BabyShoes
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Silver Level
Last night in a No-limit hold 'em tourney, the following happened,and should you be able to help with a ruling, I'd appreciate a heads up as to where that rule is to be found so I can pass it on to the rest of our sceptical club:
Player UTG raised pre-flop with Ac 4c and was called by one player in the middle and by both blinds.
Flop was 2h Kd and 5s.
UTG bet half the pot and was called by the player in the middle, who had Js Jc. Both blinds folded.
Turn was a 7h, and both players checked.
River was 3d, and here comes the problem:
UTG went all-in and after a few moments opened his cards in front of himself so the other player could see them!
Clearly this borders on insanity, but that's not the issue.
As the other player had not yet called or folded, was this legal? No one could benefit from the showing, other than the opponent, obviously, so no possible advantage could be gained by UTG, who admits it was a moment of madness.
Looking down, the opponent misread the table, thought his pair of Jacks were strong and clearly called. Once he was told that UTG had a straight,
he backed away, claiming UTG should never have opened his cards, and the dealer decided to split the pot between the two players.
What do the rules state?
Player UTG raised pre-flop with Ac 4c and was called by one player in the middle and by both blinds.
Flop was 2h Kd and 5s.
UTG bet half the pot and was called by the player in the middle, who had Js Jc. Both blinds folded.
Turn was a 7h, and both players checked.
River was 3d, and here comes the problem:
UTG went all-in and after a few moments opened his cards in front of himself so the other player could see them!
Clearly this borders on insanity, but that's not the issue.
As the other player had not yet called or folded, was this legal? No one could benefit from the showing, other than the opponent, obviously, so no possible advantage could be gained by UTG, who admits it was a moment of madness.
Looking down, the opponent misread the table, thought his pair of Jacks were strong and clearly called. Once he was told that UTG had a straight,
he backed away, claiming UTG should never have opened his cards, and the dealer decided to split the pot between the two players.
What do the rules state?