Oh man showing cards is most definitly helpful. It gives you good table image and good table respect. But then again it only applys for the people who know what that is. Example:
Lets say you see a tight player raise a couple of times during like 15-20 minutes of playing and he shows you like AA KK or QQ, everytime, you'll know next time he raises to get out of his way. It shows that when hes betting hes got something huge or he wouldnt be in the hand at all. I've seen people like this and have folded AQ 1010 and stuff like that to them becuase i knew i was beat. I have good respect for him that i didnt want to be in a hand with him unless i had the nuts. But once people start to get use to this and wont call you anymore, you gotta switch it up and start raising with junk or marginal hands so people get confused and you can steal pots.
I usually show the hands that i need to so people know when to back off from me when i reraise or raise so i can take pots down even with a bluff after that. So showing cards can be used to advantage.
-Drago
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