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Originally Posted by Motierre
Announce the hole cards or the actual hand?
I just announce what needs announcing.
Let's say the pot is small and the board is K-high with no straight or flush possible. If someone tables AK, I'm announcing, "AK". That gets the point across, the other guy knows if he can beat AK or not.
Also, in a hand like that, I'm not pushing up any cards. If the opponent hesitates, I might push up the King to emphasize, "Yeah dude, he's got top-top, can you beat that or not?"
Other examples of the YTF Way:
--If there are three hearts and two black cards on the board, I'm not pushing up the hearts when I say "flush".
--Board is J42T2, player turns up K2, I'm announcing, "He's got the 2. King kicker." Again, no need to push anything. Everyone in the hand saw that river card and started wondering if they were up against the 2, and if they could beat it.
--In fact, now that I think about it, I almost never push up cards, unless the beaten hesitate to muck. Sometimes a straight won't jump out at you, and I'll push up the cards in those spots.