Ahhhh, perhaps therein lies the rub!
That gamesmanship, making the other guy believe you have something other than you really have, is an advanced concept. Regardless of how big the buy in is, many players are nowhere near that advanced.
We want fishes, and we don't want them thinking we are out to cheat them out of their money, we don't need to, we can out play them, but we must consider adopting almost every safeguard possible to create the appearance of the most level playing field.
So, I think AG got it close to right. In the Gus s Dannyboy argument, they know each other and are having fun, but suppose Gus was not Gus, but Oral Roberts ! (The mind boggles). Dan doesn't know Oral, nor isa ersa, and in that case I think flipping a card would be wrong.
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