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Originally Posted by chillrob
But he could be lying. [???] And anyway, it's not going to have the same overall effect as what he wants to accomplish.
What, lying in a poker game? I am
shocked to hear of this.....
Actually, I quite often see players announce that they are going to play a hand blind, and then raise (either in or out of turn), purportedly without looking at their cards.
Often these players are not big donors, but good players who are trying to stimulate action (which it does) or to project a loose image (which it also does). So I think that it does often accomplish something.
Perhaps this should be against the rules, but I almost never see anyone object. Regardless of who may actually benefit, I think that most people think that having another player throw money in blind must be good. The players who don't like it are the same ones who dislike loose raisers in general (for making the game 'too big").
It does seem, though, that players who announce (after the cards are dealt) that they're playing blind do seem to wake up with AA or KK a lot more often than they should, though........