[Zetack]

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ok, ty. when it took place i knew that a warning was most likely, and POSSIBLY a hand penalty.

i asked mostly because the sb in question himself had been an annoying nit/whiner all day and had called the floor on 2 separate occasions on other players for trivial things. and then himself goes on to engage in the behavior in OP, so i was tempted to call him on it, but didn't as i was sad busting and didn't really care.

was asking out of curiousness, as he could easily have shown player on his right a hand like 55 and then be told quietly "i had a 5" or AJ and be told "i had an A" etc etc, and i considered it slightly out of line.

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Its more than just "out of line" which implies a mere etiquette violation. It is a rule violation. But the remedy is to show the rest of the table after the hand (since the showee is not in the hand at the moment) - so to that extent its not a major infraction.

--Zetack