Is it OK to say what you have?

[The X-Factor]

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Anyone realize it's not even the nuts?

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Duh...

[snowhat]

I personally think it is ok to say "everyone get out of my way" and take advantage of your table image. If you start giving clues as to what you are holding, then that is not cool and could impact other players unfairly.

[pfapfap]

I agree that in a tournament you need to tone that kind of thing down a bit. You can use a bit of bravado or whatever else, but it's best to err on the side of caution.

In cash game, though, I think you can get away with a fair amount. For example, last night in a drunken bar game, I twice hit top pair in big blind specials and just started chuckling and betting with full confidence. My demeanor was telling them straight out that my random holding hit that garbage board, and that I was fine taking the limps, but if they wanted to rumble, let's go. The second time, I think I even verbalized it a bit.

See, I think that's fine. Won uncontested once, chopped another time.