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Showdown (Poker)
Showdown in the context of poker occurs after the final found of betting when two or more players remain in the hand, players will turn over their hole cards to reveal their holdings. Up until the last round of betting, especially in community card games such as Omaha and Holdem, players will not know what each other player is holding in terms of hole cards.
Players will often represent a big hand when they are weak and show weakness when they are strong. Players will not know for sure until showdown. At this stage, there is no more betting and players will turn over their cards to reveal their hand with the best poker hand winning the pot.
The winning hand must always be shown in order to win a pot. Where a player shows a winning hand, players with an inferior hand often do not show their cards, instead mucking, in order not to give any information away about how they played the hand.
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