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I was in a home game that just had it's second monthly game.

At showdown, some guys were showing only one card.

Some were flipping one or sometimes both of their cards on top of the community cards, presumably to better illustrate which cards matched up to make a hand.

I'm new to live poker and it shows because I'm not used to following live action so I don't have the image as an expert at this game. However, I tried saying some things about not doing these practices but with only a little success.

The guy running the game is new to poker except for an annual Christmas tournament he ran for friends and family for the last few years. It was my idea to him to run a monthly game because he has the room to do it.

I don't like guys flipping their cards around at showdown. What would you do?

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Hey Tom,

Technically you have a right to see the winning hand and they should be showing both cards (and at a casino it would be mandatory) but you're in a friendly home game so your argument may not have a lot of sway with your fellow players. You should find out their motivation for playing before insisting on following all poker rules to the letter. Lots of home game players just want to hang out with their buds and drink, joke around, and gambool in that order.

Since the game is so new and meets so infrequently it might take a few more games before all the players feel comfortable with someone who is more knowledgeable asking for them to play by some of the basic rules.