showing your cards before the showdown
 

I haven't played poker in a casino before. Are you allowed to show your hand before the showdown? I would like to be able to do this when there are three or four other players active in a hand and I would like to protect a big pocker pair

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You protect a big pocket pair by betting. Also, most people with any pair besides a pocket pair are probably correct to be calling you with the number of outs they have. Flipping your cards over hurts you far more than it hurts them. (No, I don't know the answer to your question. But your reasoning behind asking this question is troubling. Low limit holdem is hugely profitable because terrible players put far too much money in against hands that dominate them. Continue to dominate them, rake in monster pots and be prepared to say nice hand when someone hits a 2 outer on the river, because it's why you're making money in the first place.)

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This is one of the most patheic threads I've ever read.

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Aside from your strategy (WAY aside) and to answer your question at my home town casino, you're pitched for the day for doing it twice in a session.

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I was playing a 3/6 game when the big blind raised after 6 people limped in. Everyone called. On the flop he flipped over his AA and bet out. I think the rest of the table took it as a challenge and stayed in as long as they had a shot at cracking his aces.

64o made a straight on the river.

I think if the guy hadn't been such a dick (he was a dick for other things as well), he probably could have got the other people to fold.

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In tournaments your hand will be dead(folded). In cash-games it might be dead, depending what the situation is and where do you play at. Any case it brings you nothing but the trouble.

NO NO NO NO NO
 

You're asking for BIG TROUBLE already with this post. Exposing your hand in a multiway pot is collosally terrible ettiquette and will draw EXTREMELY NEGATIVE reactions. I STRONGLY suggest you ask for guidance from an experienced B&M player before you "go live," and that you familiarize yourself thoroughly with the FAQ on this forum long before you set foot in a live cardroom. Seriously, for your own sake.

al

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don't listen to the negative posters

you are already asking all the right questions - it's time to take your game to the casino

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Seems to me I read a FAQ that answers first-time B&M questions....oh yeah, at the top of this forum.

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A guy to my left did this in a 2-4 game at the Sahara LV because he was so irritated with the number of calling stations in our game. He asked the dealer before he did it if it was OK.

Funny thing was that 2 of the calling stations actually called his river bet without being able to beat his pair.