Editing Showdown (poker)

{{Short description|Situation near the end of a poker round}}
In [[poker]], the '''showdown''' is the situation when, if more than one player remains after the final betting round, the remaining players expose and compare their hands to determine the winner or winners.

To win any part of a pot at showdown, a player must show all of their cards faceup on the table, whether those cards were used in the final hand played or not. [[Cards speak]] for themselves: the actual value of a player's [[List of poker hands|hand]] prevails in the event a player mis-states the value of their hand. Because exposing a losing hand gives information to an opponent, players may be reluctant to expose their hands until after their opponents have done so and will [[Glossary of poker terms#M|muck]] their losing hands without exposing them. ''Robert's Rules of Poker'' state that the last player to take [[Aggression (poker)|aggressive]] action by a [[Betting in poker#Open/Bet/Raise|bet]] or [[Betting in poker#Open/Bet/Raise|raise]] is the first to show the hand—unless everyone checks (or is all-in) on the last round of betting, then the first player to the left of the [[Button (poker)|dealer button]] is the first to show the hand.<ref name=RROP_SHOWDOWN>[http://pokercoach.us/RobsPkrRules11.htm Robert's Rules of Poker version 11] by [[Bob Ciaffone]] Chapter ''The Showdown''.</ref>

If there is a [[Betting in poker#Side pots|side pot]], players involved in the side pot should show their hands before anyone who is [[Betting in poker#"All in"|all-in]] for only the main pot.<ref name=RROP_SHOWDOWN/> To speed up the game, a player holding a probable winner is encouraged to show the hand without delay.  Any player who has been dealt in may request to see any hand that is eligible to participate in the showdown, even if the hand has been mucked.  This option is generally only used when a player suspects collusion or some other sort of cheating by other players.  When the privilege is abused by a player (i.e. the player does not suspect cheating, but asks to see the cards just to get insight on another player's style or betting patterns), they may be warned by the dealer, or even removed from the table.<ref name=RROP_SHOWDOWN/>

There has been a recent trend in [[Public cardroom rules (poker)|public cardroom rules]] to limit the ability of players to request to see mucked losing hands at the showdown. Specifically, some cardrooms only grant the right to view a mucked losing hand if the requesting player articulates a concern about possible collusion. Under such rules, players do not have an inherent right to view mucked hands.<ref>[http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/4/4714 Showdown Shame - Part 1] article in [[Card Player Magazine]] by Bob Ciaffone.</ref><ref>[http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/4/3930 Showdown Shame - Part 2] article in Card Player Magazine by Bob Ciaffone.</ref><ref>[http://www.cardplayer.com/author/article/all/4/4537 Showdown Shame - Part 3] article in Card Player Magazine by Bob Ciaffone.</ref><ref>[http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_magazine/archives/?a_id=15227&m_id=65581 'I Want to See That Hand': Several cardrooms redefine a rule] article in Card Player Magazine by Mike O'Malley.</ref>

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