I'm prepping an "everything we know so far" report on IWTSTH, consolidating the information that I've gathered so far, but I'm looking for some more data.

In addition to still trying to gather a video of IWTSTH gone wrong (one that doesn't involve Esfandiari and Laak), I'm looking for a quick yes/no/conditional listing of how IWTSTH is applied in casinos in your regions. I don't need anything special, just:

• Casino on the Bay, Anytown USA, allowed.
• Casino du Swanky, Fancytown USA, not allowed under any circimstance.
• Casino del Dinero, Nowhere MEX, requires suspected collusion and a call to the floor.

I'd like to get at least the "major" Strip/Downtown Las Vegas poker rooms, the LA rooms and the AC rooms listed.

I know I can only ask, but if a moderator can help keep discussion out of this thread and in any of the others, I'd be greatly appreciative. So, if you reply, please, please, I ask: Just list your casino and a short description of how the rule is applied in your room.

Grand Lisboa Casino Macau
Requires suspected collusion, floor staff only may inspect the hand/s in question

It's allowed in every room I frequent (commerce, bike, hollywood park, hustler, normandie, hawaiian gardens, san manuel), and at least at hustler and hollywood park, it can be taken away if repeatedly invoked. If the winner of the hand invokes it, the hand is live.

No longer allowed at Foxwoods (unless tourney and collusion is accused, then the tourney floor will examine hands separately and discipline accordingly)

Allowed at all Atlantic City Casino's, but if it is overly abused floor will take into consideration, and if collusion is suspected floor will observe tables and discipline accordingly.

Usually not allowed at Underground Manhattan Clubs, unfortunately one has to protect themselves against collusion, unless you want to bring it up privately with the organizer, and this will sometimes have a positive, but usually a negative response....

Disallowed without presenting evidence of collusion in: Wynn, Mirage, Harrah's.
I won't try to list where it's allowed in Vegas.

At lease two rooms in AC put a twist on IWTSTH...

Bally's permits only players involved at showdown to request to see a hand.

At Showboat any player dealt into a hand can make the request. If a player involved at showdown invokes IWTSTH the hand that is turned over hand is not killed, it is live.

Bav,

Are you suggesting that except where noted that it's generally allowed? [I'm not needling, I'm just trying to get a grip on it.] Should I just be trying to gather a list of the places in Vegas where there's a restriction or ban on it?

Do the other Harrah's properties in Vegas mirror the Harrah's proper rule? I know my local tribal Harrah's honors IWTSTH (although they honestly have a consistency problem with rules there).

My eventual follow-up question for Vegas is: What are the poker rooms of note on the Strip, Downtown and in the outlying areas? [I know, big list.]

I'm implying that allowing IWTSTH is the norm, but I can't speak for all ~57 poker rooms in Vegas. I have not put in very many hours in the majority of them. So I can't speak from experience as to what Circus Circus or Riviera do. The times I see it refused (Wynn, Harrah's, Mirage) stand out because they are so unusual. I think I can safely say I have not seen IWTSTH refused anywhere else, but that's not the same thing as saying they won't refuse it anywhere else.

IP, Bally's, PHo, etc allow IWTSTH--it's just Harrah's, far as I know, that doesn't allow it. But I have never played at Bill's or O'Shea's and put in little time at Flamingo or Caesars (the last couple years) so I wouldn't really know fersure what they do.

AVP has a nice list of Vegas poker rooms, sorted by "big", "strip", "downtown", and "off-strip".

Thanks. I've got league poker tonight, then I'll start documenting some of this.

You probably know these ones already Pali, but for onlookers I'll list them.

Phoenix, AZ

Harrah's Ak-Chin: IWTSTH may be requested by any player dealt in at the start of the hand. (This is also the only place I have ever in my life seen IWTSTH requested because of suspected collusion, AND IT ACTUALLY CAUGHT COLLUSION.)

Gila River Wild Horse Pass: IWTSTH may be requested by any player with a live hand at showdown.

Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas.

Cash games: only a player who reaches showdown can ask to see another player's hand that reaches showdown.

Tournaments: any player at the table can ask to see a hand that reaches showdown.

Inn of the Mountain Gods - New Mexico

All games: any player at the table can ask to see a hand that reaches showdown.

Winstar, Riverwind, Choctaw in Oklahoma: Allowed, but not as many times as you want. One and done.

All San Diego casinos allow it for anyone dealt in. It's typical to just ask the dealer "All hands please dealer." He puts a hand over the muck and flips them all up.

Isle Pompano Pompano Beach Florida.

Allowed but if we suspect it's being used for the needle, we'll take the privelidge away.

Mike, I thought you were pretty much going to do away with IWTSTH from another thread.

Pensacola Greyhound Track Poker Room, FL, allowed.
Ebro greyhound Park Poker Room, FL, allowed.

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I think your definitions should be adjusted. The difference between requiring someone make a defensible charge of cheating to invoke IWTSTH vs just holding cards at showdown is quite different. In the latter case, someone (or multiple someones) can simply say "IWTSTH" and that's that--easy. In the former case, it's highly unlikely to happen. I'd say being willing to state out loud at the table "I think this guy is cheating and here's why I think so" is a pretty extraordinary measure.

So I'd call the "make a charge of collusion" rooms "NO", not "RES". It amounts to "NO"--I've never seen someone try to make an argument that a player is cheating.

Dollar King Charity Poker Room, Temperance MI

Any player dealt into the hand is allowed to ask.

We need to start the Canadian section (maybe break the Canada section down into Provinces?)

(Ontario) Brantford Charity Casino, IWTSTH is allowed with no restrictions

There aren't any rooms that meet that definition yet, I believe. It's just the legend that needs updated.

I've been fairly liberal in applying yellow markers to those with modest restrictions.

"Specific charge of collusion" might need to go to RED, but I had mostly intended yellow to be the broad area that denoted some sort of restriction that would, regardless, let you see the cards if you say the right thing. ...where RED meant that unless the room caught fire, you weren't seeing them.

I changed the description of (RES)tricted to be less, uh, restrictive. No casino yet has been reported as requiring a specific charge of collusion yet, however. [Or if there is one, I didn't catch it. ]

Added Michigan, added Dollar King.

Reorganized the list to Vegas, The US (minus Vegas), and International
Added Canada/Ontario and Brantford Charity.

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meep?
Last time I saw it applied was at Mirage. Dealer says "we don't allow that" but the player INSISTED. Floor was called who came over and explained they only allow it if cheating is suspected and point-blank asked "are you accusing this gentleman of cheating?"

Yeah, I'll move those to NO and update the "NO" legend. Too much sun in Arizona this time of year to think clearly.

I don't want to make more categories or anything. This isn't intended to be a comprehensive resource of the subtleties, etc.

Spreadsheet updated and thanks for the bump.