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The technical ruling for a cash game is that the player with the exposed hand is at a disadvantage.

Showing your cards if you are all in depends on when the players went all in. if it was before the river card then the players involved would lay their cards face up on the table. if it's after the river and lets say one of the players shows his cards before the other and has the winning combination his opponent can just pass his cards.

i dont know the answer to the first one, but i think he might have to just finish the hand like normal, he just wouldnt be able to bluff at all if he had a crappy hand, and for the second one, im prety sure you do, mayb its only a vegas rule in the casinos, but im still prretty sure that thats the official ruling.

1) In a cash game you are allowed to show your cards during a hand. I sometimes show one card on a bluff and show the best card to show strength. It throws your opponant off and they do not know what to think.
Now in most tournaments your hand is considered dead if you expose your cards during a hand. But in cash games, you are allowed to show one or both of your cards at any time.

2) At no time are you required to show your cards when you are all in during a cash game or a tourney. It is your personal preference whether you want to or not. There may be some poker floor people out there that make you but the general rule is that you don't have to show unless you want to.

1. Not sure about the first scenario. People and places all have different rules.

2. Once no further betting can take place in the hand the hole cards should be turned up. I've played online and they turn up the hole cards during a hand in tournaments, but not in cash games(I've only played on Pokerstars). Players only have the option of showing if their hand is beat by a player whose cards have already been exposed. If their hand is currently the winning hand based upon the seating order, the hand is automatically turned over.

1. I'm quite sure this is not allowed. I think if you do thise, you have to fold your hand. But I'm not sure, I know your not allowed to show your hand before there is a winner.

2. I'm not sure about that one. But say if everyone is all in, there's really no point to hide your hand. It doesn't advantage or disadvantage you, so I don't see why you shouldn't show your hand. But I think you do need to show your hand.

In the first one if you expose your hand to other players in an effort to get a read on other players, then your hand is folded. Now i have seen some hands where the guy on total accident flips over his cards thinking the hand was over, and his hand was just exposed and the betting was completed. But in most casinos if you expose your hand it is a dead hand.



As for the 2nd rule in a no limit game you are not bound to flip over your hand in an all-in pot. In any tourney you must turn over your hand, but in a cash game you do not have to flip over your hand at all. Now it is a called hand and any player in the hand can ask to see the hand if they want to since the hand was called. But most times the winner will flip up his cards and the other losing hands will muck. If no one wants to show there cards there are 2 ways they do it. The first is the one who had last action shows first or the person nearest the button shows first. But it is a called hand and can be turned over if asked by another player. I don't know where you heard that the dealer will flip the hand over, i never flip another players hand over, only if the other player has refused to flip over his called hand will i do so, this prevents a lot of screw ups in the long run.

1) i have seen this a few times on the wsop and what they do is allow them to continue the hand you do not fold your hand like others are saying. it is your fault by showing your hand early and therefore you dont have a chance to bluff any more, if that is what you had been doing. the hand gets played out to the end unless the player(s) you are against bet and force you to fold your hand. the only way for the hand to end is for all but one player to fold their cards. you do not start the hand over.

2) i have played some cash games in casinos and when people are all in, they are required to show their hands. doesnt matter when they go all in, they still are required to show their hand. playing online is up to the site to show everyone's hands when they are all in with cash games, but in tourneys online, they do show the hands of everyone that is all in. as far as high stakes go, they may have talked about that before the show started as to what they want to do. you have to remember that those guys on there are pro players and are playing for some big pots.

1. in a cash game, it's completely meaningless, all that happens is your opponents know what you have...and in most higher limit cash games it is not uncommon for someone to expose a card during a hand with the intent of confusing their opponent

2. in almost any higher stakes game, the players have more control over the exact rules of certain situations, and this is one of them...generally, in bigger games you do not have to show your hand in an all-in situation, perhaps this is the case in smaller games but as you pointed out on hsp and online there is no requirement for showing


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