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Do you usually show your cards when they win without a showdown?
Poker is a game that keeps you informed of opponents, when you show your cards without needing, do you think of setting a trap? does not care? Or does it work for your game?
 
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I usually don't show because I don't want to give my opponents free information about my hand.
 
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Why give superfluous information?
 
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90% of the time i muck but every now and the i show a bluff to keep them guessing!!
 
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Rarely show, maybe sometimes with bad cards on a successful bluff to tilt or misinform the player. As a rule no, let them pay to find out their information on you, it has its own value.
 
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I also very rarely show as I dont want to give information but sometimes with people I've found friendly etc and it feels like the sort of hand that wont give too much away with a show I sometimes do.
 
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I muck 100% of the time as no matter whether your 'show' will shock the opponent or tilt them, you are only guaranteeing that they now can improve their read on you whereas when you fold you may not be tilting them as much but you guarantee they gained zero information about your actual bluff-range or fear-factor from that hand as they have no clue how strong your real hand was.

This is also a reason I much prefer online poker to real-life poker, in real-life it's considered "rude" not to show in many situations and in many home games there's no set order of who has to show first. Even if the person who shows first has the better hand, again comes the issue of 'rudeness' and everyone on the table throwing a hissy fit if you refuse to show it so much so that they may kick you out for your bad manners (this is home games not casino I talk about).
 
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i show my cards when are very strong to create in the minds of my opponents I'm a tight player.. when the tournament takes place i can open with lower hands and try to steal chips.. is only a strategy.
 
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I never show. I like to keep them guessing.
 
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If you fold top pair or AK then I would be shown the cards because in the future you can use this for example to bluff the opponent will think he dumped top pair doesn't look like he is bluffing is very well suited to those players who play regularly and earn image.
 
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I do not show the cards to the players so that they do not catch me afterwards, when I play the bluff, I only show the winning card very rarely!
 
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I very rarely show the cards, but if I do it sooner at the beginning of the game if everyone on the middle pot pusanut and I have garbage I will definitely show my hand. But after such a rally I will only play with the nuts
 
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It is a double sided situation. NO ONE should 100% show or muck!
Think of it this way:
if u muck 100% of the time, then no one can know how you play, meaning, no one knows what your ranges are. What are u calling with, what are u raising with, what are u folding. That being said, how can u ever bluff someone? If u are an unknown to your opponents, it is possible that u will just be avoided, or called down with premium hands that have u dominated.
on the other hand, showing 100% of the time, just gives too much info, which is even worse.
consider showing few very good hands (flopped boats, straights..) as well as some bluffs that u took the same line of calls or raises. It is possible to throw your opponents off guard making them fold best, or call when they have worse hands. :)
 
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It all depends on the circumstances. Sometimes I muck, sometimes I show...
It is especially important in sit'n'go cash tournaments.
 
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its possible when you show a hand bluff the next time you can bluff again and the next time when you hit something he will gone call you. This could be a strategy too.
 
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Muck 100% I do not understand showing an A or a K or even a Q when there are two 7's in the flop and no A or Q or K, its just useless information that does not makes me fear, showing your cards just lets me know you are insecure about your hand, if the opponent has a better hand just pay and win otherwise showing the cards is useless, at least for me.
 
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I'm never interested when someone shows cards
I'm trying to play with my cards and to follow players games
 
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I show my cards very rarely. Only if I want get false information about my game. I open AA after 3 bluffs in a row or conversely demonstrate bluffing in tight game.
 
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It is better to show crap ! So cool !
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Never do. In very rare ocassions when I want to show, I can't, cause the auto-muck mode is on [emoji4]
 
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I always fold , I believe that it is more difficult to count sing and play at the table
 
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99% of the time, I'll muck them. If it's a friendly game with actual friends and I'm asked to show.. I'll consider it.
 
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