How Do You Check Your Hole Cards? (1 Viewer)

[CantSpellPoker]

Not sure if this has been discussed, and I'm sure nobody really cares, but this is the type of small detail that interests me, mostly because I still don't have a favorite method.

I created GIFs of myself looking at cards in multiple ways, and linked them below. I tried to embed them directly into this post, but couldn't get it to cooperate.

1.) https://giphy.com/gifs/TgF8VrS0Hv3KHrheAm ("Horizontally" look at right corner of bottom card, then squeeze top card)

2.) https://giphy.com/gifs/8YvtlMIg7uSQWwae0v ("Horizontally" look at both simultaneously)

3.) https://giphy.com/gifs/65ARHnGrVOUerx3m58 ("Horizontally" look at right corner of each card individually)

4.) https://giphy.com/gifs/9Pxp7BKvNyBma9o0ZH ("Vertically" look at both simultaneously)

5.) https://giphy.com/gifs/7SQWmCTFR9A3Zb9maP ("Vertically" look at bottom card, then squeeze top card)

I'm sure there are countless other ways - I'm interested to hear them. I'm partial to holding the cards "horizontally" (GIF #1-3), but don't have a "go-to" among those 3.

 

[WoodburyPoker]

I have had people refer to my method as a tell, but personally I snap the hole cards up quickly off the table and fan them out close to my face like gisha.

 

[inca911]

#2, but with the cards slightly angled away from the player on my left, and my right hand placed vertically on the right side to completely block the view of the player on my right (i.e., I make a little viewing lean-to shelter with my hands). I also don’t flex/bend the cards on the long axis, I keep them unbent to avoid damage.

 

[CantSpellPoker]

#2, but with the cards slightly angled away from the player on my left, and my right hand placed vertically on the right side to completely block the view of the player on my right (i.e., I make a little viewing lean-to shelter with my hands).

I do the same, but I’d need a 3rd arm to do that AND take the video lol

 

[bivey]

Used to prefer 5. Changed it over to 1.

 

[Kain8]

#1 for sure.

 

[Frogzilla]

I check diagonally...just the corners.

 

[RichMahogany]

RFID sunglasses

 

[BGinGA]

I use my eyes.

 

[Ellasdaddy]

I voted #1. I alternate between doing this sitting straight up and barely seeing my cards and slumping over and put my head down almost on the table edge and playing the hand out something like this:

 

[Forty4]

Pretty sure I do all of them.

 

[RowdyRawhide]

None of the above. I use 2 hands most of the time. I probably look like a dork, but frankly i don't givva shit how i look. my hands are usually pretty dry, it's tough for me to do it one handed most times

 

[CraigT78]

Depends on how much I’ve had to drink. By 7 or 8 I’m pretty sure I pick them off the table and hold them an arms length away from my face.

 

[DoubleEagle]

Depends on how much I’ve had to drink. By 7 or 8 I’m pretty sure I pick them off the table and hold them an arms length away from my face.

Damn dealer dealt me four cards in NLHE!

 

[ekricket]

Your allowed to look at them?

 

[ruskba]

Where’s the rest of the cards though

 

[Payback]

For me usually #3, although if I have a chip wall built and then sometimes I go with #5 and hid them behind my wall while looking.

 

[Quicksilver-75]

I lift the bottom left corner of the cards. I never, ever lift my cards from felt until I'm ready to table a hand.

 

[Coyote]

Basically #5, a little diagonally tilted to have the interesting corner point at me, while I use the left hand to cover the spectacle.

 

[Highli99]

I find this is really hard with 5 card games like scrotum. I end up looking at the cards individually.

 

[Coyote]

I find this is really hard with 5 card games like scrotum. I end up looking at the cards individually.

That's why I forbid these games in my house
I even discourage PLO not just for its volatility, but also because most people (including myself ) will send etiquette to hell and pull the 4 cards upon their chest to arrange them in the order they like.

 

[bsdunbar1]

#5 100%
And NEVER look at one until you have them both.

 

[bigdonkey]

Sometimes #1.

Sometimes a horizontal peek at the top card, slide it backwards and then under the bottom card, horizontal peek at new top card.

 

[Tanner Kaza]

Combination of either/both #1 and #3 but I always cup my hand in front of/or on the side of looking at my cards depending on where my stack is and table configuration...Didn't realize #3 would be rare comparatively to these others.

 

[BukNaked36]

4

Always look at both simultaneously

I hate the disappointment of King!!! 3...wtf

 

[1A25R]

 

[Gobbs]

All of the above and more.

 

[longflop]

3 is the closest for me, but I do it pretty quickly and snap them down to the table. Almost like a mini riffle. If I didn't see them the first time, I do it again. No rhyme or reason, just the way I do things.

 

[longflop]

I find this is really hard with 5 card games like scrotum. I end up looking at the cards individually.

After this weekend, I think @Highli99 is a scrotum lover. Wait... that didn't come out right.

 

[Highli99]

After this weekend, I think @Highli99 is a scrotum lover. Wait... that didn't come out right.

It’s a fun game as long as you remember all the cards you keep have to play.