Bob Ciaffone, in Card Player magazine column, November 5, 2004.
In a recent e-mail, a player told me about a situation that occurred in which only one card was shown, and asked if I thought the players had a right to see the whole hand. My rules did not talk about this situation, and I do not know of any other set of rules that does. Yet, I have seen it occur several times over the years, usually with someone claiming the whole hand must be shown. In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with flashing a card as you throw away your hand - assuming that the hand is over. Sometimes a player shows a "bad one," implying that he stole the pot without showing the whole hand. More often, he shows a "good one," as if to say, "I had you beat." The point is, there is no reason anyone should be entitled to view more than what was shown. If a lady decides to dress in a manner to reveal some cleavage, are you then entitled to look at the whole works?
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" If a lady decides to dress in a manner to reveal some cleavage, are you then entitled to look at the whole works?"
Absolutely ;)
They used to have that rule in tournaments - they didn't want you to show one "bad" card to "needle" the player who folded. By needled, rubbing it in that you stole the pot.
Now, tournaments have done away with that. They figure (correctly imo) that players are big boys and girls and can take care of themselves.
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