# Question about a poker hand

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-poker-hand/643151>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 6, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-poker-hand/643151 "2012-12-06T02:54:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-poker-hand/643151/21 "2012-12-06T19:52:57Z")

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> [@Busy\_Scissors](#):
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> Noob question if you don’t mind me asking - why are they showing their 2 cards (hole cards?) prior to the final 2 community cards being turned over? I thought that the betting that accompanies these two final cards was integral to the game, and then you would only reveal your hand right at the end?  
> Thanks - don’t really know the rules.

It’s an “all in” - one of the two players put all his money into the pot, there can be no more betting, so the cards are turned up.

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