| Showing hand before dead. |
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| Written by Administrator |
| Monday, 23 March 2009 17:05 |
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In my regular Texas Holdem home game here in Boston, I generally take my rulings from what i see on TV tournament like WSOP or WPT, but recently we had a hand which caused some talking. There were 3 of us in the hand, all Pre Flop, and the first player who was on my left, raised. After that it was folded round to the player on my right. He thought about it for some time, before folding. Here is where the problems start: I was about to act, when the raiser turned over his hand on the table showing AQos. My hold'em poker hand was Ad8d. SO WHAT POKER RULE IS THIS? I THOUGHT HIS HAND WAS DEAD AND I SHOULD TAKE THE CHIPS ON THE TABLE...... Others thought it was my advantage, or he should be able to take them back. There was a reasonable amount of chips on the table. But the calling amount was a large percentage of my remaining stack, I thought, just as if you bet out of turn, your bet must stand whether you continue or not..... in the same way, if you put your hand down on the table in such a manor, you are demeaned to have ended playing your hand. What ruling would you enforce if this was your game? Poker Rules professor says: His bet stands. His hand is still live. Your move. You have the advantage of knowing what his cards are before making up your mind. You should thank him and then fold. Let's look at another scenario. On the river, you hold the nuts. Player1 goes all-in, you happily call. Player3, says something like "Did I hear you call?". You either a) didn't hear him or notice him in the hand, or b) thought he said "call" so you flip your nut hand over. What's a more appropriate and fair penalty? Your hand is declared dead and lose the whole pot or you lose a possible call from Player3 but win the pot? Sure you can make a rule at a home game that any exposed hand is automatically dead. It even happens in casinos but I would think it's fairly rare. Pfapfap has it right for most card rooms. |
