Just wondering how many of you show your cards after winning or when folding to an all in.
I never show my cards at all, but if someone shows after a big win, ok for what ever the reason. I do not understand fold and show your cards or only one card. What is the point, especially if you are showing ace. You are saying I had an ACE but not the balls to back it up. That is not a message I want to send.

I very rarely show but have done usually when everyone has folded I've got the goods and have shoved I do this for some respect if I pull the same play when I'm bluffing to maintain balance

I rarely show my cards, the only time I do is showing a bluff in order to try to catch the player out later on when I have a made hand.

I never show. I also don't check down and let them see what I had for free. I don't want to give free information for them to have at their disposal to help them study me and put me on a range of hands. I like to keep them guessing.

I find myself playing with some players who are terrible. Usually loose passive types who will do something like open for 80 big blinds to pick up 1.5 blinds. Then they show a hand like 84 offsuit.

I never show my cards

In my opinion, people show their cards to give you information, but the next hand is played completely differently.

I never show my cards, I don't see any point in it, I prefer to keep it a secret

I'm not a big fan of showing my cards. Auto muck is always on. The only time I would show a player my cards is if I were heads up in a big tournament. Any mind game is useful heads up. I don't think it's a disadvantage at this stage. It would lead to a big payoff before it would give information. Just don't play a hand the same way and send false information. Some players will show big hands to try to earn respect. I think this hurts them because other players will play that much tighter and have the better hand. It's hard to set up a bluff by doing that.

The most important Rule of the poker game: Never show your cards ♦️ never give any information about your range Hand coz if you do could be against yourself in the long terms.

Showing bluffs is satisfactory and does not give away info about your range

Originally Posted by manzanillo53

Just wondering how many of you show your cards after winning or when folding to an all in.
I never show my cards at all, but if someone shows after a big win, ok for what ever the reason. I do not understand fold and show your cards or only one card. What is the point, especially if you are showing ace. You are saying I had an ACE but not the balls to back it up. That is not a message I want to send.

I don't like give information to rivals I never show my cards

I don't like to show my cards, in such way you are showing part of your range

Against casual opponents that are trying to have fun I don't think it's necessarily bad to do if it helps promote a relaxed environment but in any serious poker situation I'd say it's ill advised for fairly obvious reasons

The less information you can give the opponent the better but I guess you can tilt someone if he sees that you have bluffed him and maybe now he will get it all in bad against you.

When the villain bluffs and shows the cards, he may be building an image of him on the table. I see no point in folding and showing the cards.

I think that this is a useless function, there’s no need for any additional information for opponents. Unless you show how cool you are, that you could throw AA on a bad board. but who needs it, if not for himself)

I do not show them, except in some cases, where the players are familiar, and the situation is loose!

Hello, when I started playing poker I did it sometimes but ,nowadays don´t show my cards.But it is ok to me if other players show their cards because they give important information.

I almost never show my cards. The exceptions are some big bluffs when i make

Never show xD

I never show my cards. I do not like to give extra information to opponents.

I show my cards when I have strong hands sometimes to make sure the other players know that I am not bluffing. This way they can profile me as a strong player and not a newbie or a rookie.

This way maybe they fold to a big raise ore flop next time shortly thereafter...

I never show my cards. Also because on Pokerstars I don't find it very handy to do so.

Hi There
I never show my card no matter what
I dont like it
Anyway think if you want to hurt your oponnent in that particular game
maybe its good to show
Rgds

the only time i show is when they pay for it bluff or stone cold nuts. i feel like you must get paid if they want to see whats under those 2 cards thats just me

I never show my cards, i do not like to give any infomation to other players.

I never show them! If they want to see what I have, pay me! I do not give free information

Originally Posted by manzanillo53

Just wondering how many of you show your cards after winning or when folding to an all in.
I never show my cards at all, but if someone shows after a big win, ok for what ever the reason. I do not understand fold and show your cards or only one card. What is the point, especially if you are showing ace. You are saying I had an ACE but not the balls to back it up. That is not a message I want to send.

Usually some players show their cards to inform the table that they're not bluffing or on tilt. But it doesnt mean they're going to play the next hands the same way.

I never really understood the point of this, for me personally I never show my cards when folding or when opponent folds. Why give free information away to the table!

you can show a card to make the opponent angry and when the opponent is angry you can easily beat

I'm not a big fan of showing my cards anymore. Why give free information to the table.

I never show. I prefer to remain a mystery. Showing can work to get an image however you want it to be but people who show generally seemed more triggered then the control they seek for giving out info.

Don't ever show.

Don't volunteer information. The more information you give, the more history somebody accumulates against you, and the better reads they can make against you because of it.

Even if you were to show and they may tilt, in the long run, it's not worth it because the piece of history they were able to take from it.

Personally, I never show my cards

Unless it's like the PURE nuts.. for example Quads or something

I'll show once in awhile,sometimes to send a player on tilt,sometimes to show I'm not bluffing,sometimes to show I am bluffing depends on the situation,sometimes just to screw around

I never show my cards

When multitabling online, why give yourself even more decisions to make and buttons to click? For me that makes no sense, and neither does delaying action after each hand, even its only for a few seconds. So I also check the "auto-muck" button. The only legit reason to show is, if you think, showing a bluff can tilt your opponent. But you need to be aware of the dynamic, it might create, and in general it seem more fit for live situations rather than online.

I'll usually only show my cards when I think it will inspire some degree of tilt. But I usually have it set to auto-muck so I don't do it very often

Never in life you have to show your cards. They should be stored and rivals remain in doubt. Those showing 1 or 2 cards and do not accept the call are bad losers or as you say in your comment "have no balls no character to play"

I sometimes show my cards after a successful bluff, just for a joke and to annoy others, sorry
I recently met one player, who was writing in chat what he has after going all-in, making others to be scared of.

what ever other players doing at the table, it's just to annoy you, once you're annoyed, you would never play that good, that's the point.
don't pay attention, do your game

I play quite a few SNGs on the WSOP site in Nevada/NJ. When one of my buddies and I are heads-up, we'll quite often show our hands. Other than that, I never show cards.

Ideally, show some intentional hand. If the game is cheap it's good to go to the showdown especially if it's bad cards. This will give the table a false sense that you are donkey, even if you are a "rehearsed" donkey. I believe to be profitable

i almost never show sometimes it can come back at you but sometimes you can trick your opponent in a later round

I never show my cards, I don’t want the players to know how I play and with what hands I enter the game. When an opponent shows one or two cards, thanks to this I know the range of my opponent. In my experience, tight players rarely show their cards. More often cards are shown by players who have a very wide range.

I never show my cards after a successful bluff but sometimes I show a super marginal fold.

I don't like to show cards but if I show then it's a very sick bluff or I am folding a very strong hand.

someetimes showing a hand can be good to support your table image. if you usually play rather tight then showing off one of your rare bluffs even after not getting called can help you to get bigger paydays with the next really strong hand. So i think there are a few spots in which showing can be useful, but generally just folding is better in my opinion.

Originally Posted by manzanillo53

Just wondering how many of you show your cards after winning or when folding to an all in.
I never show my cards at all, but if someone shows after a big win, ok for what ever the reason. I do not understand fold and show your cards or only one card. What is the point, especially if you are showing ace. You are saying I had an ACE but not the balls to back it up. That is not a message I want to send.

In online poker, many learn some tricks and develop skills.
Not always, but sometimes showing cards is one of the tricks that is more psychological.
For example, show your opponents that you often bluff. In the future, this will increase the possibility of calling an opponent when you have the best hand.

I show cards when I bluff and when I have the nuts and have taken a large chunk of chips from someone.... generally it lets everyone watching know that they will never know what I have so tread lightly. it's a mind game

Originally Posted by Criplgamer

I show cards when I bluff and when I have the nuts and have taken a large chunk of chips from someone.... generally it lets everyone watching know that they will never know what I have so tread lightly. it's a mind game

Also I only do this 1 time per table. unless a lot of people have come in new.