poker etiquette

[SuperBowlNachos]

I have a question for my fellow poker players.

What is the right thing to do when someone flips over and they say they have a pair, or 2 pair, ect, but they don't notice that they have a better hand such as a straight or a full house? Is it up to the player to notice it? If you notice it as a spectator or the opposing player should you say something?

And is there a certain point to where it's to late?

I ask because we had a game the other night where someone was all in(player A), and the guy who matched him(player B) didn't notice he had a straight. They ended up tieing with a pair of 7s and splitting the pot. The money had been divided and cards were thrown in a pile when someone who wasn't playing said Player B had a straight. We were able to figure it out pretty easily and he ws right.

And do you take into consideration how drunk the person might be? lol

[techhokies]

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We're not big poker players. But when we play and someone notices something, we always say it out loud.

[TheGamingChef]

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I play poker pretty often. What I do is this. If I am the person benefiting from the mistake, I will tell the player he has something better and he actually won the hand. If I stand to gain nothing from the mistake, or if I'm not involved in the hand, I stay quiet. It's none of my business in that case.

Usually when I point out a mistake against my favor, the player will toss me a few chips in gratitude. Plus, it has happened (rarely) when I have a better hand than I notice - and karma usually comes back to help me out.

[JBH3]

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First - Lets spell etiquette right.

2nd - I know nothing of poker.

That is all. Good day.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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I knew that didn't look right haha Cut me a break though I was up for work at 3:30

[Trevytrev11]

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It's typically house rules and this should be cleared up prior to playing.

"Is it the best hand played or the best hand called?"

In our monthly games, we always play best hand played. It's a relaxed game with a bunch of friends at most a few hundred dollars total exchanges hands.

In casino's, the dealer is going to call the hands, so it kind of holds those rules true.

I see the other side for sure, why should someone be rewarded for not playing the cards properly, but it happens so infrequently, it doesn't matter. However, we have a house rule that said player has to ante for everyone or pay both the blinds for the next hand.

[Aggies7]

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I play poker pretty often. What I do is this. If I am the person benefiting from the mistake, I will tell the player he has something better and he actually won the hand. If I stand to gain nothing from the mistake, or if I'm not involved in the hand, I stay quiet. It's none of my business in that case.

Usually when I point out a mistake against my favor, the player will toss me a few chips in gratitude. Plus, it has happened (rarely) when I have a better hand than I notice - and karma usually comes back to help me out.

This is the same way I play. I keep my mouth shut if I am not involved and plus if you look out for someones best interest, they may point a mistake out to you later on and help you.

And JBH3, the spelling is fixed.

[Phobia]

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We play how Trevy plays. We will call out "Nawww you got a straight" or something along those lines. It is helping out someone who "should of known better". But at least the game is played correctly. The correct hand won and the correct hand lost.

[Jonesy]

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We play how Trevy plays. We will call out "Nawww you got a straight" or something along those lines. It is helping out someone who "should of known better". But at least the game is played correctly. The correct hand won and the correct hand lost.

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I only play against friends for relatively small money so its not that serious. Might be different if we were in a tournament with randoms for big money though.

[dickey1331]

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This

I only play against friends for relatively small money so its not that serious. Might be different if we were in a tournament with randoms for big money though.

Yeah same here. When I play its with a group of friends and we usually only punt $10-$20 in. Some of us dont know poker very well and only play for fun so we help each other out.

[Bahnzo]

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I have a question for my fellow poker players.

What is the right thing to do when someone flips over and they say they have a pair, or 2 pair, ect, but they don't notice that they have a better hand such as a straight or a full house? Is it up to the player to notice it? If you notice it as a spectator or the opposing player should you say something?

And is there a certain point to where it's to late?

I ask because we had a game the other night where someone was all in(player A), and the guy who matched him(player B) didn't notice he had a straight. They ended up tieing with a pair of 7s and splitting the pot. The money had been divided and cards were thrown in a pile when someone who wasn't playing said Player B had a straight. We were able to figure it out pretty easily and he ws right.

And do you take into consideration how drunk the person might be? lol

It really does depend on the game. If it's in a casino or a cardroom, then the dealer should be calling the hands and if you turn it over then it plays, no matter what is called.

If it's a home game, then it should follow the same rules IMO. A hand turned over plays no matter what the player calls.

At a home game, I would consider it bad form to not correct this as a spectator or even as the other player(s) in the hand. At a casino, I would keep my mouth shut.

It's too late when the cards are thrown in the muck...period. Once the cards are thrown in, that hand is dead. Although it's been years, I still remember an incident in a cardroom in California where I lost a big hand due to the dealer pulling a guy's cards out of the muck and returning them to the player (who then turned them over and discovered he had the winning hand).

[bill2451]

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I think the bigger question here is, why are two people going all in with 7's

[USF11]

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If the table notices its best to speak up.

Also, something that has happened recently

I was in a pot where the river was checked down. The other guy goes "It's Yours" ....then realizes he had a full house vs. my two pair and A-high.

According to the rules, he still wins the pot...because he never mucked his cards.

Even though hes borderline ******** for not knowing he had a full house.

[Sublime12089]

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Official poker étiquette is that the cards speak for themselves. The only time it is ever too late is if the player mucks/folds. However, that is mostly for casinos and at a house game with friends I would say anything goes lol

[SuperBowlNachos]

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I think the bigger question here is, why are two people going all in with 7's

The person who was going all in only had like 7 chips left and there were only 3 people left who had the rest of the 300 total chips.

It was a pretty bad hand. All in guy had 7 2(blinds put him in) and the other guy had 7 4.

Before we noticed the straight the community cards were 3 5 6 k 7(I think). So the other guy thought he won it with his 4, but that wasn't the case, we thought it was a split. Then someone not playing noticed the straight.