PokerStars on FanDuel restored Run It Twice across all of its cash-game tables in the United States and Canada on Nov. 9, reinstating an all-in option that had disappeared during the platform’s move from PokerStars’ legacy software to Playtech’s iPoker network.
The feature is available at every stake and cash-game table, including in the recently launched Alberta room, with no additional charge. As we reported Nov. 2, Alberta operates as a separate player pool.
Run It Twice applies when players are all-in before all community cards have been dealt. Both players must agree to use it; if either declines, the hand is settled through a conventional single board.
When the option is accepted, the remaining cards are dealt twice and the pot is split into two equal halves. Each runout decides the winner of one half. The process does not alter the mathematical odds or expected value of the hand, but can reduce the volatility of an all-in pot by distributing its outcome across two boards.
PokerStars on FanDuel characterised the option as making all-in pots “more attractive and fun.” It returns after Playtech’s iPoker technology entered the operator’s North American poker offering. Playtech said on Nov. 6 that iPoker was powering FanDuel poker games in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ontario; FanDuel was Playtech’s first North American poker licensee.
The restoration brings PokerStars on FanDuel back into line with a feature that is now common at major online rooms. Merge Gaming introduced Deal It Twice in April 2008, Full Tilt Poker followed in 2009, and PokerStars added its version in 2012. PartyPoker introduced Run It Twice in 2020, iPoker began its own rollout in 2022, and 888 introduced the feature across its markets in April 2026.
GGPoker offers a three-board variant, Deal It Thrice. The two reports on PokerStars on FanDuel’s restoration differ, however, on whether BetRivers Poker and WSOP Online currently offer Run It Twice in the regulated U.S. market.
