Do You Show After Bluffing?

Yes, occasionally I'll show my bluffs. Conventional wisdom when I started playing was that it's never advisable to show, and for a long time I never did. The reasoning goes that you should never give away more information about your playing style than you have too, and against good players that's true. It's much better to keep them in the dark. But bad, weak, inexperienced players don't know how to process that information and are more likely to miscalculate when and how often you're bluffing. If you show a bluff you'll often be seen as a bully and who doesn't want to take the schoolyard bully down. Nobody likes being made a fool of and certain players will start calling down with all kinds of junk with the mistaken assumption that you're always bluffing. When they stack off with top pair vs your flopped set they'll think you just got lucky and curse their own bad luck, not even understanding that your earlier bluff had set the table for this.

However, this is a double edged sword and you can often find yourself not knowing where you stand with some medium strength hands.

Of course not show cards after a bluff, depending on the situation basically not to show

No,I think it s a mistake!Showing cards gives the whole table a lot of information about your way of thinking.

I show the cards when I drop a good hand. When I bluff, never.

When i am in hands ap and, chiplider and if i do good bluff,i show.But usuly in hands ap.

Showing a bluff is something I do not do not do very often. I may show as a means to let the table know I’m capable but it’s not something I will do very much. Notes are forever and the next bluff can get called due to being ****y by showing.

ledsmith said:

I show the cards when I drop a good hand. When I bluff, never.

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I also let the table know I’m capable of laying down a good hand if it’s no longer likely winning.

Maybe someday show the cards and would not have a negative impact, but right now when a bunch of programs that fix your game and you can put a mark on it in the long term it's very bad

I'll show to player who I think is bluffing

Has two sides to show the cards , 1 you can show the cards several times to your opponent to see that you are bluffing and then play serious with good cards, then he may think that you are bluffing there you win.

Never show! Free info to others! Unless its heads up and you have a plan to tilt them

never in tourneys,, sometimes in cash games when i want to loosen up a player or two.

i show my bluffs a lot. not to make anyone mad though. i do it then tighten up and try to play a monster hand the same way and hope someone is paying attention.

If you want to get the enemy out of psychological balance, a successful bluff in big banks should be shown

I never show my cards unless I'm big blind and everyone folds to me and I have a monster hand like AA, or KK.

no I dont I think that is weakness,but who knows maybe should show and opponenet think you will bluff always and could be adventage than....

Generally I always have auto muck on so I don't show but if I pull off a successful bluff I may uncheck the auto muck button to show. I don't show to show off but more to perhaps throw my opponents game off.

Online I would never show but in a live game with friends I would.

I show yes , i play by smartphone, can not hide.

When I want to get some reaction, like a tilt of the vilain, I usually do

Never!

I never show online, if 8m playing a live home game, and I think it can be beneficial to me, by changing my image, and working with it, I will show it.

Never, man