expose cards before calling all-in

I was playing a tournament this weekend and we were at the final table but not yet in the money. I was dealt AA and made a large raise that was folded to until the player at my immediate right. She pushed all in for more than my bet and I'm not sure if I said I call before turning over my AA. With my cards exposed, the dealer asked me if I called and I immediately said yes, and he said "I hope you are". I'm not sure if he didn't hear me or if I didn't say "call" before turning up my cards.

My question is, if I didn't say "call" would I have a problem by exposing my cards? The rules at this tourney seemed to be soft. It was my first time playing at this casino and they didn't give warnings when someone acted out of turn. I didn't want to ask at the time, so to not give the other player reason to object, since I had her dominated and knocked her out. So I'm curious if I made a major mistake (if indeed I didn't say call before exposing cards) or if this it not a foul, because she was all-in and all other players had folded.

Thanks

I don't believe it's a foul since everybody else is out and she's already all in. If you flipped them over / threw them in the middle could be seen as a fold.

It could be Both. It was just 2 of you in the action. So You can be Folding and showing off the cards.

But be sure you made understabd clearly if you're in or not

a/p the rules, in tourney mode, in HU situation, you're the last to take action you should be authorised to show your cards before acting.. BUT, it's possible some poker rooms will authorise it in cash game only.

About the "I hope" from the dealer, I think it was just a comment like "I pity you foul if you don't call with aces!" no more then that! He probably didn't hear if you called or not and wanted to confirm before acting officially and evitate a call to the floorman!

-TRP-

It is against the rules (Tournament Directors Association Rules) to expose your cards with action pending including your own action. If you exposed your cards before announcing your call or throwing in or moving a chip or chips forward signifying a call then you would be either warned or given a timed penalty away from the table by the tournament director.
(The penalty or warning will be assessed after the hand is over.)

A few years back this was a big point of emphasis.

smallfrie said:

It is against the rules (Tournament Directors Association Rules) to expose your cards with action pending including your own action. If you exposed your cards before announcing your call then you would be either warned or given a timed penalty away from the table by the tournament director.
The penalty or warning will be assessed after the hand is over.

A few years back this was a big point of emphasis.

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Ok so that's now a case per case rule.. because 5 years ago it was under certain conditions.. and I did it 2 months ago in a live tourney and I didn't get any warning or else!

-TRP-

If you are the last to act in an all in, turning your cards is not a bad thing and it implies calling, but that is not enough the dealer needs to hear you say call.

Depends on where you are playing and "how" the cards are flipped. Usually most places would give a small warning to just announce it louder , nothing serious. Now if you flipped over your cards close to the muck pile then that would be grounds for a foul if nothing was heard before the flip

In the casino I play in, you can turn your cards in a HU-situation before calling/folding.
It's pretty entertaining when a charismatic person does it.

I think it depends on the casino. I've been in tourneys where a player asked if he could show his cards after somebody went all in after a Kxx flop and the dealer said it was fine. He showed QQ and got a good read on the other player and correctly called. But at other card rooms they said you couldn't show. I guess you just have to make sure you understand the different rules of different venues.