Online Poker Forum - Why Do You Rearrange the Cards at Showdown?

JC_Thrust · High Card Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 1

I know I'd much rather see the cards as they fell during the hand. This doesn't happen on all hands, but about half of them. Makes things kinda confusing.

rao3151 · Pair Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 30

In a live stud game people will re-arrange downcards before flipping them over. The site does it to mimic a real game. The reason you re-arrange down cards in a live game is to give your opponent some doubt to how you played the hand and what your cards where when you were betting all the way through. The site does this for you as to create doubt in your opponents mind as to say when you had trips, a flush, straight etc.

mathman1115 · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:53 pm Post subject:

Ok, so its understandable that the cards are rearranged at showdown. So why the hell don't they arrange them in such a way that the best 5 card hand are the first five cards so that you can easily tell what your opponent has. The worst is when i have two pair and i see my opponents cards frantically looking if he has a better two pair or something like that.

MrUnderhill · Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:16 pm Post subject:

Again the site is trying to mimic a live game. Most people don't arrange their cards unless asked. It takes time like everything else but soon enough you'll be able to read the hands with out them being in order. I will say this reading them and following opps. up cards online is harder than live beacuse of the speed of the game.

One_Jackal · Pair Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 34

Most of the time you can keep up with the card recieved on 7th street even if your opponent "shuffles" his down cards. So it's not a like a live game.

BOYNAMEDSUE · Moderator Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 9540 Location: Mypos

It's a good feature. But I think, as long as they're rearranging them anyway, they should arrange them in a way that makes it easier for people to see theiropponent's best 5-card hand.

KGBlovesOreos · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject:

i agree, rearranging the cards in both online and live play is a good thing because its easier to see everybody's hands...

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