Odd situation in the Fitz

oq4v3ht0u76kf2

Playing in the €50 Hold 'Em game last night, pot goes as far as the river and there are two players left. First to act announces a pot sized raise and the other player folds before player 1 actually makes his bet. Everyone's happy with this except the player who folded who stated that because he had folded based purely on player 1's INTENTION to raise that player 1 has to show his hand?

Nobody else at the table had heard of this and there was a tiny bit of back and forth about it but nothing major, I was just wondering if anyone here had ever heard of this "rule"?

Mr. Flibble

Never heard of it. Saying raise binding to raise so it is pretty much the same as putting in the chips. Even if he didn't say anything and the other guy folds he shouldn't have to show his cards here.

Hitman Actual

Bob wrote:

Playing in the €50 Hold 'Em game last night, pot goes as far as the river and there are two players left. First to act announces a pot sized raise and the other player folds before player 1 actually makes his bet. Everyone's happy with this except the player who folded who stated that because he had folded based purely on player 1's INTENTION to raise that player 1 has to show his hand?

Nobody else at the table had heard of this and there was a tiny bit of back and forth about it but nothing major, I was just wondering if anyone here had ever heard of this "rule"?

I dont know where yer man came up with this "rule", but there's no way player one should have to show his cards. He has to put money in the pot. Did any of the other players agree with him?

BTW, it was a bet, not a raise.

BrokenArrows

announcing an ammout is exactly the same as just putting an ammount in the pot without saying anything.

Either way he does not have to show.

oq4v3ht0u76kf2

Sorry for the typo, yeah, it was a bet not a raise. Nobody agreed with this guy but he was pretty adamant so I just wanted to see if it had ever been heard of before or what.

biteme

heh, wish i had been dealing this.

that sounds like a makey uppy home game rule to me.

Atlas_IRL

you get a lot of chancers trying this, sounds like BS to me

vill@in

Hey Bob, hey all. First post on boards for me, I felt compelled to register just to reply.

I was also sittin at this table, and the guy trying to pull this stunt clearly hadnt a clue. Im not sure Bob but I think the bet may have been on the turn, but I cant say definitely one way or the other. I know there was another situation referred to in coversation which definitely took place on the river bet (when players talked about the contents of their hand) I know the guy who was betting out, and he's on here from time to time, maybe he can clear it up.

The thing that got me was that the dealer couldnt clear it up. He seemed unsure of the rule. This may have been down to him never hearing anything so ridiculous while dealing before, but the rest of the table wasnt gonna let him get away with it. Even after everyone tellin him he was wrong, the guy still couldnt accept it.