A lot of player think it is extremely cool to show your rags to the table when you have pulled off a big bluff. And I guess it is, in a way. But feeling cool like that has a price, just like anything, and you should be prepared to pay that price if you are going to do it.
People think poker is all about bluffing, when in fact you should not need to bluff much at all to be a profitable poker player. Especially online.
So you pull off a big bluff and win a monster pot, now you want to show your cards to the table. What is the price? The upside you are thinking is that you may tilt the guy you just bluffed off the pot and so make him play recklessly and you may win more from him than otherwise.
That is indeed true, but in the process you will annoy the whole table, and all the players will be gunning for you but not tilting. So now you are the common enemy and every player is going to take great pleasure in taking your money.
It is not good to be the most hated guy at the table.
No one, and I mean no one, is going to think that you are cool, or great, or whatever.
All, and I mean all, the players will automatically despise you and want to take you down. Just think how you feel when you see someone else do it. You form an opinion of that player and it is not nice.
Don’t draw that on to yourself. The only time you can show your cards is when you get a premium hand and the entire table folds. Then you can show your aces without annoying anyone. Although be warned, some players will consider that this is a sign that your luck is not in and will play into you on that basis.
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