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i dont like to show monsters at times to set a table image that i only play monster hands and sometimes crazy to show a weak hand to make my opponets mad
which i feel like next time get them to bet into me when i really have a monster..i was wondering if anyone else doing the same or you are always on auto-muck??
 
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I rarely show (execpt sometimes in private games) because I figure that giving out info for free is -EV.

The good opponents will catch up on the betting pattern you played with that hand and note it and the bad opponents ... well they aren't important in this scenario hehe.

I turn off auto muck just to have the option in the rare case I want to show.
 
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Auto-muck is always on. I never show my cards with the exception of showdown.
 
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There's really no point in showing.
 
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I always have auto-muck on. It's best to keep your opponent guessing.

When an opponent shows me a bluff, I usually just laugh and congratulate them on a well executed play. Never become tilted simply because somebody has shown you a bluff.


When people show their cards, it is almost always an attempt to manipulate your perception of them in order to set up future plays. I often regard the cards shown as a bit of a reverse tell.
 
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I sometimes show when everybody folds around to me in the BB and I have a monster hand such as AA or KK, but I don't do it as a way of manipulating perception of me.

I wish that I knew how to set pokerstars up to automatically muck, I have FT set to muck automatically.
 
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I sometimes show when everybody folds around to me in the BB and I have a monster hand such as AA or KK, but I don't do it as a way of manipulating perception of me.

I wish that I knew how to set Pokerstars up to automatically muck, I have FT set to muck automatically.

Options top menu, auto-muck is around there on PS software.
 
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I almost never show , why give out info? If you are being friendly or maybe trying to tilt a reactive player you are at the same time feeding info to the shark to your left. -EV in my opinion.
 
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I never show. you must pay to see my cards, big or small bluffin or not ,lol
 
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I like to show 1 card on occasion, because there isn't really much info coming from 1 card. Thats probably my favorite feature on carbon... I don't know why PS and FT never picked that up...
 
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Auto-muck is always on. I never show my cards.
 
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i never show dont wanna give away anything
 
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Options top menu, auto-muck is around there on PS software.
Yes well I have Muck Losing Hand checked in the Options > Showing/Mucking Hands list, but it still offers me the chance every hand to show my cards, and insists on popping up to the front of my screen to ask me whether I want to show my cards or not, which is quite frustrating.
 
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bro i am really in favor of auto muck i am aganist giving any information to my opponent there is certin spot where the other player is on shorter stack than me by far i can show him some time a bluff as he want be so dangerous and may be calling with the seconed best hand more often
 
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I like to show 1 card on occasion, because there isn't really much info coming from 1 card. Thats probably my favorite feature on carbon... I don't know why PS and FT never picked that up...

That's my favorite too in live games,
some places tho have rules to say you have to show both,
so then I rarely show anything, like online, where I rarely show, unless I think it can be of benefit to me.
Auto-mucking is better because it speeds things up and you don't have to wait for players to decide what they want to show.

I like showing one because it doesn't give much away, but really messes with people and gets them thinking, which is brain power taken away from decision making.
 
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Auto-Muck FTW and I only show four of a kind.
 
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Auto-mucking is better because it speeds things up and you don't have to wait for players to decide what they want to show.
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^^^^^^^+1

I hate when a player does not show but leaves the 10 seconds or whatever he has to decide to muck or not. These guys dont realize a lot I guess, but its such a pissoff to waste the time when some idiot has auto muck off and ignores the show/muck option............

And auto muck anyway............... show (and tell) is for elementary level
 
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Yes well I have Muck Losing Hand checked in the Options > Showing/Mucking Hands list, but it still offers me the chance every hand to show my cards, and insists on popping up to the front of my screen to ask me whether I want to show my cards or not, which is quite frustrating.

Every hand? There are only certain circumstances in which you can show your hand!

You have checked 'Muck Losing Hands' which is one such situation
Have you checked 'Don't Show Winning Hand' which is the other.
Your hand will still be shown if it goes to showdown, but you will not be prompted to show if everyone folds to you (after you raise for example)
 
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Every hand? There are only certain circumstances in which you can show your hand!

You have checked 'Muck Losing Hands' which is one such situation
Have you checked 'Don't Show Winning Hand' which is the other.
Your hand will still be shown if it goes to showdown, but you will not be prompted to show if everyone folds to you (after you raise for example)
No I assumed that it meant don't show me the cards of the person that won the hand, anyway I have checked that as well now so I will see what happens (or doesn't happen!), thanks :)
 
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I will 'show' in tournaments occassionally but 'it depends'. I'll do it in a number of different situations. (more often with donkeys on the tables... never when playing vs what I consider to be good players & as mentioned > 'for a number of reasons in a handful of different situations')
 
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I never show my cards, don´t want to give out any information
 
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i went thru a stretch where if i was running good in a cash game, i would show that i had it to help create the illusion that i was just carding really well
it was fun, playing aggressively, showing cards, winning
but, overall, i absolutely agree that if u r showing for any other reason than "for fun" or as a very occasional courtesy to another player u respect, then it is probably a bad move long term
 
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