Showing cards, when and why?

Hi
I've been playing poker for a over a year now and I keep having the dilemma if I should be showing my cards when they fold or when I fold and so on...
So I wanted to know when I should be showing my cards in what situations and what will be the consequences of that action?!?
Thanx

Only when the rules demand that you do so

If you want the pot at showdown... u must show

iDONK

listen if you have a plan for ex. to show you blef and then afetyer it play only strong hand and build stack so they will think you play week hand and they check you srong hands , the same things will be when you show twice your strong hand you will be in better posiotion to bluff another time , but in my case i dont show cards

Poker is a game of incomplete information, giving other players free information is - ev.
Welcome to the forum.

The only time I show my hand is when I break pattern of my play. It gives disinformation.

I sometimes show my cards, when I have nuts and I want to show for example straight flush or four of a kind, not always, but as I said sometimes. And I don't show when I bluff because my opponents can think that I'm player who bluff all the time and I'm loose player. My image at the table can curdle. Sometimes I play freeroll and it depends what humor I have and if I play for fun I show more hands Then I don't think about consequences

Thanx, I don't usually show my cards and I see other players showing their cards and I don't understand what benifient he has from showing..

I never show online, ever.

Live is a different story, though. Given I am a social creature when I'm playing brick & mortar, I will show if I gain something from it. Let me explain ...

I may (rarely) show a bluff to induce tilt in another player. This is not always a good idea, given you paint a rather large target on your head. I am far more likely to show an opponent who I am sitting in close proximity to that they have made a good fold, particularly one who I have targeted and wish them to continue folding to me. I want them to feel good about their decision.

Also, since poker is a game of information, I never give more information than I am likely to receive. I find that in this social setting, if I show one good hand where I beat them (nuts or damn close, so I know they didn't fold the winner), this favor is returned in kind, and generally more than once. My showing a winning hand (while not often) has to be of some benefit to me. 1 show results in me being shown (on average) 3 or more hands from opponents.

Another good time to show is if you've been table-captaining and opening a lot. Say that I have raised 3 of the last 4 hands, raise again, and get folds around. I show the AA, make some comment about how good I'm running, and continue with my pattern. You've put that image in their mind and really haven't given away information other than you raise AA ... they don't need to know you raise 76s or KQo in the exact same way.

Noamaw said:

Hi
I've been playing poker for a over a year now and I keep having the dilemma if I should be showing my cards when they fold or when I fold and so on...
So I wanted to know when I should be showing my cards in what situations and what will be the consequences of that action?!?
Thanx

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hi i think showing players ur cards is not good, u should not give them any info at all... but.. if u can make a good play and makes some bluffs it good to show a few of them cause later on if u can makes some hands u can bet big for value hoping that other playing think ur try to bluff and get paid off ... so if it was me i just only show a few bluffs.. to begin with play a little loose i find this is good and can make money easier as the saying goes to get action u must first give action and then tighten up ur game

Showing is generally bad unless you are doing it for the purpose of disinformation. If I'm playing loose and raising a lot of pots I tend to show hands like AA KK etc. If I'm playing tight I tend to show a bluff If it is successful so I can get action on my good hands.

I only ever show if I have too, against top players.
that being said part of my game is to develop tight rock image and then capitalise, showing AK or top 2 pair is never a bad thing if your playing that strategy early on

Very rarley I show to change my image and give disinformation

I almost never show - the key phrase being "Almost Never".

When I do show, my motivation is to get the other players thinking that when I bet - I have a hand. The most common situation for this is after have stolen blinds pre-flop two times within a few hands and I wake up with a AA, KK, AK, and maybe even QQ or JJ.

There are other situations where the above applies...basically if I've won three or four hands in a short period of time, I'll consider showing a strong hand.

I can't remember ever showing a bluff, though.

Dont ever show cuz the better players can understand how you play

Vanessa Selbts says no to showing your cards, she says she never shows her cards.

I took that advice on board

Kenzie 96 said:

Poker is a game of incomplete information, giving other players free information is - ev.
Welcome to the forum.

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This may be true in most cases but I can remember a time when somebody showed me their bluff after I folded a semi strong hand and that made go on tilt the next hand I played against them. Maybe that is a extreme case but isn't something like that considered?

i just have a mental formula when showing wins/folds....meaning i know what to do in every situation. as far as advice i dont like showing tight folds...gives players more of a feeling to come after you. i also dont like showing huge hands if i dont make money....it could draw ridicule at how you played the pot

While I very rarely show I may show a bluff if I am going to tighten up or a big pair if I want to project a tight image.

I never show my cards unless i want everyone at the table to think im bluffing them every hand.
I played against someone yesterday who bluffed almost every hand and showed after everyone folded. It made it incredibly easy to call him with a decent hand and eliminate him. The whole table became aware of what he was doing, which i doubt would have happened if he didnt show everytime.

ayrton said:

I never show my cards unless i want everyone at the table to think im bluffing them every hand.
I played against someone yesterday who bluffed almost every hand and showed after everyone folded. It made it incredibly easy to call him with a decent hand and eliminate him. The whole table became aware of what he was doing, which i doubt would have happened if he didnt show everytime.

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yes showing hands is really not good now that u got hand replayer ppl can just look how u play draws all how much u raise wth big hands and so on, so no showing cards fokes

I never show cards. You want to see them you have to put chips on the table. And I get disproportionately annoyed with other people when they show theirs ;-) The worst examples are people who fold good hands and then show. Who cares, you folded, move on, we all have !

I used to show my cards years ago when I had bluffed a pot, never a good idea to show a bluff, or when I had a great hand but I realised that no-one else is interested in me getting the nut flush or even a straight flush and all you are giving them either way is free information and that can never ever be a good thing to do.

Depends for what purpose you want, example:

First - 'm bluffing and i want to show that I go bluff all time.
Second - I want to show that every time I raise it because I am strong!

if you want to build an image as a loose cannon you can show a few of your weak hands, this will work in your favor especially if you are betting a lot, chances are they wont give you any credit and you can get paid off

I am in on the no show. I feel if you what to see you pay. If the sites allowed one card show I might be in for showing.