table talk

[cocarondelle]

What if the hand is over? I 'fib' [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img] about my hand to throw people off sometimes. is that not good poker ettiquete?

[golFUR]

That is not only fine, but expected. I promise you they are are lying as well.

[golFUR]

Someone correct if I'm wrong please. I don't know about tournaments as I've only played small, local ones. I was under the impression that at the tables you were allowed to lie about your hand all day long, it was telling the truth about it that would get you in trouble. If someone is really considering a call and asks you what you have, you can tell em anything you like, but the literal truth.

[MoreWineII]

Where I play, during live play, the rules are pretty lax.

Personally, if you're involved in a hand, I don't care what you say. Chances are I'm not listening to you anyway.

I do, however, consider it rude for people not involved in a hand to speculate aloud as to what the players might be holding. And that *will* get you an admonishment from the dealer/floorman.

[magiluke]

I was playing in AC one time, I think it was the Borgata. It was a ring game, not a tourney. The one guy in the hand (I had already folded), while trying to get the other guy to call flipped over one of his cards, revealing a jack. He also told him that he could call for only $30, instead of the full $60 bet. Nothing was actually said about these actions, and they played the hand out.