06-20-05, LearnTexasHoldem:

Having To Show Losing Hands Cont...

Question: I read the "6/1/05 - Show One Show All Rule Cont."-question, and your reply.

I´m not sure if I understood you, but seems to me, that if I´m in a hand to the river, and I call someones´ bet, and he has me beat, he has the right to see what I held. It just seems... ...unfair, to me, anyway. Given the information you can get about the losing person, how come it´s not demanded more often? I mean, politeness is not a strong argument in competitive poker.

Say you hold a pair you hope (but you´re not sure) will hold up on it´s own, and you bet into someone from pre-flop to river, and luckily catch that third card, making your hand a winning set when you get called.

Seems kinda nice to be able to find out if in fact you needed that extra card and you were the underdog and got lucky, or if your read was correct the entire hand. Right? And, contrary, it would be in the losers´ interest to not show he/she was correctly read all the way...

How come, if it´s allowed, that people don´t do it all the time?

Kristoffer,

Sweden

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Answer: I don't know actually. When I play a regular 8 to 10 hour session I think I hear someone ask to see another player's hand maybe once or twice, on average. Most of the time the person who is asking to see the cards is pissed off and is doing it to needle the person they are upset with -- like the guy who just bad beated them in the last hand. When you play bigger limits too, often times people out of position heads up will call out their hand before the other person shows: "I have a pair!"

That gives the other person a chance to fold before they show their hand. I think it just poker etiquette and if you have already won the hand, if you ask to see their's, it is almost kicking them when they are down. Even if you play for a living against other pros, you won't find everyone sitting there totally silent with sun glasses on and collars up, not saying a word; instead, you'll find people joking around trying to have a good time. Just because you are there to win doesn't mean you can't have an enjoyable time. I think if you did constantly ask to see the loser's hand, you would have everyone at the table gunning for you, which isn't in your best interest.

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