poker crew: texas hold'em question
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see i found this:
from: http://www.pokeranswers.com/files/po...wers-7-31.html
so now i'm more
Question: If you call a bluffer's bet on the river in Hold'Em, how can the bluffer muck his cards?
Answer: The bluffer is completely free to muck his cards and concede the pot in Hold’em Poker and there is nothing you can do about it. Except for a few unusual circumstances, the poker players can see the cards that are mucked by the bluffer. In my opinion, asking to see the cards in these circumstances is a big mistake. Firstly, if the bluffer has misread his own hand and has some other good hand and if the player who is "conceding" has not said, "I fold" or done something else that kills his hand, your curiosity could cost you a pot every once in a while. Secondly, when a person mucks without showing, you already that he has a bluff. And asking to see the cards at such a gaming stage might only irritate him, making him to put in more efforts in the poker game to play better. Also, this will make him less likely to bluff too much. If someone else mucks his hand when you call, I will suggest you to take the pot and be content with it.
Answer: The bluffer is completely free to muck his cards and concede the pot in Hold’em Poker and there is nothing you can do about it. Except for a few unusual circumstances, the poker players can see the cards that are mucked by the bluffer. In my opinion, asking to see the cards in these circumstances is a big mistake. Firstly, if the bluffer has misread his own hand and has some other good hand and if the player who is "conceding" has not said, "I fold" or done something else that kills his hand, your curiosity could cost you a pot every once in a while. Secondly, when a person mucks without showing, you already that he has a bluff. And asking to see the cards at such a gaming stage might only irritate him, making him to put in more efforts in the poker game to play better. Also, this will make him less likely to bluff too much. If someone else mucks his hand when you call, I will suggest you to take the pot and be content with it.
so now i'm more
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Originally Posted by kento
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Originally Posted by sinthetiq
i dont get why you're confused?
Except for a few unusual circumstances, the poker players can see the cards that are mucked by the bluffer.
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i think its all up to the player? the wording is confusing. if u want to show him ur bluff, u can, and that'll stick in his head for the next time you call a hand. cast doubt whether or not you are indeed bluffing. :dunno:
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yeh, but i'm not talking about if *I* want to show him my cards... i'm talking if *HE* wants to see my cards, even if i don't want him to. does he have a right to, if the bet has been seen, or do i have the right to muck them?
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I have been forced to show my cards when I called the bet at Hawaiin Gardens. If you call the bet the other person is entitled to see your cards, but if they dont say anything you can just muck the hand.
A trick that I do is that if im beat I just fling my cards into the stack, therefore if the person wanted to see my hand they wouldnt be able find my cards.
A trick that I do is that if im beat I just fling my cards into the stack, therefore if the person wanted to see my hand they wouldnt be able find my cards.
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Originally Posted by DA9_OCS
I have been forced to show my cards when I called the bet at Hawaiin Gardens. If you call the bet the other person is entitled to see your cards, but if they dont say anything you can just muck the hand.
A trick that I do is that if im beat I just fling my cards into the stack, therefore if the person wanted to see my hand they wouldnt be able find my cards.
A trick that I do is that if im beat I just fling my cards into the stack, therefore if the person wanted to see my hand they wouldnt be able find my cards.