Do you do it? Show that big fold, show the big hand?

I see people do this, and I suppose the only benefit would be to show one image so that you can do the opposite later. But that plan supposes the deck is gonna agree with your strategy, no?


Idk, I think the best move is to always let them guess, regardless.

Anyone that "shows", can you provide me some
Examples as to how you are able to use it to your benefit

Thanks

Most of the people I see show, if they knew I was paying attention, would never do that. Even the "thinking players" at this level 1/2 even 2/5, are just essentially showing us the line they took, and I do my best to exploit that

I only ever show my big pocket pairs pre flop or post flop when its pretty obvious that's what I had. Or when I raise the button with a premium and the blinds fold.

It doesn't give them any actual information and they feel like I'm being a part of the crew.

Never show what you folded. Never. Never.

Once I see that someone can make a big lay down, I know I can exploit that.

I only show to keep a game friendly and interesting

It reduces the chance you get a caller with a big pocket pair, I'd think. But it may also give you a chance to steal a pot pf I suppose?

I agree with this. It baffles me when I see people show they are folding a made hand

Makes sense. What type of hands/what dynamics? Do u show every session?

I'll show big hands that I raise with pre-flop and that don't get called. This is mostly just to act like the other players do and to try to seem less intimidating, although I doubt it matters much either way.

On occasion, I'll show a big laydown against people I know won't adjust and who I primarily make money off of by bluffing - nitty old man regs. This is just to screw around with their heads and make them want to stay away from me even more, so I can bluff them easier. This probably isn't the best idea in general, though.

Beyond that, only showing bluffs.

Makes sense, with a nitty OMC. Show u can lay it down and bump him
Off a ton of hands later where you have the worst of it. I can buy that. I enjoy getting the OMC to call pf only to take his chips on the flop

I try to not show bluffs either anymore. Sometimes it's hard to resist though. I've tilted se people hard that way. However, at the casino and level I play, if you show a bluff you need to expect to be looked up the rest of the night. So even thn, it has to be situation dependent because keeping them guessing seems more profitable (through my own trial and error)

I show but only as a set up. So If I show a big bluff, its because I plan on taking that same line when I have the nuts later. So if I show that bluff and everyone saw it I may not bluff for the rest of the session.

Same thing in reverse for big hands. If I show a big hand or have had showdowns where I had big hands I will play more aggressive/bluff more.

There's a guy I play pretty regularly who I showed a bluff to once, and now he's a calling station when I'm in a hand with him. I mean, he's kind of stationy with everyone, but before I showed him the bluff, he didn't want to call me since I had always shown the goods. Once he saw I was capable of bluffing, he started treating me more like everyone else.

I haven't bluffed him since.

So, that particular reveal was definitely profitable, but in general, I avoid showing. Even if I get caught bluffing, I try to get them to turn their cards up first, so that they don't know what I was bluffing WITH.

If someone tank folds to my cbet and I had top pair or better, I like to show. It makes them feel good about folding, and I like it when people feel good about folding to my cbets.

If they don't tank then I won't, because then it just looks like I'm manipulating people into folding later. I mean, that's what I'm doing, but if we show when people tank or talk to us, it's a lot friendlier than when we show at a silent table that plays quickly.

I also like to show big bluffs because I rarely make them and I like them calling my river bets.

So yeah, usually when I'm betting the flop I want people to fold. And usually when I'm betting the river I want people to call. So my shows are geared toward making both of those happen more often.