Exposed my hand in a bomb pot on the river hu for a moment, twice!
I was in a double board bomb pot hand 3 way.
The flop was bet by me, and 2 callers.
Turn was check check check.
River SB checks, MP bets, and I go all in. SB folds, and I showed my hand before I realized that the other guy had not called yet. Then I realized he hadn't showed so I turned my cards back over again. Then I thought I heard him say call again, and I showed again, but then I realized he hadn't showed his hand yet. he was speaking a foreign language, but I totally had some issues hearing at that time for some reason. I was also just getting settled into the session and I guess I possibly was not really mindful enough and got excited about my hand and turned it over too quickly obviously to begin with.
I showed again for a second, and then I just flipped them over for the guy to see, because it felt like so awkward and I didn't want to be take any chances of getting into trouble or being perceived as trying to angle or anything that was going to cause any drama.
My actual hand: I rivered a straight flush on the first board so I wanted to push him so I can take the whole pot. He was folding, because he only had a small full house on the bottom and a set on the other board.
I'm just curious what my rights are in this type of situation. Am I allowed to expose cards then flip back over if it was heads up on the river if was intentional? I costed myself about 1500 dollars or more, but I just wanted to keep the game moving and not make a deal about it.
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House rules apply. In the US most rooms would not kill your hand although I have heard that in Europe rooms will kill your hand. You might get a warning though.
Did they kill your hand? I don't really understand the circumstances of the second time you showed it.
Err on the side of thinking that you were not called vs that you were called. This prevents most angles or perceptions that your are angling, as well as any accidental miscommunication.
It’s almost never a good idea to snap show your hand without verifying that action is complete.
Did they kill your hand? I don't really understand the circumstances of the second time you showed it.
I actually thought he called and I turned over my cards then I realized again on the 2nd time he didn't say "call" he was saying something else.
He was doing some table talk but I misinterpreted what he said. At this point I just flipped my cards over so he could make the correct play, because i didn't know what my rights were in the situation. And didn't want to have my hand killed or upset anybody,
Then he was able to make the correct play since my cards were visible.
We chopped the pot.
