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Hello,

I’m Gerry and I’ve just started playing poker recently. As a newbie I have some questions so I hope you can bear with me. For now, I’ll just ask two questions.

1. On TV, I’m wondering if why players don’t opt to just reveal their cards after the showdown every time. Any idea?

2. Once I was able to watch a certain event. There were two players left, player 1 and player 2. Someone whispered to me that player 2 can only win as much money as he has in front of him. However I’m curious, what if player 1 raises and player 2 have a better hand though doesn’t have much money, will a side pot then with player 2′s money and the equal amount of player 1′s money be created? But in the event you create a side pot, what will happen if player 2 win the hand and he has only contributed with money in the side pot?

Thanks in advance!

Gerry Wetzel
Gerry,

1. Some players don’t like to show hands when they are beat, especially if they are beat or made some type of poor play.

2. If player two has fewer chips than player one, the most player two can win from player one is the amount in player two’s stack. Anything left in player one’s stack stays with player one. There will not be a side pot.

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