When you bluff, are you showing the cards later if you don't get paid?

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what's the point of showing cards? to then catch him with a strong hand when he thinks you're bluffing? this will rarely happen, I never show it at all
 
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If I want to catch a player in the future, I can do it, but it happens very, very rarely, let them guess what I have
 
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I never open cards. In my opinion, this is especially stupid when bluffing. It's better to let the enemy think that I'm lucky than to let him know that I'm using a bluff.
 
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Sometimes I show my cards in tournaments, but never show it in Cash games
 
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depends on the situation
there are times when it's good to show yes and let your opponents see that you are capable of bluffing
and lead them astray
 
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Never... i m not a crazy... if the opponent wanna see, he must pay for it
 
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Yes, sometimes I lay my cards in poker when I bluff and if my opponent doesn't pay, I show my cards to make him very upset and think that I'm going to bluff in the future, but in the future I usually don't bluff anymore and he pays a lot thinking I'm bluffing is a good tactic
 
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Sometimes, after an offensive move, one or another poker player can boil over, and this must be used. Players in this state are often willing to call with a wider range of hands. Therefore, a good technique is to bluff an angry opponent and then show him your garbage cards. This will further encourage him to call weak pockets.
 
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I never show my cards when I'm bluffing. And if I bluff, then it is most often a semi-bluff and there is no point in showing cards.
 
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I never show my card, let the villain pay for it.:cool::cool::cool:
 
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I play online, and I never show. It gives away free information not only to the player(s) in the hand, but also the rest of the table, if they pay attention. Specifically if you show bluffs, the idea is presumably to tilt the opponent, so that they will call you wider in future hands. But I kind of prefer to have opponent, who fold to much, because then I can just continue to bluff them and win many small and easy pots ;)
 
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I never show cards,let opponents try to guess what you had it will steel their focus from future hands they are playing
 
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Sometimes I show one card from my hand.:)
 
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Never, as an exception, if there is a strategy to change the way we play. If you're playing looser and you show a bluff, then you're going to get aggressive with good hands to induce a call. Mix hands. Other than that, never show.
 
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I will only show a bluff to specific opponents in certain situations. Or only shown a single card in specifics spots to shown the table I wasn't stealing pre-flop and get a bit of respect (in later stages of a tournament in this specific scenario).

I will only shown my cards to tilt a opponent or gaining respect in the table.
 
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It's very rare if I judge it in such a way that I can build my image with it.
 
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Of course, I never show my cards, otherwise my bluff will not pass, and the next time I play with those who show them, I already play.
 
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i show my cards any time to tilt poker players helps once in a while
 
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No, I think it's disrespectful and takes away my credibility at the table.
 
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I never show my cards, although I often use the bluff opportunity. To do this, you have to build yourself up so that you are only a reliable 'calling station', and then you can bluff even in the most unexpected situations. Of course, if you read the hand well and the villain doesn't have a straight or flush draw because then he will go with you to the river.
 
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Sometimes you can show your cards when you bluffing, but be carefully do not show the cards everytime when you did a bluff.
I prefer better to don't show the cards when I doing bluffing on the pre-flop, flop,turn,river or turn,river.
It's up to you just make your strategy.
 
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nope hardly ever show cards, i like the mystery
 
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Showing your cards is a tactical act. Showing after everyone else folds needs tos erve a purpose. If it doesn't, it is giving away information needlessly. I only show to achoeve specific results. For example, if I'm trying to convince people that I am a straight arrow and non-bluffer, I might show a nutty hand at an appropriate time. If I have won via a bluff and I want to put someone on tilt, I might show them the bluff they just caved in against. But genreally, the stakes/levels I play at, it is just not helpful to give away this free information.
 
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I think we do not must show your card when you bluffs and be happy when you win in this situation
 
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