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Originally Posted by AngusThermopyle
I just turn my hand over. Otherwise you will be sitting there for four years.
Wow this gem hidden in a host of replies [4 years after this thread got started]
I think most people are focused on the wrong thing here. The real question is: are you a winning or losing player?
If you are a winning player then the object of the game should be to play as many hands as possible. This won't be accomplished by calling the Floor over or by having the Dealer ultimately handle it [which most dealers are reluctant to do because it will likely affect their tips from one player or the other].
In fact, turning your hand over at the first signs of capitulation will get the next hand started sooner than any other tactic you can employ. It will also leave the other player less embarrassed and more beholden to you. It will also provide an environment where you will get the same benefit if you so desire to withhold a particular hand from the table after bluffing. Furthermore as a winning player you could probably deduce what the other guy has or just note the frequency at which he bluffs the river...
If you are a losing player I am going to guess that the real motivation behind making your opponent show is that it enables you to win something. The information obviously hasn't been helping you that much anyway. And it does does take extra time to let your opponent know who's the boss so you are kind of killing two birds with one stone.
Furthermore at 3/6 LHE are we seriously trying to figure out how somebody else is playing their hands? Do they even know? FTR I play 20/40 LHE regularly and there are very few players whose hands I would demand to see. Only out of reciprocal picque or maybe in a NL tournament to tweak somebody who has been bullying.