Texas Dolly.

The first time you do this, I will ask the dealer to ask you to stop. If you refuse, I will ask that you be barred from the game.

Raymer's nickname 'Fossilman' came from the fossils he used and sold as card protectors.

And if you play in Vegas, and have never, ever seen a good player use a card protector...well, you might just need to work on those observation skills.

Some folks think it looks "uncool" to use a card protector. They know that looking cool is much more important than protecting your hand from being mucked or fouled by careless dealers or players.

I've never come across on in hundreds of hours of playing in Vegas. I've never seen a tiger roaming wild in Massachusetts either.

Must be my ****ty observation skills.

Really? Ok, color me surprised. I am fairly shocked that in hundreds of hours, you didn't see a single good player using a card protector. I see them all the time (from good, bad, and in between players) all the time.

I can't comment on the tiger in Massachusetts.

These two little dudes. I keep them fed and they remind me to slow down every now and then...

Good luck with that.

Maybe you just have to see it to get it, but when I'm covering my cards with my hands, it is very obvious I've got a hand there. Never causes a problem.

Whereas, over the years, I've seen cards swept into the muck that were not folded, even with a card protector on them. And I've seen a player accidentally (or intentionally?) pick up his neighbor's cards instead of his own. And I've seen cards sort of hidden away behind chips and cause confusion... Never with my covered cards.

I will say though, that covering your cards with your hands means you are pretty much 100% into the game. You aren't going to be texting and watching a show on your ipad; you can't lean in and cover your cards while doing those things. So if you are just hanging out and playing your B game, I can see were you'd rather just skip it, even if it means there is some risk, however small, that you will lose your cards unintentionally.

Ya that post is lol stupid.

I imagine someone with a card protector being one step away from the bingo hall with their lucky dauber

I have had countless issues with players who always hold their hands over the area where their cards would be, whether they have cards or not. it comes from a conditioned reflex to protect that area, so they automatically hold their hands over that area.

I have no reason to disbelieve you when you say you have never had an issue, but please be aware that many, many people have caused issues by following the advice to protect their cards by covering it with their hand.

A slammer.

WSOP rule 102: "Players with live hands must keep their cards in plain view at all times." This is a standard rule in almost every card room.

And knowingly violating the rules is called cheating. If you do this in my game, I will do everything in my power to have you barred from the game.

I always hated card protectors until I got my AA mucked at the final table of a $250K when I went to grab chips.

It might seem silly, but could save you a lot of heartache and lost equity! I use a Russian doll now.

Maybe he has small hands.

And you know what Donald Trump has to say about having small hands.

Lol. Over react much? Oh wait, that's pretty much your MO (FYI for those who don't go in LLSNL much)

A) it's not a "standard rule" in most card rooms

B) if you're holding your cards, people can generally still see part of them.

C) I would LOVE to see a floor bar someone for this, because it would never happen unless the player escalated something somehow. If you think I'm joking, try it. You're going to get the floor talking to you to cool it more than they will talking to another player holding his cards simply because you're 1 person pissed off vs every player who wants to hold onto their cards while they play.

LOL

Um, no. Both the dealer and the floor will ask the player to keep his cards visible, per the rules.

And yes, it IS a standard rule, to keep players from angle shooting. "... in plain view at all times..."

Keep on trolling, troll.

You got that right. We are all very bad players and we certainly don't look cool. Exploit us donks to the max.

I mean I dont use one but most people I know who do use them for practical purposes first, and then trinkity luck/totems second (if at all.)

Covering your cards with your hands is certainly not cheating by any reasonable person's interpretation, whether it's a standard rule or not. Surely you understand that things are not this black and white and you are just trolling, right?

And I will snicker at you when you fail to accomplish anything other than annoying the floor, the dealer, the other players at the table, and possibly the cocktail waitress as well.

Kettle black, claims pot.

In plain view at all times. It isn't rocket surgery. Troll on, troll.

And what % of the cards not covered constitutes "in plain view"?

Turd might be the exception. But I would be willing to bet that anyone protecting their hand by cupping the hands over them ( and that is a quote) is obscuring someone's view of wither their cards and or their chip stack.

I use an old Chubba Chub Pog slammer I've had forever. Got a few interested queries as to what it is. And one dealer who actually knew what it was.