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"Do you have the king?" Tommy Giampaolo was asked.
"Yeah, I have the king," Tommy G replied.

A king had landed on the turn and Tommy's opponent mucked after asking. Much to the surprise of Tommy G, the floor was called over for a ruling. Tommy G was informed that he's not allowed to actually disclose to anyone at the table what his actual hand is. For doing so, he was given a 9-hand penalty.

"Had you told a lie about the hand, that would have been okay," the floor staff informed him.




[/ QUOTE ]Why does this rule exist? I understand that you can't reveal your hand to just one player, but why when the hand is announced to the entire table? Is this standard or just for the WSOP?





[/ QUOTE ]To prevent collusion. For an extreme example, suppose you are in final 3 of a tourney with a guy you have a piece of, and you want 3rd guy to bust first. You move in, 3rd guy folds, and guy you have a piece of goes into the tank. If you tell him something like "I've got the nuts, you should fold" this is clearly bad. A bit draconian in the above case though.

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Thanks, makes sense. Still, only covers the most blatant and incompetent collusion. Not sure it's worth removing an interesting psychological component of the game. Also, were this rule strictly enforced, that would end any possibility of talking about one's cards, not just telling the truth. Because there's no deception in a yes/no answer to the question "do you have the king?" if you're only allowed to lie.

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If the rule was STRICTLY enforced - would he be penalized for answering "yes" to the "do you have a king?" question? Or does he have to verbally declare his hand, as in "yes, I have a king." Just curious...