when is it correct to show?

4T25Q85 · #1 06-24-2005, 12:53 AM

This was one of the first hands that ive ever voluntarily shown, and im wondering if it was a good idea or not. Also, what kind of thought processes have i put into my opponents heads?

Party: $10+1 LIMIT SnG

Party Poker Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind t150 (7 handed) converter

SB (t725)
BB (t330)
Hero (t445)
MP1 (t3120)
MP2 (t815)
CO (t1005)
Button (t1560)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">6 folds</font>.

Final Pot: 1.75 BB (t525)

Arnfinn Madsen · #2 06-24-2005, 01:09 AM

Bad idea. Generally you want people to fold to your bets. This way you can take down more pots uncontested. Showing bluffs might induce that people "want to keep you honest".

James Lang · #3 06-24-2005, 01:42 AM

I usually show when I am in a stealing position, but I have a good hand.

blaze666 · #4 06-24-2005, 01:55 AM

i like to bluff just enough to show my opponents that i am capable of it, and mabye put them on tilt. if it's a big pot though, then i'd rather not show the bluff, because the money is the reason for the bluff. if one is a bluffer who bluffs way too much, then one will still get away with it, but if you show your bluff, then that means that you can value bet the hell out of an opponent that is trying to keep you honest later on.

speirs · #5 06-24-2005, 02:31 AM

I like to never show, even when they suck out on me

JKratzer · #6 06-24-2005, 02:33 AM

I believe that never showing is the best answer because information is power, even when you're trying to mislead.

JKratzer

Piemaster · #7 06-24-2005, 09:23 AM

It is never 'correct' to show but it is sometimes very incorrect.

ergo I don't show ever.

AnonymousGambler · #8 06-24-2005, 09:39 AM

I don't ever show my cards unless I have to.

Nobody cares that my AA just got cracked on the river. Nobody cares that I just made a huge laydown.
Nobody cares I just stole the blinds with 72o.

I'd rather let them wonder about what I had.

tek · #9 06-24-2005, 10:42 AM

Ferguson has an article on this in the new issue of All In magazine.

coffeecrazy1 · #10 06-24-2005, 10:49 AM

I think that not showing is always preferable, because you want to leave a blank space in people's minds, then let them fill it in how they want to. There is nothing better than a guy who has convinced himself that you are a pathological bluffer when you're just running hot, and vice versa.