If I call someone and they muck instantly do i have to show my cards to take the pot? Once their cards hit the much they are dead so would the pot be awarded to me without me even needing to show?
YesAnother two questions as well:
Can I use a chip as a card protector?
If there is action yet to come then you may not reveal anything. It has to do with the rule that says you can't use/say anything which may change the action.Can I say what I have in a hand whilst I'm thinking of calling or is that classed as an angleshoot/bad etiquette?
The point of this is not to give any tells to the people playing before you about how good a hand you have.
Another three question. If I want to raise do I put my chips to call in first then put in how many I want to raise?
Again, other than a showdown in which everybody flips... To win a hand, you gotta show your hand.It was said earlier the the person who bet in the final round of betting flips over their cards. What if we check/check flop turn and river? Would we both just flip 'em?
To win a hand in tournament poker you must show your cards. So yes, you still must reveal.
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Right cheers for all the advice, no headphones or mobile phone then.
So do I tip the dealers if I go out 1st hand?
Nah, they'll forgive you.
If I won (£1K) what would be the standard tip?
if I come second (£600) what would the tip be?
Unless this is a weird practice in some other country, idunno... here in the USA, where poker was invented, we don't tip in tournaments.
I have absolutely never been in a tournament where anybody tips the dealer throughout the game. It is rare but I've seen more than one person do it.
This is a live game practice only.
The tournament chips don't even have any value. If you try to tip, everyone will laugh at you, and the dealer will return it to you. With a smile on her face. I doubt the dealer would return a tip and no one is going to laugh - on the contrary it will more likely make them feel uncomfortable.
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I must be in a different country then, because I always tip. But at the end of the game, not during, you're right about not tipping during the tournament. If you cash, there's usually some paperwork, and the tournament director will often ask if you would like to leave something for dealers.Unless this is a weird practice in some other country, idunno... here in the USA, where poker was invented, we don't tip in tournaments.
I have absolutely never been in a tournament where anybody tips the dealer throughout the game.
This is a live game practice only.
The tournament chips don't even have any value. If you try to tip, everyone will laugh at you, and the dealer will return it to you. With a smile on her face.
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Where do you play? How many different casinos have you played more than one tournament at? Obviously my experience is limited to just a few states but I've played multiple times at each location. To say you don't tip is one thing but to say it just isn't done is another.
http://www.pokerlistings.com/blog/poker-lifestyle/tournament-tipping-dont-stiff-your-dealers
http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/3832-tipping-in-poker-tournaments-part-i
you're right about not tipping during the tournament. If you cash, there's usually some paperwork, and the tournament director will often ask if you would like to leave something for dealers.
Yes, I say that from experience. At first I thought you meant they threw a tournament chip, and yes, we would laugh it that were to happen. Now I see you meant cash chip, but I have still never seen that happen.So you know this by experience? You have seen someone attempt to tip during tourney and the dealer handed it back and the rest of table laughed at the guy? Is that what you are saying? My personal experience has actually seen people tip during the tournament (via cash chips) and no one laughed, the dealer said thank you and kept it and I felt uncomfortable.
Never had a TD ask me about leaving something for dealers (but those are never more than 100 players) - I've just gone back on my own after cashing. The best system I experienced for dealers happens after the heads up (or chops). Tourney is over and TD collects player cards and/or ID from players and then brings back the winnings in casino chips. The dealer distributes the winnings to the players in chips giving you an opportunity to tip the dealer on the spot.
I have never seen a player tip a dealer in a tournament - and I have played a lot of live tournaments in Vegas and in Biloxi. I have heard a discussion about it at the Aria - and do know if you want to do it you have to wait until the dealer leaves the table and you have to be discreet.
In every tournament I have ever cashed in at the Aria and at the Venetian they have told me when they paid me I can leave a tip for the staff if I want to take care of them. (and I have cashed in quite a few).
So do you assume all casinos split tips between the dealers based on this experience?
My point is to find out what the custom is at where you are playing. There are no hard fast rules on tipping that blankets everywhere. To infer that because you have not experienced or witnessed something that it cannot be done is pretty short sighted.
Me neither.I have absolutely never been in a tournament where anybody tips the dealer throughout the game.
And there was a time I could have said the same thing. Now I've seen two different people do it. No one laughed, the dealer said thank you and accepted it and the rest of table looked around at each other in an uncomfortable manner (including me) and play resumed. Being distanced from it (haven't seen it again in awhile) I think it was a helluva nice gesture - especially considering that at this particular casino the tournament dealers (who are also the cash dealers) do not split tips on tourneys.Me neither.
I don't understand why everyone gets in a huff about asking to see mucked hands. If you have paid to be in the showdown, then you technically must show. Mucking a showdown hand is affected behavior.
Seeing hole cards allows you to see what kind of range someone is playing, and that's an advantage that I can legally have. I don't see why people get so pissy about this. They have no real basis grounded in any rules for being mad.
Seeing hole cards allows you to see what kind of range someone is playing, and that's an advantage that I can legally have. I don't see why people get so pissy about this. They have no real basis grounded in any rules for being mad.