Must a Winning Hand Show ALL Cards? (5 Viewers)

[Santa123]

this is an old thread but honestly, a muck is a muck.

I think it all comes down to house rules but the most important for me is that the showdown is done quick. The pot should be awarded to the winning hand quickly and the next hand can begin.

if opponent mucks, then i do not have to show my hand at showdown since my opponent mucked and there are no more eligible cards/hands and i win by default.

I am one of your wannabes. No seriuously if you win the pot at showdown you have to show all your holecards. Not one. All your holecards. And it doesnt matter if your oppenent already mucked. Just show your damn hand

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

I think it all comes down to house rules but the most important for me is that the showdown is done quick. The pot should be awarded to the winning hand quickly and the next hand can begin.


I am one of your wannabes. No seriuously if you win the pot at showdown you have to show all your holecards. Not one. All your holecards. And it doesnt matter if your oppenent already mucked. Just show your damn hand

Definitely with you on the quick. Miserable having people glance at eachother after the last bet is called, especially at a game with lots of older gentlemen who love to slow roll each other. Always insta-show at showdown.

I can't agree with the second point though, if my opponent mucks his bluff I muck my winner after I take the pot to make sure to tilt the info-mooks who folded to my min-raise.

 

[gamblingbowser]

yeah agreed, house rules are house rules. and speed of play is always a consideration

but i do not want to show my hand if i dont have to. sometimes im bluff catching with broadway high and when my opponent says "youre good" i want to make damn sure I'm good by forcing him to show or muck before i show or muck. its part of the game IMO. the only exception where ill show a "youre good" hand is top pair or better. if they nitroll me and have top pair beat, those are fighting words at that point

 

[DuckFat]

Rio Bravo, player A preflop bets $5.50; player B raises to $11; player C calls.

Player B takes main pot, no one cares about his Rio Bravo card.

What's Rio Bravo? Results I get are a really old movie and the RB card being an item in Red Dead Redemption 2.

 

[Jimulacrum]

I would also like to know what Rio Bravo is.

As to the original question, you must show all your hole cards to claim any portion of the pot at showdown, if for no other reason that ensuring that the player has a legitimate hand and not, say, or and a guarantee card. I know sometimes people like to show just the one card that matters, which isn't anything unusual, but to push back when told you have to show all your cards is weird. Why is that such a problem for player A here? Be an adult. Respect the rules.

As to having to show because it's an all-in pot, that's a tournament thing. Tournament players seem to enjoy being able to sweat the result as the board comes out like in televised poker; they may be required to show at showdown in non-all-in pots as a matter of game protection as well. But that just isn't the standard in cash games. No need to show your cards in a cash game unless you're making a claim on the pot.

@Mojo1312, I disagree with the premise that anyone is owed any information from other players due to the betting. Calling bets in poker is paying for your stake in the pot, not buying information. Whether to contest at showdown is each player's decision; showing down is itself an optional action, just like it would be in any other hand that gets to the end. If a player misreads his hand and mucks, that's on him. The fact of the pot being all-in doesn't/shouldn't change the fact that this action is optional.

 

[UniLover]

What's Rio Bravo? Results I get are a really old movie and the RB card being an item in Red Dead Redemption 2.

I would also like to know what Rio Bravo is.

Texas Hold'em + another individual card after river. So three hole cards and standard five community cards.

 

[Mojo1312]

@Mojo1312, I disagree with the premise that anyone is owed any information from other players due to the betting. Calling bets in poker is paying for your stake in the pot, not buying information. Whether to contest at showdown is each player's decision; showing down is itself an optional action, just like it would be in any other hand that gets to the end. If a player misreads his hand and mucks, that's on him. The fact of the pot being all-in doesn't/shouldn't change the fact that this action is optional.

The dealer's at Montreal Playground will force a player who moves all-in to show their five hole cards in Big-O before claiming a contested pot. The same holds true when playing Omaha-8 in Bangor, Omaha-hi at Chaser's Casino in New Hampshire and Red Shores Casino in Prince Edward Island. During a game there are instances where a player who goes all-in can get away with only showing his two winning hole cards, but that seizes to exist when the player who calls asks the aggressor to show his hole cards first.

The house rule in the weekly $1/$2 NLHE game I play in is the player who calls an all-in on the river has the right to ask his opponent to show his hand before revealing their hand. In all-ins involving multiple players with no remaining action, hands are generally laid face up on the table. There are times when that is not the case, such as when players call with a drawing hand, but anytime a pot is contested, the player who called can ask the aggressor what he has for a hand. No one makes a fuss on the rare occasion when the aggressor mucks their hand after declaring "good call, I missed" or simply "good call."

The last example above as well as the example you gave of a player misreading their hand is not what happened in the situation the O.P. described.

 

[Jimulacrum]

The dealer's at Montreal Playground will force a player who moves all-in to show their five hole cards in Big-O before claiming a contested pot. The same holds true when playing Omaha-8 in Bangor, Omaha-hi at Chaser's Casino in New Hampshire and Red Shores Casino in Prince Edward Island. During a game there are instances where a player who goes all-in can get away with only showing his two winning hole cards, but that seizes to exist when the player who calls asks the aggressor to show his hole cards first.

My position on claiming the pot is you should always have to show all your cards at showdown to claim the pot. I know this isn't really enforceable if, say, you show aces full and your opponent pitches his cards into the muck. Like clearly you can't give it to the other player. But I prefer it as a last-ditch policy to catch fouled hands and other improper stuff, like someone having too many hole cards.

The house rule in the weekly $1/$2 NLHE game I play in is the player who calls an all-in on the river has the right to ask his opponent to show his hand before revealing their hand. In all-ins involving multiple players with no remaining action, hands are generally laid face up on the table. There are times when that is not the case, such as when players call with a drawing hand, but anytime a pot is contested, the player who called can ask the aggressor what he has for a hand. No one makes a fuss on the rare occasion when the aggressor mucks their hand after declaring "good call, I missed" or simply "good call."

I am aware of the "I want to see that hand" rule but don't especially like it. My feeling is that if someone wants to concede on the end, let him. More often than not, people who do this a lot are huge donators who just want to muck out of embarrassment, and I'd rather allow them that bit of grace even if it costs information. If the rule is always being used in a gentlemanly and understanding way as you describe, I guess that's not so bad.

The last example above as well as the example you gave of a player misreading their hand is not what happened in the situation the O.P. described.

Yeah, I know. Reads a little silly looking back at it. Just kinda running cases in my head as to why someone would muck.

 

[Jimulacrum]

Texas Hold'em + another individual card after river. So three hole cards and standard five community cards.
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I might try this as a double-board game sometime. I bet my crew would have fun with it.