[Blizzardbaum]

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I've seen multiple people who are on the verge of being obese who can't put both arms together, hands down on the table, and then lift up the cards slightly to see their hand. It makes sense considering that if they actually did achieve getting the arms that close together (while already being cramped at a full table, which is sometimes too narrow for a skinny person), that they literally could not see over their bellies to view the cards. Again, I'm not talking about a guy who has let his beer gut get mildly out of control, but people who are very large.

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I'm still having trouble picturing someone so big they can't look at their hole cards... in any case, people that big are likely used to having to do normal things differently because of their size. No shame in telling them they can't play poker without paying for two seats and sitting in a slightly lower chair so their gut goes below the table.

However... I don't know why you'd say anything at all. I'd love to have the person next to me showing their cards. There is an old man who is a regular at Foxwoods in the 2/5 game (short, very thin, foreign) who does a very bad job concealing his cards. I sat on his left the first time I ever played with him and saw his hands... in one hand against him when he turned an A-high flush and then made a large bet on the river, I announced to the table that I was folding the K-high flush because "I am so good at reading hands." He showed his hand, and no one bluffed me for the rest of the day.