs a c class chess player. Why bother. Once again I don't mean to sound "dickish", I am just pointing out problems with the tourney type, as well as a general disagreement with the OP's line or thinking

[JediMyndTrik]

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why not just run a tournament where there was a calculator at the table and split the pot based on the EV of the hand?
Then the tournament would never end.....

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My buddy and I thought about actually trying to run a home game like this for a single night, just to see what would happen.

Three seconds later we came to our senses.

[JohnnyGroomsTD]

LOL, no one ever gets busted, unless the get it all in drawing 100% dead