09-22-2008 15:59 UTC+2

Not a Lot of Showing

[user46298]

Razz:

Watching about 15 minutes' worth of Razz hands, on all four tables in my section, and there were no showdowns at the river where a pot of any interesting size at all was decided. It's more like, "When will one player stop calling another player who bets all the time," and a hand showing strength straight away tends to keep betting until such folding occurs. Examples:

Barry Greenstein gets an {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

, completes, gets two callers with an {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

and

{9-Hearts}

respectively. They then get the lovely {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

and

{Q-Spades}

while Greenstein picks up the {6-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

- that's the end of that one.

Jan Lundberg shows the {2-Hearts}

{2-Hearts}

, and makes it the full 100 - he gets two callers. All three players check fourth street until the boards look like:
Lundberg: {2-Hearts}

{2-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{3-Spades}

Woody Deck: {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

{2-Diamonds}

{9-Clubs}

Third Player: {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{8-Diamonds}

{6-Clubs}

Now a bet from Lundberg (200) gets rid of Woody, and his final opposition crumbles to a fold on the river which brought Lundberg a {6-Spades}

{6-Spades}

and his opponent a {2-Clubs}

{2-Clubs}

. The thirst to see some hole cards is yet to be quenched.