What do you have? Nothing?

[Tilter]

LOL, whoever says that should be easy to beat. Just show them the rule book after they bet their savings away.

[Jackass_man]

Theres an annoying Chinese guy who is a regular fixture at the 5\10 game at the local casino he plays like a maniac and is always chasing straights and flushes. He is horrible for announcing his hands, you have to bring a Chewy(his name) dictionary with you to understand what he has it goes like this.

No pair = either a straight or a flush or absolutely nothing

Two and a half pair= The worst he has a Full house
Three pair= Also a full house

Various curses in chinese= He missed his hand and folds with disgust on the river.

[Tuff Luck]

I was recently playing with a bunch of friends, and we decided to ask a friend of ours to play who doesn't play a whole lot. Turns out he didn't have much of an idea of what he was doing so I have A8 and the flop is 882 so I now have trip 8s, and I'm betting and betting, and he's just calling me every bet. After the final bet I show my hand, and he says, "aww man.. I knew you had that third 8. Got me beat.." He shows his hand, and he has pocket 2s. Yea- he had a full house.. we pointed it out to him, and I let him have the pot. I was pretty pissed, but I know, in the long run, I'll be taking his money.

[GeoffM]

LMAO. The key to players like this is to bleed them slowly. Let them win once-and-a-while, small like a few BB. Then when you do hit them, win twice what you let them take. Repeat this process over and over and he will likely keep coming back for more.

[Defendant]

WSOP flashback, Omaha dude, what was his name, Ted Lawson I think...I have a straight!

Defendant

[Charlie Frank]

These stories are, unfortunately, all too common.

The ONLY way to go is this:
- To contest a pot at the showdown, the entire hand must be placed face-up. Cards will then speak - regardless of what hand the player declared.

This is the only way to go. Otherwise, you and your friends will be arguing all night.

CF

[eddo31]

especially with all the weird home games i play, showdowns are the best way to go. i cant stand when people misstate their hand, especially when it is purposely done as a slowroll.

i sat next to a guy once playing o8b who continually misstated his hand, then rolled over the nuts. he knew what he was doing too, so thi smade me even more pissed off.