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Originally Posted by JimL
As a dealer, I absolutely hate run it twice (or more). My experience is that there is rarely any concrete agreement. Player one will ask player two for once or twice. Player two will hold up two fingers, but say "I do not care." Player one will then say "Whatever you want." Player one will then not say anything. As a dealer, more often than not I am left trying to determine what to do from a bunch of vague, non-committal statements. My solution has been to loudly announce what my best guess is (once or twice) while tapping the felt for 30 seconds and finally saying if anyone disagrees they need to speak up.
I really hate run it twice and wish it would disappear as a standard.
Hmm ... as much as i understand your point from a dealer's view, as a player i can only say that it's very good for the game, multiple reasons:
1. fun factor, makes the game more entertaining, thereby attracting non-regs
2. reduces variance (nothing else), which means keeps people longer in the game
3. as a matter of fact, the 1-2/5 PLO game at Aria in Las Vegas is probably the longest running plo in the world, for several reasons, dealing it twice being one of them. (variance reduction as mentioned, also they keep it small (max buy in 500), also no straddle)
if you make it bigger, increase variance, people go broke faster, and at one point you don't have enough people to start a game.
so, in the end, keeping players happy should be in your interest as a dealer too, because it helps make your job more longlasting.
besides, happy people tip more i guess, no?
i agree though that not every (even very small) pot should be run twice, costs time, but that can easily be solved by having a rule saying minium 100BB or whatever in the pot