do you mean the PokerStars Lobby? ... there is an option in settings where it says: show winning hand / show losing hand
:top:The icon at the top left corner of the table that you can click on and replay previous hands; sometimes when I win a hand I can't see what they had.
I know you can "muck losing hands" but my question is - WHY can you muck without showing if you lose? Surely you have to show otherwise how did your opponent win? If that makes sense...
Each client is a little different but basically it is at the person discretion to show or not by settings selected as the picture shows above.
Still not really answering my question though, but perhaps I've not really explained exactly what I'm asking
Why are we allowed to not show when we lose a hand? I understand that if we fold then obviously we aren't showing but there are times when villain calls my river bet and immediately mucks his hand (obviously he's selected the option to muck losing hands), but why am I not allowed to see it? I won, so why can't I see what he had?
Does that make sense?
In live poker, you have to request it and its complicated and not something to do after every mucking. That would be considered bad etiquette. And you can see why, showdowns and seeing the hand that your opponent had is the most valuable info in poker. That why there are so many rules who show first and who show first if there is a bet on the river.
Pokerstars make it already really easy to see mucking hands, at first I believe it was a glitch. I see what you saying, but the most you could ask is a request to see mucking hand that as in live situation will stall the game.
Online poker is online poker. In live you could take your time on every street while in online its just that seconds you have. I say let it be.
Correct me if I am wrong, in a live game, the first player to the left of the button always shows. Then you have the opportunity to muck a losing hand. This is part of the process of determining the winning hand.
If this is so, does any poker site follow this rule of logic? I remember playing on PokerStars years ago and distinctly remember the person UTG always having to show, then subsequent beating hands being shown, until a winner is revealed. Of course, there are some who decide not to muck along the way.
Online, (on PS at least), the first player from the Button shows, the next player shows only if they have a better hand, the next player shows only if they are better than the first two, etc, etc. Then you can check the replay to see what losing hands were mucked.
Correct me if I am wrong, in a live game, the first player to the left of the button always shows. Then you have the opportunity to muck a losing hand. This is part of the process of determining the winning hand.
If this is so, does any poker site follow this rule of logic? I remember playing on PokerStars years ago and distinctly remember the person UTG always having to show, then subsequent beating hands being shown, until a winner is revealed. Of course, there are some who decide not to muck along the way.
In live games, I understand that the first person to act in the last round of betting, is expected to show first. If the player is raised, then the raiser is expected to show, ahead of any callers.
I was under the impression that no player had to show their hands in live poker unless they believe they are the winner in which case they have to show their hand as proof that they obviously won.
Still not really answering my question though, but perhaps I've not really explained exactly what I'm asking
Why are we allowed to not show when we lose a hand? I understand that if we fold then obviously we aren't showing but there are times when villain calls my river bet and immediately mucks his hand (obviously he's selected the option to muck losing hands), but why am I not allowed to see it? I won, so why can't I see what he had?
Does that make sense?