[psandman]

I don't think this is as big a deal as people seem to be suggesting.

Since they apparently ruled his hand dead for doing this essentially what he did was to fold and look at the other players cards. The sole advantage he gained was seeing another players cards that could have been mucked unseen. Its not as if he could have looked at his opponents cards, seen that he had a winner and then called the bet (since his hand was ruled dead).

I'm not saying his actions were appropriate, but assuming this was a first time offense for the player I could easily see just warning him or at most not letting him play for the rest of the day/night. I ceratinly wouldn't be banning him or trying to make him pay the other player.