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Originally Posted by threebanger
I like this, it promotes better play anyway. It's why most good players in live play wait until it's their turn to act to look at their hole cards.
I strongly disagree that most good live players wait until it's their turn to act to look at their whole cards.
- Good players want the game to move quickly to play as many hands as possible, immediately looking at your cards allows you to make your preflop decision as quickly as possible, especially given there isn't a ton of thinking required for most preflop spots if you're good.
- When the action is on you is when most players at the table will be looking at you, looking at your cards at this time runs the highest risk of giving something away.
- Good players are less likely to forget what they have so looking immediately doesn't really have any draw backs