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#51
06-08-2005, 12:47 PM
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Yeah, that's pretty bad; if the action gets to me that fast, I don't worry about the protector unless I'm going to play the hand. But if I'm 2nd or later to act, I consider it my responsibility to do my level best not to give away my intentions before it's my action. So I try to do the same thing every time, and that includes protecting my cards until I act. -Mike [/ QUOTE ] But there is no need to cap your cards before the action comes to you pre-flop. There is no danger in the dealer going from seat 5 and then seeing you in seat 10 with no card protector so he suddenly takes your cards before returning to see what seat 5 decides to do. 
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#53
06-08-2005, 01:43 PM
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The seat 1/10 thing is nasty...a VERY good dealer at my local casino mucked my friend's AKs to a late-tournament PF-pusher who had QTs...My friend had had too many drinks and was more than a little pissed...Just sharing my $.02 about idiots who take cardcapping too far.
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#54
06-08-2005, 01:46 PM
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But there is no need to cap your cards before the action comes to you pre-flop. [/ QUOTE ]Yeah, but for a while I had a tell of protecting my good hands early. Pretty poor. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Now I quickly glance at the cards (Don't even worry about which suits are which.) and immediately protect and play preflop. Then I ALWAYS look at them again as dealer's spreading the flop. This is what I have to do to not give away hand strength. I had friends notice that I spent a couple seconds memorizing the suits of good hands preflop. I suppose I had opponents notice, too. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] -Sam
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#56
06-08-2005, 03:26 PM
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[ QUOTE ] I HATE card covers so "N/A" [/ QUOTE ] Well, I'm paranoid about the dealer grabbing my cards if I get distracted and don't have them protected. [ QUOTE ] But that's probably because of crap like: In my local casino's $50 buy-in tournament, the table was folding pretty quickly in the first level. Even still, a player insisted on first covering his cards with a chip even if it was his action and was folding anyway. He wasn't even doing the "pause thing" every hand. I can see not wanting to give a tell by not showing interest in a hand before it's your action, but he'd look at his cards as they were dealt, know he was folding and sometimes NOT HAVE TIME to cover them with his stupid protector and yet still would. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, that's pretty bad; if the action gets to me that fast, I don't worry about the protector unless I'm going to play the hand. But if I'm 2nd or later to act, I consider it my responsibility to do my level best not to give away my intentions before it's my action. So I try to do the same thing every time, and that includes protecting my cards until I act. -Mike [/ QUOTE ] Normally i use my lighter as a card protector, but on one visit to FW i did'nt have it so i used a chip, this hand im in..I have AA, flop comes down A99, waitress comes with my drink, and i turn around to tip her...i probably knocked the chip on my cards away and the dealer sweeps away my cards...I go ballistic..floor is called...my hand is declared dead... On showdown, on guy had 99 for quads and the other had AK. I woulda lost my stack in this hand!! Ill repeat this story as many times as i can for the rest of my life..lol.
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