Show your cards ?
I used to show my cards when I was just learning how to play… I thought being a ‘show off’ was ok at the time. I then realized after a few years.. that exposing your hands is giving other players information- unnecessary. Keep your cards hidden at all times is my recommendation. Especially if you are bluffing….showing a bluff can come back and hurt you later in a game. You might not get away with another bluff during the same game.
I used to show my cards when I was just learning how to play… I thought being a ‘show off’ was ok at the time. I then realized after a few years.. that exposing your hands is giving other players information- unnecessary. Keep your cards hidden at all times is my recommendation. Especially if you are bluffing….showing a bluff can come back and hurt you later in a game. You might not get away with another bluff during the same game.
Never.
It has no benefit. It's just negative effects.
You struggle to balance your range, disguise, value bet, bluff, etc.
And then you show your hands and show everything? To me, it doesn't make sense.
The only possibility is if the player is a genius and can have several extremely complex styles and switch between them every time he/she shows his/her cards.
But I don't know if it's possible.
And if it is, it's best to save it for the moments you have to show off in showdown.
It has no benefit. It's just negative effects.
You struggle to balance your range, disguise, value bet, bluff, etc.
And then you show your hands and show everything? To me, it doesn't make sense.
The only possibility is if the player is a genius and can have several extremely complex styles and switch between them every time he/she shows his/her cards.
But I don't know if it's possible.
And if it is, it's best to save it for the moments you have to show off in showdown.
It depends. If I see that this affects my opponent in a negative way I will always show it, especially the bluffs, so that when I have value it leaves him confused and pillaged. There are many players who are heavily influenced by this aspect and end up creating an exacerbated rivalry because of just one specific hand.
I usually exhibit hands that support the image I'm attempting to convey.
If I've been playing tight and decide to go for a blind steal, I'll show down the bluff to see if my other hands can get some movement. I'll show down strong hands if it's shorthanded and I'm stealing left and right.
After a while, when I raise, most people assume I have the nuts, allowing me to get away with the pot with a bottom pair or a flush draw, among other things. Although it does not always work, the worst players are usually terrified of calling me. 😎
If I've been playing tight and decide to go for a blind steal, I'll show down the bluff to see if my other hands can get some movement. I'll show down strong hands if it's shorthanded and I'm stealing left and right.
After a while, when I raise, most people assume I have the nuts, allowing me to get away with the pot with a bottom pair or a flush draw, among other things. Although it does not always work, the worst players are usually terrified of calling me. 😎
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Nope not usually that's a noob move. What gets me on 888 is how often people have to show their cards at the end just because they hit some cards even though they folded. But in a live game or online no way would you want to show cards often. Then your opponents will understand your game a little better. If it's to rattle someone by showing a bluff or that you had it that's one thing. Always have a plan don't be a noob
In the beginning, yes, I showed a lot, but after advice from other players, I started to show less than a few times onwards...
It is a way to demonstrate security in the play, but anyway, each player has a different reading of the game, some players prefer not to show it, there are also those who only show it after other players reveal the cards in hand..
It is a way to demonstrate security in the play, but anyway, each player has a different reading of the game, some players prefer not to show it, there are also those who only show it after other players reveal the cards in hand..
