poker pros say: NEVER show your cards!
i use showing card option in hup tourneys i play.. when i'm playing against really tight players who are folding everything but premium hands.. i make big raise preflop with garbage hands couple of times to make them fold, then show hands like 94, 73 etc.. or when re-raising their hands on flop to make them fold with hands like that.. that can be a good trick sometimes, and if you lose some chips when you're reraised you will have a good oportunity to make them to move when you have nuts vs their marginal hands..
sometimes i use showing cards in bubble time of mtts, when i'm medium stack and i have a hand.. to make good "tight" table image - that will scare people out playing vs you, and it is lower chance you can be outhdrawn.. |