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Live Game... Is this bad etiquette?

FlashFlushFlashFlush Member Posts: 4,494
edited December 2010 in Poker Chat
Say for example the board reads K,J,6,6,2 .. The hand goes to showdown and playerA holds 7,3 and says "1 pair" as in a pair of 6's. His actual hole cards haven't hit so if it was me I would say "7 high".

To me this seems like a type of angle shooting, trying to get an edge in hope that PlayerB with ace high will fold when he hears his oppo has a pair.

I know that the guys hand is infact 1 pair so he isn't cheating, but I find 90% of the time when people say something like that they keep their cards face down and don't show their hole cards until playerB has announced/mucked his hand.

Thoughts??

Would be good to know your thoughts on this Tikay as well if you see it.
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  • BlackFish3BlackFish3 Member Posts: 2,418
    edited December 2010
    5 card game so he does have a pair so all he is doing is announcing his hand correctly imo.
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  • lJAMESllJAMESl Member Posts: 591
    edited December 2010
    Who was this Aleem, Ray or Madassa? lol
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  • GREGHOGGGREGHOGG Member Posts: 7,155
    edited December 2010
    Its kinda naughty tbh

    But not against the rules.

    Obviously i would always want to see the guy's cards before mucking my own hand
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  • spornybolspornybol Member Posts: 8,212
    edited December 2010
    i always thought the first person to declare had to show and if the second to person to act could either show/muck depending on wat cards they had ?
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  • The_Don90The_Don90 Member Posts: 9,818
    edited December 2010
    The way i usually do it is last person to bet declares first, then in order of callers.

    The thing i usually ask players in an instanace above is declare your high card that way we can get it sorted quicker.

    I remember an instatnce a while ago
    Player a had QQ

    player be had 67

    Flop came AKK turn and A
    It got checked down and player A said i have queens.

    I later had to explain to the player he had Kings and Aces as he woundered why i said Q high wins lol.
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  • OMahonyOOMahonyO Member Posts: 1,883
    edited December 2010
    I hate it when ppl do this.  Some are angle shooting, others just do it coz thats what theyve allways done and there is no bad intention imo, the main reason I hate it is coz I will probs just throw my ace hi lol.

    Heres some bad etiquette, I was in a live game, there was a big pot that had gotten hu, that I wasnt in, the person to my right had made a big bet.  I was trashed and thought it would be funny to announce all in.  Guy to my left instacalls.  I have to sheepishly announce that I actually didnt have any cards.
    Didnt go down too well that one.
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