cash game all ins

#1 28th September 2007, 4:07 PM

Why is it that when you are all in in a cash game the cards arent flipped over util the river, instead of like in tournaments where they are turned over as soon as the chips are in.

I know it isnt that important but im just interested.

#2 28th September 2007, 4:17 PM

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Originally Posted by donkeyboy1989

Why is it that when you are all in in a cash game the cards arent flipped over util the river, instead of like in tournaments where they are turned over as soon as the chips are in.

I know it isnt that important but im just interested.

That's a good question. Even in live play, you turn your cards up once it's down to an all-in situation when there is no further betting.

#3 28th September 2007, 4:26 PM

The rule is designed to prevent collusion or chip dumping. Also, in a tournament the other players not in the hand have a vested interest in your elimination (unlike a cash game, where only your opponent in the hand at the time really cares). This way, you can't just muck your cards at the end, everyone gets to see what you went all in with-- theoretically preventing you from dumping your chips to a friend.
In a cash game it doesn't matter. If you wanted to give chips to someone else, you simply could do it in the hallway.

#4 28th September 2007, 5:00 PM

I like that rule.
That way I can muck my light 5-bet and pretend like I know I got sucked out on.

#5 28th September 2007, 5:33 PM

You can still look at the hand history to see what they mucked.

#6 28th September 2007, 5:34 PM

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Originally Posted by pokerdude836

You can still look at the hand history to see what they mucked.

Not in real life.

#7 29th September 2007, 1:40 AM

It`s not good etiquette but you can ask to see what was folded and the dealer has to show in most places.

#8 29th September 2007, 1:57 AM

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Originally Posted by juiceeQ

That's a good question. Even in live play, you turn your cards up once it's down to an all-in situation when there is no further betting.

True, but it is not a REQUIREMENT to flip over your cards even in live play.

#9 29th September 2007, 3:00 AM

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Originally Posted by pokerdude836

It`s not good etiquette but you can ask to see what was folded and the dealer has to show in most places.

And it is a privilege that a cardroom can revoke if you abuse it. Remember too that only someone dealt into the hand can ask to see the mucked cards. If they ask, the mucked cards remain dead. But if the winner of the hand asks to see his opponents mucked cards, the cards are live and if they make a better hand, the winner becomes the guy that mucked his cards.

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