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Originally Posted by bolt2112
The lesson, as always, is when another player is trying to give you a pot, shut up and take the chips.
This. This. And more this.
I have mentioned this story before, but I was playing in a $2/$5 game with a maniac. He was raising 75% of the pots pre-flop and then two and three barreling post flop. It was a table full of nitty bad players so it wasn't the worst strategy (just bad), but obviously his stack bounced up and down a lot and he was in for a bunch of buy ins.
Anyway, he gets involved in a hand where he raises, another player min reraises, maniac reraises, other player calls. All three post flop streets have the other player check calling a bet from the maniac.
At showdown the maniac says "Good call, I have king high." And waits for the other player to show. The other player insists he wants the maniac to show first. The maniac then says "You win. I have K 2." ( with no K or 2 on the board). Other player still waits for the maniac to properly show first. The maniac starts to toss his hand into the muck and the other player tells the dealer he wants to see the hand.
The dealer turns over K 3. The 3 matching the 3 on the flop.
The other player then turns over AK (Ace high) thinking he wins the pot.
Dealer pauses while looking at both hands, then starts to push the pot to the maniac.
Everyone is surprised, most if all the other player. When he finally realizes it he obviously gets pissed off.
To this day, what I do not understand, is why did the other player need to see the maniacs cards? With the maniac raising and two/three barreling as often as he was, it was clear he could have any two cards. What knowledge is gained by seeing what the actual two cards are?
Also, if he thought Ace high was good enough to call the river with, what knowledge is gained by making him show? You already think Ace high is good enough so you already think his hand is worse than yours. What is gained by seeing the 5 8 offsuit (or whatever)?
Dumb.
Show your Ace high and take the pot and be happy.