Paying to see someone's hand in live poker

[6bet me]

Suppose you're playing live poker, you've just successfully pulled off a huge bluff and the villain immediately says to you "I'll pay you $x to see your hand".

How much should you charge the villain to flip over your hole cards and show your hand?

 

[Mase31683]

Depends on how often you play with other guys at the table and how your usual game is, if your planning on switching gears, a bunch of stuff really.

Doubtful someone will really offer you more than a couple blinds though.

 

[6bet me]

I've been offered 5bb ($10 at 1/2) to show my cards sometimes after a huge pot. Sometimes I will pay to see someone else's cards too, particularly if it was a huge pot and I couldn't tell if they were making a fancy play with pure air, semi-bluffing with a draw, or had a genuinely strong hand. I feel that it's sometimes beneficial - especially for new players who want to see how the regs play - to pay to see someone's hole cards and then review the whole hand and try to understand why they did what they did.

 

[Mr Sandbag]

At a 1/2 game I'd probably take the money every time. I doubt there are many (any?) players that can properly use the information anyway.

 

[BigJamo]

Takes away the whole reason we play in the first place.

 

[Terrell]

Agree with Sandbag, they are almost all horrible

 

[datrolld20]

How much would I charge them...

A reach-around and curly fries.

 

[ph_il]

If it's a decent offer, say 10+ BBs, I'll show. If it's a small offer, like 5BBs, I might say something like "You can pick one card. Double it and you can see both."