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07-15-2005, 03:32 AM
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Re: What\'s a good response when someone asks you what cards you had?
Forgot my old standard: 'I can't remember.'
That I like best... >TW< 
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#2
07-15-2005, 03:44 AM
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Re: What\'s a good response when someone asks you what cards you had?
i like exercising honesty at the table...sets em up for that key pot you can lie your way out of. a matter of preference and you can really only get away with it at lower limit tables but i'm not shy about showing my hands. then when you scoop that nice pot and your opponent asks what you had, you can lie and say "aces up" or something...make sure you muck your cards first.
another good response "you beat!" layne flack said that to matusow in one of the wpt's for season 3.
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#3
07-15-2005, 03:08 AM
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Re: What\'s a good response when someone asks you what cards you had?
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So yesterday, a young kid folded to my bluff raise after the flop came J-J-2 (I had Q-9). He said, "What'd ya have?" I just shrugged and smiled, and tried ignoring him. He kept pressing, "What was it, K-J? J-10?" Finally I politely said, "You have to call if you want to know my hand", and he said, "Bro, it's a $3-6 table, this ain't the WPT, so just relax and tell me your hand." He was looking at the other players like I was the biggest a-hole in poker history. [/ QUOTE ] the kid's right, this is only a 3/6 table. don't be a dick to the fish. you said you just ignored the guy, thats not very cool of you. didn't your mom ever teach you any manners? at least have some decency to talk to the guy. if you didn't want to tell him what you had, you could of just lied and got it over with. a simple "yes, i had J-10". would that of been so hard? you said this was a real good table, as such you want to keep the fish happy. and wtf are you doing bluff raising with Q9 on a JJ2 board? i hope this play isn't part of your regular arsenal. heres something similiar that happened to me, except i did the correct thing instead of being a dick to the fish. im playing in my regular 8/16 game at ocean's 11. i had just gotten moved to the main game and this table was live as fuk. horrible players all around. i was up like 2-3 racks within the first hour at this table. the guy sitting to my right was a total donk fish who was just spewing chips like crazy and he was a friendly guy too. then this hand came up. its a kill pot, a few limpers to me. im on the button with QJo. i call. flop comes something like J-9-2. checked to me, i bet. get 2 callers, one of them is the guy on my right. turn is another jack. guy to my right now gay bets. i raise. the third guy thinks for a long time then folds. the guy on my right then thinks for awhile then folds also. he then asks me in kind of sad way "did you have the jack?" i show him the jack to keep him happy. he tells me nice hand and says he had Q-10 for the open ended, the other guy said he also had the Q-10. see, now why would you want to piss this guy off by being a dick? if i had ignored this guy and just mucked my cards, you think he would be happy? no, he would of probably be pissed off and left. im not saying you need to show your cards everytime, but do what you can to keep the fish happy.
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#4
07-16-2005, 02:00 AM
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Re: What\'s a good response when someone asks you what cards you had?
Good post. Some of you young punks are wiser (I already know you guys who post here are smart) than I originally thought. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
~ Rick
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#5
07-15-2005, 03:48 AM
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Re: What\'s a good response when someone asks you what cards you had?
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I don't play live that much, and I'm a quiet reserved person by nature, so I sometimes find it difficult to handle aggressive jerks at the table. So yesterday, a young kid folded to my bluff raise after the flop came J-J-2 (I had Q-9). He said, "What'd ya have?" I just shrugged and smiled, and tried ignoring him. He kept pressing, "What was it, K-J? J-10?" Finally I politely said, "You have to call if you want to know my hand", and he said, "Bro, it's a $3-6 table, this ain't the WPT, so just relax and tell me your hand." He was looking at the other players like I was the biggest a-hole in poker history. He kept muttering about it for the rest of the session every time I was involved in a pot with him, like "uh-oh Mr. WPT's in another pot", etc. It started to make me a little uncomfortable after a while. I even considered switching tables, but I decided not to because the game was very good. Was I wrong? Does B&M etiquette require that I disclose my cards in low-limit games? If not, is there a good comeback I could use, to get guys like this off my back in the future? In the heat of the moment I just couldn't think of anything to say that would effectively end it and shut the guy up. [/ QUOTE ] "aces" seriously, for your sake know that you'll make more money long term if you oblige and have fun with it. it is a fricking 3/6 game. smiling tables make you money; even if you showed every hand (like i often do), nothing would change WRT their play. fim
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#6
07-15-2005, 05:57 PM
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Re: What\'s a good response when someone asks you what cards you had?
When ever someone asks if I had a certain card I always respond " Dude??..didnt I just play like I did?"
The usual response is a ear to ear grin, so proud of one's ability to read me.......
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#7
07-15-2005, 06:37 PM
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I always have two deuces n/m
lf
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#9
07-16-2005, 02:36 AM
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Re: What\'s a good response when someone asks you what cards you had?
[ QUOTE ]
I don't play live that much, and I'm a quiet reserved person by nature, so I sometimes find it difficult to handle aggressive jerks at the table. So yesterday, a young kid folded to my bluff raise after the flop came J-J-2 (I had Q-9). He said, "What'd ya have?" I just shrugged and smiled, and tried ignoring him. He kept pressing, "What was it, K-J? J-10?" Finally I politely said, "You have to call if you want to know my hand", and he said, "Bro, it's a $3-6 table, this ain't the WPT, so just relax and tell me your hand." He was looking at the other players like I was the biggest a-hole in poker history. He kept muttering about it for the rest of the session every time I was involved in a pot with him, like "uh-oh Mr. WPT's in another pot", etc. It started to make me a little uncomfortable after a while. I even considered switching tables, but I decided not to because the game was very good. Was I wrong? Does B&M etiquette require that I disclose my cards in low-limit games? If not, is there a good comeback I could use, to get guys like this off my back in the future? In the heat of the moment I just couldn't think of anything to say that would effectively end it and shut the guy up. [/ QUOTE ] 5 of a kind, Ace of purple horseshoes.
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#10
07-16-2005, 03:54 AM
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Re: What\'s a good response when someone asks you what cards you had?
This may not work well for the introverted types, but if you're wanting to have a little fun at the tables, and especially if you are drinking, you can say:
"I had the cow...AND the calf." Say it like you mean it, and with a smile of course, and trust me, they will get a kick out of it. Then when you get involved postflop when there is an obvious draw on the board, you call out very enthusiastically: "Gimme that COW!" They'll eat that stuff up. Sets up all sorts of bluffing opportunities. And the next time someone folds to you, you can smirk and say, "I only had the calf that time." Soon they will be asking you which one you have. Before the hand is even over. How can you pass up this sort of fun?
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