Was Hachem being unethical?

[BKyef]

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After some time Hachem turns to Watkinson and says "I know what you have."
Watkinson replies "You know what I have? OK tell me what I have."
Hachem says "There are other players behind you I can't say yet but before the cards are turned over I'll tell you what you have."
Watkinson keeps deliberating. Hachem is figiting and to me it was clear he wanted Watkinson not only to fold but was making it clear he had Watkinson beat and that he would be making a mistake to call.

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This is purely your interpretation. From what he actually said he never exposed anything about his own hand, he simply implied he knew the contents of his opponents hand.

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After some more time Hachem says to Watkinson "You should have folded a long time ago."

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Well considering he is holding KK and Lee didn't beat him to the pot any half-wit can figure this out since he is only behind AA and AA isn't taking more than 10 seconds to make his call. Again he hasn't exposed anything it is table talk and 100% ethical.

You are combining your read of the situation, additional information given to you after the hand, and your own conjecture to come up with a possible ulterior motive that was in play. Additionally remember you are still Joe's opponent here so anything he says to you has to be taken with a grain of salt. I still find absolutely nothing unethical.

As to your assertion that Ly is at some disadvantage because he doesn't speak english as well as some others....ummm too bad. If Ly does have that much trouble understanding then he misses tons of stuff all the time. English is the official language of this tournament and entering it without a full grasp of the language that is used for play does not deserve any special consideration.