exposing hand during heads up play. texas holdem poker?
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in a tournament, heads up on the flop, my opponant made a large bet, there was a straight and flush draw possibility on the flop. I moved all in with my pocket aces and then turned my cards face up to my oppanant to let him know he was beat. I just wanted him to fold and me take the current pot rather than get sucked out on. He was on a flush draw and did decide to fold. others at the table got upset and said this was a mucked hand because i exposed it. exposing my hand only gave my oppanant an advantage and the knowledge to make a better decision so i dont see how this is breaking the rules. i can understand if there was three or more players to the hand but it was just the two of us. it was the first hand and i didnt want to go out so soon.
Does anyone know the offical rule in this situation?
is exposing your hand heads up allowed?
certainly you can speak your hand so whats the difference.
im looking for answers from real casino poker players here. not online or home games.
November 27th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Most tourneys this is illegal, just like you can’t tell them your hand. You are allowed to lie, but you can be penalized for calling your actual hand while the hand is in play. You really should read up on your rules. There are some heads up tourneys that allow showing your cards.
November 27th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
in most tournaments, disclosing the actual contents of your hand is illegal, as is showing it to the table…most of the time, you will be penalized 10 minutes for either infraction, and in some places the exposed hand becomes dead
honestly, i think the rule is silly when play is heads-up, you are just losing a useful psychological weapon, but rules are rules
however, what you did was very improper, you should NEVER show your hand to give your opponent an advantage, in all honesty what you did was cheating whether you like it or not and if i was the tournament director you would have received a very stiff penalty, possibly expulsion
November 29th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
You were wrong to expose your hand before your opponent called your all-in bet. Even though it was just you and your opponent in the hand, you have an obligation to the other players at the table to not go easy on someone. If your opponent thought you were bluffing, he might have called the all-in and either you or him might have been out of the game. Everybody at a table has an obligation not to go easy on anybody else…and not to do anything with just one player that you wouldn’t do with the entire table in the pot.
And it is considered very improper to talk about your hand…in some casinos, you will not be allowed to play at certain tables if you violate good poker manners.
November 30th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
No you can’t do this, the other player could have even asked for the floor to come over and kill your hand. Although in most casino they will warn you not to do it again, or an extra big blind as a penalty are also other actions that can be taken as well. A prime example was in the main event of the w.s.o.p when Jamie gold was head up with another player who had a semi weak hand, but it was the best hand. Q-J would have made a straight for Gold, and on the river he flashed one card (the jack) and seeing this the other player folded, and then Gold showed a bluff. The other player did have the right to call the floor over and ask that Golds hand to be killed, but since he did not call the floor over the pot was given to gold. It is up to the player to ask for the floor, and not the dealer, you may be even asked to leave the casino if you do this all the time. Now i have seen it where a player on accident flashes his cards, and the floor most times will expose them so everyone has no information that no one else may have since other players may have not seen the cards flip over, and the hand is then played out. So no you can’t do that.
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Revealing the contents of a live hand in a multihanded pot before the betting is complete is not allowed but heads up you can show your cards since it affects no one but you.
There may be rules against this action at certain casinos, but universally it is acceptable.
December 4th, 2008 at 4:33 am
It all depends one where you are playing. This is illegal in almost every tournament you will play, but most cash games allow you to show your cards when heads up. If this was at a home game you should make the house rule clear before you play.
December 5th, 2008 at 3:00 am
What a load of. There’s no problem with showing your cards.