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Message: [QUOTE="IntenseHeat, post: 2616219, member: 92488"] I don't know, rock. I think I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one. Of course we pretty much all agree that slow rolling is bad poker etiquette. However, I'm not sure that showing a bluff falls into the same category. You make a good argument for it being unwise, but I'm not so sure about unethical. We all want to know what the other guy was holding. If we're smart, we're trying to figure it out during the hand. Once the hand is over, we want to know if we were right. If there was a button that would let us see what everyone in the hand was holding whether or not the hand went to showdown, I'd bet 99% of players would click it after every hand. Honestly, how many times have you sat there hoping to see one player call another's big river bet. Most players want to see a call in that situation. Not necessarily because they think one player is bluffing and want to see him busted. Sometimes that is the case. Most of the time, though, it doesn't really matter to them which player wins or loses the hand. They just want to see the cards. They want to know if this guy is raising light pre-flop with the intention of trying to take it down with a bluff. Is he turning an Ace high hand into a semi-bluff or just taking advantage of his opponents passive play? Or does he actually have it? They hope for a call because it's usually the only way they are going to find out, unless, of course, this guy decides to show the bluff after his opponent folds. Maybe it just upsets you personally to know that someone got you to fold the best hand. Maybe it puts you on tilt. Maybe your answer to the question is more emotional than logical. Maybe. Just maybe. Maybe I'm in a hand where I flop middle pair. But by the river I'm looking at three over cards, a possible straight and an all-in from my opponent. I might tell myself that calling here isn't a smart play, that even a bunch of donk hands get there on that board. I might tell myself that I can find a better spot than this. The last thing I tell myself before I fold my hand is might be that I f---ing know that this guy is bluffing. But am I right? I want to know. If this guys wants to turn his cards over for free and show me a bluff, show me that I was right, give me confidence in my read, then that is his mistake. It may not be wise. But unethical? I don't think so. I mean it's not personal. It's poker. He can show whatever he wants. He can show you made hands, busted draws, bluffs. There is nothing unethical about. In fact, in a cash game, it's considered good for the game because it generates action in later hands. [/QUOTE]

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