PokerStars on FanDuel Restores Run It Twice Across U.S. And Canadian Cash Games
The optional all-in feature returned Nov. 9, including in Alberta, after disappearing during the move to Playtech’s iPoker software.
- Run It Twice returned to all PokerStars on FanDuel cash-game tables in the U.S. and Canada, including Alberta.
- Players who agree to use the option split an all-in pot between two board runouts.
- The feature does not change expected value, but can reduce the variance of all-in situations.
- The return restores an option lost in PokerStars on FanDuel’s migration to Playtech’s iPoker platform.
PokerStars on FanDuel restored Run It Twice to every cash-game table in its U.S. and Canadian markets on Nov. 9, including its recently launched Alberta room. The option had disappeared when the operator migrated from PokerStars’ legacy software to Playtech’s iPoker platform.
Pokerfuse reported that the return applies without restrictions by stake or particular cash-game table, and players pay no additional fee to use it. The feature is an optional all-in arrangement: players can deal the remaining community cards twice rather than settle the entire pot on one board.
The original pot is split into two equal halves, with each board runout deciding one half. Both players must agree to run it twice; if either player declines, the hand continues normally with a single runout.
Running it twice does not alter a hand’s mathematical odds or expected value, but it can smooth the swings from all-in pots by spreading the result across two boards. PokerStars on FanDuel describes the option as making all-in pots “more attractive and fun.”
The feature has long been familiar in live high-stakes cash games and reached a wider audience through shows such as High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark. Online, Merge Gaming introduced a version called Deal It Twice in April 2008, Full Tilt Poker followed in 2009, and PokerStars added Run It Twice in 2012.
Most major online poker rooms now offer a version of the feature. GGPoker has Deal It Thrice, which uses three runouts; PartyPoker introduced Run It Twice in 2020; iPoker began its own rollout in 2022; and 888 introduced it across its markets in April. In the regulated U.S. market, BetRivers Poker and WSOP Online are also identified as offering Run It Twice.
The Alberta inclusion follows PokerStars on FanDuel’s Nov. 2 launch in the province, which our earlier coverage found operates as a standalone player pool. The platform also supports All-In Cashout, a separate equity-based payment option, but it had not been introduced in regulated U.S. online poker at the time of the report.
Earlier coverage
- PokerStars on FanDuel Confirms Alberta Poker Return, but Sets No Launch Date Oct 24, 2026
- PokerStars on FanDuel Goes Live in Alberta With a Standalone Player Pool Nov 6, 2026
- PokerStars on FanDuel Unveils September Dynasty Series in U.S. And Ontario Sep 4, 2026
- PokerStars on FanDuel Covers Roughly $1.75 Million in U.S. Tournament Overlays Oct 21, 2026
