What do you have? Nothing?

[2Tone]

Especially at the low-limits I play, it’s very important to see their hand to make sure they do indeed have what they think they have. My last trip to Vegas playing at the Excalibur at about 4 a.m., we had two separate players screw up straights, one who thought Q,K,A,2,3 would win him the pot, and a drunk who kept re-raising my set with 5,6,8,9,10. Obviously this is less a factor when playing at a table that’s even marginally competent.

[GeoffM]

It may or may not drive us crazy.

In these 2 instances, here is what I feel.

The person who says nothing, it is the other person's responsibility to make that person show the hand, or muck it. If they are going to say they have nothing, then they have to do one or the other. It is obviously his/her turn to show and cannot just say "I have nothing", he or she must react by showing the hand or mucking it.

In the other instance, I say the board speaks for itself. When someone says they have a pair of aces, it is quite obvious that they also have the pair that is face up, so I can see why saying I have a pair of aces is good enough. I actually do this myself, since it is common sense that you have 2 pair.

[johnbaker]

LOL how low limit was this? that sounds really ridiculous.....

-jB

[Penguinfan]

SNG type game at my buddies house with a flop of 4-5-5 two guys get all in, one with AK, the other with JJ, the turn brings another 4 and the first guy yells for a 4 or 5 so they split the pot?!?!?! How about calling for an A or K so you win it genious, well a 5 falls on the river and the first guy shouts yeeaaa and the second guy gets disgusted and starts counting the chips to split them. Of course I spoke up and reminded the second guy his full house was bigger, fortunatly the first guy realized I was right as he was about 2 and a half times my size, though for a brief moment I was worried that he was gonna say they both have a full house and his Ace kicker wins the pot.

[robert2504]

yeap,

that sound familiar