Picking your cards up off the table

[pshreck]

The type of guy that is picking up his cards off the table every hand that he sees a flop with.... is this one of the number one signs of a really bad player? Over my time at Foxwoods, I don't think I have ever seen a player do this who isn't an absolute schmuck.

I am not talking about the pick up then look at them then muck (which lots of good players do), Im talking picking them up, and making raises or calls like that.

[Al_Capone_Junior]

Picking your cards up off the felt is a sure sign of an INEXPERIENCED player. Whether they are a schmuck or not remains to be seen. Occasionally an extremely near-sighted person may need to pick up their cards to see them, but this is rare.

al

[Bremen]

heh, I just played my first session of omaha yesterday, and I was doing this for awhile till I figured out how to look at all 4 without picking them up

[Randy_Refeld]

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Occasionally an extremely near-sighted person may need to pick up their cards to see them, but this is rare.

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I know of a stud player in LA that picks up each of her cards (hole and up) as they are delivered and holds them less than an inch in front of her face. The first time I dealt to her I owndered what she was doing, then I saw her get up with a white cane with a red tip on it.

[lighterjobs]

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heh, I just played my first session of omaha yesterday, and I was doing this for awhile till I figured out how to look at all 4 without picking them up

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did you fan them out like a gin hand?

[inishowen]

Over my time at Foxwoods, I don't think I have ever seen a player do this who isn't an absolute schmuck.

I've noticed this too and definitely agree with you

[Barry]

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heh, I just played my first session of omaha yesterday, and I was doing this for awhile till I figured out how to look at all 4 without picking them up

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Heck, I still haven't figured out how to do that, let alone remembering all of them. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]