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Message: [QUOTE="vinnie, post: 3703905, member: 95995"] It has been AGES since I have played a declare game. But, we always played that you must show a hand to win. Somewhere I have/had a poker book with a bunch of rules, and that book was old enough to include details about high-low declare. I don't know where it is. I would make a house rule, in either direction, and put it in writing for the future. Either: * If more than one player has a valid hand at showdown, the winning hand must be shown to win a portion of the pot, even if you are the only person eligible for that portion. OR * If there is only one valid hand contesting a pot, or a portion of the pot, then it does not need to be shown. Personally, I am a fan of the second rule, for the same reasons that you don't have to show a hand if you get everyone else to fold. But, the first rule also makes sense, as showdown does require a winning hand to be shown. The most important thing would be agreeing to what the rule should be, in advance, printing out a copy of the rules you agree on, and having them on hand for the future. I have played in games with rule variations that I disagreed with, but the rule variations were in writing and agreed on in advance. I agreed to them when I decided to play in that game.* * The specific rule, that I didn't like, was the minimum raise/reraise rule. They said that a raise or reraise had to be double the total amount of the last bet. So, if the big blind is $200 and I make it $600, the normal rule says people can raise to $1,000 but this game required a raise to $1,200. And, the min-raise after than would be to $2,400 (not $1,800 like you would expect). I suspect this was to avoid min-raising collusion (someone min-raises and gets callers, a second person min-raises that, first one min-raises again, and you have people getting trapped for never ending small bets). [/QUOTE]

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