if you can force that player to go on tilt in order to make more money off their losing play. If you make this move, be prepared to take insults from the player and be called a few names. Ignore it. Enjoy their money.

One move that I REALLY enjoy making is to show only one card. I see this quite a lot at tables where players in a heads up pot show their best card and muck the other one. I was playing in a live ?50 tourney a couple of weeks ago and was playing AQu UTG. Long story short, I’m heads up and the turn card gets checked to give a free river. I’ve made an A high flush and this donkey checks it to me. I bet the pot and he folds reluctantly. I show my

Should you show your cards when you win an uncontested pot?

This question is highly debatable as there are many pros and cons for both a “yes” and a “no” answer. Even a “sometimes” can be given as a valid solution to this question.

Personally, the default answer has to be “no” and depending on the situation determines if I will show my cards or not. As a rule you should never give away free information to the rest of the table. The only 2 sure things in life are death and taxes. The only 2 sure things in poker is your hand and the community cards. By flipping up your cards when you do not really need to, even if you have a monster, can give away indications as to how you play certain hands.

There is a HUGE temptation to show your 72u when you make a bluff on the turn and you win the pot. This stems from the fact that you made such a huge bluff and your opponent fell for it, you want to show off your skills to the rest of the table. And why not? You want respect and praise from your peers for such a blinding bit of play. But alas, this type of behavior should be discouraged. OK, so well done you have bluffed this guy, but who is to say that one of the other players at the table wasn’t studying you for tells? If you show a bluff then the guy who’s been staring you down will know for sure that the tell information he holds on you is correct.

There are some exceptions to this rule. If I am in a friendly game of poker, if I am in a home game, or even if I am in a relaxed mood and playing with others who are also there for “fun” not “business”, then I might show a few more hands than I would normally.

If I’m playing against a complete rock, or a certified loony that concedes the pot to me, I might show my hand as long as it was good and tell them “good lay down”. This is more likely to happen if I have only been at the table for a very short time. The reason being you want to get other players psychologically ‘on your side’. If they made a good lay down early on against you, they will be more inclined to make further ‘good lay downs’ throughout the course of the game. Conversely, if they re-raise over the top of your bet, you can be pretty sure of where you stand. remember, IF you do show, only show your strong hands. Do not show middle pair or king-high. You are looking to set yourself a dangerous table image. Make sure you get remembered for you monsters.

The only reason I would ever show someone a bluff is if they are verging on tilt. Nothing pushes players over the edge more than showing them up in front of the rest of the table. I know I said earlier on that this is not a good move to make, I feel it is worth it if you can force that player to go on tilt in order to make more money off their losing play. If you make this move, be prepared to take insults from the player and be called a few names. Ignore it. Enjoy their money.

One move that I REALLY enjoy making is to show only one card. I see this quite a lot at tables where players in a heads up pot show their best card and muck the other one. I was playing in a live ?50 tourney a couple of weeks ago and was playing AQu UTG. Long story short, I’m heads up and the turn card gets checked to give a free river. I’ve made an A high flush and this donkey checks it to me. I bet the pot and he folds reluctantly. I show my

tions as to how you play certain hands.

There is a HUGE temptation to show your 72u when you make a bluff on the turn and you win the pot. This stems from the fact that you made such a huge bluff and your opponent fell for it, you want to show off your skills to the rest of the table. And why not? You want respect and praise from your peers for such a blinding bit of play. But alas, this type of behavior should be discouraged. OK, so well done you have bluffed this guy, but who is to say that one of the other players at the table wasn’t studying you for tells? If you show a bluff then the guy who’s been staring you down will know for sure that the tell information he holds on you is correct.

There are some exceptions to this rule. If I am in a friendly game of poker, if I am in a home game, or even if I am in a relaxed mood and playing with others who are also there for “fun” not “business”, then I might show a few more hands than I would normally.

If I’m playing against a complete rock, or a certified loony that concedes the pot to me, I might show my hand as long as it was good and tell them “good lay down”. This is more likely to happen if I have only been at the table for a very short time. The reason being you want to get other players psychologically ‘on your side’. If they made a good lay down early on against you, they will be more inclined to make further ‘good lay downs’ throughout the course of the game. Conversely, if they re-raise over the top of your bet, you can be pretty sure of where you stand. remember, IF you do show, only show your strong hands. Do not show middle pair or king-high. You are looking to set yourself a dangerous table image. Make sure you get remembered for you monsters.

The only reason I would ever show someone a bluff is if they are verging on tilt. Nothing pushes players over the edge more than showing them up in front of the rest of the table. I know I said earlier on that this is not a good move to make, I feel it is worth it if you can force that player to go on tilt in order to make more money off their losing play. If you make this move, be prepared to take insults from the player and be called a few names. Ignore it. Enjoy their money.

One move that I REALLY enjoy making is to show only one card. I see this quite a lot at tables where players in a heads up pot show their best card and muck the other one. I was playing in a live ?50 tourney a couple of weeks ago and was playing AQu UTG. Long story short, I’m heads up and the turn card gets checked to give a free river. I’ve made an A high flush and this donkey checks it to me. I bet the pot and he folds reluctantly. I show my

tion he holds on you is correct.

There are some exceptions to this rule. If I am in a friendly game of poker, if I am in a home game, or even if I am in a relaxed mood and playing with others who are also there for “fun” not “business”, then I might show a few more hands than I would normally.

If I’m playing against a complete rock, or a certified loony that concedes the pot to me, I might show my hand as long as it was good and tell them “good lay down”. This is more likely to happen if I have only been at the table for a very short time. The reason being you want to get other players psychologically ‘on your side’. If they made a good lay down early on against you, they will be more inclined to make further ‘good lay downs’ throughout the course of the game. Conversely, if they re-raise over the top of your bet, you can be pretty sure of where you stand. remember, IF you do show, only show your strong hands. Do not show middle pair or king-high. You are looking to set yourself a dangerous table image. Make sure you get remembered for you monsters.

The only reason I would ever show someone a bluff is if they are verging on tilt. Nothing pushes players over the edge more than showing them up in front of the rest of the table. I know I said earlier on that this is not a good move to make, I feel it is worth it if you can force that player to go on tilt in order to make more money off their losing play. If you make this move, be prepared to take insults from the player and be called a few names. Ignore it. Enjoy their money.

One move that I REALLY enjoy making is to show only one card. I see this quite a lot at tables where players in a heads up pot show their best card and muck the other one. I was playing in a live ?50 tourney a couple of weeks ago and was playing AQu UTG. Long story short, I’m heads up and the turn card gets checked to give a free river. I’ve made an A high flush and this donkey checks it to me. I bet the pot and he folds reluctantly. I show my

against you, they will be more inclined to make further ‘good lay downs’ throughout the course of the game. Conversely, if they re-raise over the top of your bet, you can be pretty sure of where you stand. remember, IF you do show, only show your strong hands. Do not show middle pair or king-high. You are looking to set yourself a dangerous table image. Make sure you get remembered for you monsters.

The only reason I would ever show someone a bluff is if they are verging on tilt. Nothing pushes players over the edge more than showing them up in front of the rest of the table. I know I said earlier on that this is not a good move to make, I feel it is worth it if you can force that player to go on tilt in order to make more money off their losing play. If you make this move, be prepared to take insults from the player and be called a few names. Ignore it. Enjoy their money.

One move that I REALLY enjoy making is to show only one card. I see this quite a lot at tables where players in a heads up pot show their best card and muck the other one. I was playing in a live ?50 tourney a couple of weeks ago and was playing AQu UTG. Long story short, I’m heads up and the turn card gets checked to give a free river. I’ve made an A high flush and this donkey checks it to me. I bet the pot and he folds reluctantly. I show my

if you can force that player to go on tilt in order to make more money off their losing play. If you make this move, be prepared to take insults from the player and be called a few names. Ignore it. Enjoy their money.

One move that I REALLY enjoy making is to show only one card. I see this quite a lot at tables where players in a heads up pot show their best card and muck the other one. I was playing in a live ?50 tourney a couple of weeks ago and was playing AQu UTG. Long story short, I’m heads up and the turn card gets checked to give a free river. I’ve made an A high flush and this donkey checks it to me. I bet the pot and he folds reluctantly. I show my Q but muck my A, thereby showing my opponent all I had was Q high. This was great as I was able to naturally play my strong hand but show everyone at the table that this is how I appear to play my bluffs too. This guaranteed me a bit of action next time I decided to play a premium hand. My opponent in the example above lost when his AJ fell against my KK. Ha-ha, sucker!

There are not many places online where you can do this. PKR.com allow you to only show one card. If you know of any other online sites that do this, please let me know.

Showing of cards is a big mistake, unless you can justify it by either 1 - putting someone on tilt, 2 - re-enforcing your table image. Even then, you should not be showing your cards very often.