Rules about reading your OWN hand?

[SamIAm]

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I was going to turn the community cards over so that he wouldn't have any second thoughts

[/ QUOTE ]You're a cheater. Let the cards speak. Stop cheating.
-Sam

[dandy_don]

That's why my home games specify "Cards Speak".

"Cards speak" doesn't help if no one can understand what the cards are saying.

You should not take this as a win because you didn't win. In fact, you shoulda gotten up and walked away when the turn was dealt cause you were drawing dead. Then he'd know. Congratulate him, don't try to be sneaky and cheat. And don't get it wrong...that would be cheating.

Just as ettiquette is used in a poker game, the cards speak to protect all players including misreads. How would you feel if you were cheated out of a pot or someone exposed a folded hand, causing your opponent to fold when he would of played against you. Karma at the tables flows around....

[Coolidge]

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Me and some buddies organized a heads up tournament

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Generally, it is really great to screw your friends.

NH

I ran into somewhat of a similar situation last weekend.
Basically one player showed her hand, which was a flush. Her opponent mucked and she began to collect the pot. The board read K 6 2 9 6 with 3 hearts.
About 15 seconds later he said "damn I had 3 of a kind, kings. Oh wait, I had a full house". I believed him and the pot should have belonged to him, but he had already mucked and no one saw his hand. I awarded the pot to the player with the flush.

[SenecaJim]

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I ran into somewhat of a similar situation last weekend.
Basically one player showed her hand, which was a flush. Her opponent mucked and she began to collect the pot. The board read K 6 2 9 6 with 3 hearts.
About 15 seconds later he said "damn I had 3 of a kind, kings. Oh wait, I had a full house". I believed him and the pot should have belonged to him, but he had already mucked and no one saw his hand. I awarded the pot to the player with the flush.

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This situation is not even remotely similar in any sense of the game.