50-50 proposition. I play in a few small stakes on-line games and some at a near-by casino. For a couple of bucks, people will stay in to see the flop and longer if they have a "kinda-sorta" chance of making a hand. I played ($1-$2) at The Bicycle Club one morning before work and there were two hands where all ten players in the hand were in 'til the end (including myself) where the later rounds were checked & not bet so there was no or little cost to stay in. Steve B