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Message: [QUOTE="t1riel, post: 385133, member: 3913"] I'm sure you had some players show you their hand even though you folded. Sometimes you wonder if you should show your hand at all. Why give them information on your playing style? Well, sometimes showing your hand can be a great stragedy. I recently read an article by Daniel Negreanu explaining this particular topic, mainly about how showing your hand can work to your advantage. The article list some reasons why: 1. If you reveal a bluff hand, it might be good for your table image after you've successfully got your opponents to fold. Bad players usually have long memories. you get them to think that you try to steal all of the pots, all of the time. This will come in hand when you get dealt a greta hand. 2. If you show a strong hand, you can benefit from this move. Against a weak player, it will allow you to bully him for the rest of the night. The player will thinkthat when you bet, it's always because you have great cards, even if you don't. This works against aggressive players too because may help to keep them off your back. An aggressive player won't attack if the player is thinking about the time you weren't messing around when you raised him earlier. 3. Revealing a hand can mix up your game. If you usually raise the bet when holding top pair, you call your opponent on the flop next time and then raise him on the turn when a safe card hits. If your opponent folds and you show your hand, the player will believe that you make this play often. For future hands when you just call on the flop, he may worry that you'll raise him on the turn. If you raise on the flop, the player may think you have a drawing hand. The article points out an important rule: "I don't recommend that you engage in this type of psychological warfare if you are a novice player. In fact, you'd be much better off never revealing your hand unless you are obligated to do so...Don't show your cards when squaring off against great players. Revealing your hand is much more effective against more easily manipulated opponents." What do you think? [/QUOTE]

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