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You've Called Down With Top Pair: Showdown Etiquette for the Non-N00b. |
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Apr 10, 2009 - 1:02 PM - by jojobinks
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In a limped pot, you have QTo. On a Q8532 rainbow board, the villain fires for 1/2 pot. He bet the flop and the turn also, and you've called him down because you think your hand is best. You're not all that happy with calling, but you think you're probably good, so you call.
The villain shakes his head. "You're good," he says. You have no reason to believe he's shooting an angle on you.
Now what?
Answer: You show down your hand, fully expecting him to muck. You rake the pot.
All too often, I see the caller (or someone else at the table) insist that they see the action player's hand. You don't want that. Here's why: - He just bluffed off a bunch of chips to you over three streets.
- He says his hand is no good, and so you want to humiliate him by making him show?
- You might say "I called, he has to show! I paid for that information." Well, how much information is it, really? Since we
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