Will you show?

[Penguinfan]

What is with people who bet a hand against a scarry looking board, get raised and then ask if they fold with the raiser show his hand? First off your not seeing my hand unless you pay for it, second will it make you feel better about yourself if you were betting the worst hand the whole way and ran into the nuts, or would you feel better knowing someone just bluffed you out of a nice size pot? Either way it doesn't help you, unless you really think you can learn something from that one particular hand.

Please stop letting the timer get to zero begging for a free look and just fold your hand and move on.

[Tuff Luck]

I might ask if I'm playing in a home game where the atmosphere is completely different, and sometimes I'll show too. More often I'll "forget what I had" though.

Anywhere else, I never show.

[Windbreaker]

They want to know if they made the correct decision....it's always best to never show and let them think about it.

[Tuff Luck]

^I agree, but I don't take things as seriously at a home game so I will show sometimes.

[Gutzz]

I think yeah they do it to make sure they made the correct fold. Usually done by people who call too often and are trying to learn to fold good hands .

Personally I love it when I think for a few seconds after someone bets hard into me, and they show me the nuts... Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, but I never ask for them to show...

Does anyone predict what the other guy has before folding? It has happened a few times where I have KK and flop/turn is 55aa and they'll check raise me and I'll occasionally say, "555aa?" and then muck. they show I'm right . I hate it when people always do these predictions tho.

Cheers,

Gutzz

[Penguinfan]

I don't mind when they try to guess the other guys cards, as long as the pot is heads up at this point. But the begging to see the cards and holding up the game drives me nuts. Of course there is always the guy who folds then tells what he had and nobodu believes him.