Dude flips over opponent's hand before it's over while on live stream at Texas Card House
Yay... another Texas poker thread.
There are 4 Texas Card House locations. Like all Texas poker, there is no rake, and they function without regulation, kind of like a home game with an hourly charge.
They have a streamed poker game called "TCH Live", and a weird hand went down:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4y-zCg-p-w
The Asian guy in the hand, Josh, ran an all-in bluff on the river from out of position, with a backdoor flush possible. His opponent hit the 9-high backdoor flush, but didn't snap call because the amount bet was so much. He had to think about it.
After some talk back and forth, Josh oddly started mentioning the possibility of each showing one card. Of course, this was a stupid offer in the first place, because the lack of heart in his hand would rule out the flush, and would make a lot more hands call him -- something he did NOT want!
Somehow Josh felt that his opponent agreed, and then just grabbed one of the cards and turned it over. The opponent understandably called for the floor, and demanded to be able to turn over one of Josh's cards. Josh obviously didn't want that, and once the non-heart would have been shown, it would have been an easy snap call.
Well, that's what happened, Josh was called, and his opponent won thousands off of him.
Josh then showed up in the YouTube comments section to apologize for the whole mess:
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Originally Posted by Josh
Hi! I am Josh, the goofball in the video. I apologize for the horrible mistake I made here, not only to my opponent but to the players who respect and love this game. I should never flip my opponent's card, whether I have finished my action or not. There are just no excuses for that kind of behavior on a poker table. But I was not trying to pull back what I had agreed on the table. I had never agreed to show my cards. Instead, I said, "If you show me your hands, I might consider showing one of mine," and the other players on the table had backed up what I said when the floor came. (I could hear that clearly in the original video, but this part has been muted in this edited version). Everything happened quickly, and I stupidly believed that my opponent agreed to what I was saying and let me flip his card. There was some miscommunication between us — as you guys could tell, English is not my first language — and I was pretty nervous because I was bluffing.
Again, I'm not trying to make any excuse for this horrible mistake I made — but I would like to emphasize that I have completed my actions already. And it was not my intention to take any advantage of my opponent.
And I wasn’t trying to deny that I flipped his card when the floor came — I was trying to say that “I didn’t flip his card without his permission”.
On top of all of these, I might be the worst player in porker history. I should keep my mouth shut and never touch my opponent's cards. He was about to fold.
His opponent took some heat from a YouTube commenter, however, feeling that there was angling going on, especially because Josh was already all-in and couldn't use any information he gained, whereas the opponent could. It was also noted that the opponent let Josh mess with his cards and choose which one to flip over, prior to it happening:
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Originally Posted by Illiturit1
It's pretty clear Josh was given permission to flip over one card, and if he did indeed say he "might" turn a card over depending on what he sees, then the only douchebag in this video is the scarf-indoors guy. He's the only one who's gaining any actual information, considering Josh was already all-in.
So, for the scarf-indoors guy, who goes by the lame name JDogg, to try and claim a $3500 pot risk-free or to get to see one of Josh's card is a tool move and for him to demand it is even more telling. The fact that Josh no longer wanted to show a card after seeing a heart is a tell, snap-call and move on. But, instead scarf-boy starts claiming "he can't just flip over one of my cards" when he clearly took off his card protector and spread them so Josh could pick one and then manipulates a free look at one of his opponent's cards, hence an easy call for the pot, because he's JDouche, the angleshooter who wears scarves indoors.
What is your opinion?