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[QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 2348728, member: 23910"]
Yeah it's an interesting one - I think it depends very much on the specific rules in the room you're playing in.

As we discussed last year, the WSOP doesn't seem to have a specific rule about having to bet the nuts in position, instead it falls under the category of "soft playing".  I don't think you could define it as soft playing if the action went check-check, bet-call or check-bet-call in this situation, because it's obvious to anyone with half a brain that it's going to be a split pot.

And I'd agree, particularly in a tournament where there's no rake, there's no harm to leading the betting here.

[i]If[/i] the room you're playing in has a specific rule on the books that you have to bet/raise the nuts in position though, then yes I can conceivably see it being against the rules for the players to do anything other than keep betting until they're both all in.  That would obviously be stupid, and I'd be disappointed in any floor person that enforced the rule that way (especially if it was a cash game where the rake cap for the hand hadn't been reached yet), but stupider things have happened on poker room floors.

What I find particularly funny though is that it'd be hard to ask for clarification on the rule from the dealer during the hand without violating a different rule about not talking about cards during a hand... :p
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