[jeffnc]

As bad as it sounds, verbal descriptions of the hand mean nothing. This is really the key to getting over the problem.

If the National Enquirer keeps publishing crap, who's to blame - them or the people who keep buying it?

If everyone understood that speaking your hand is meaningless, this problem would go away quietly by itself. It would hold no more authority than that player "lying" by bluffing her hand on the river. You don't take that as gospel, and neither should you take what she says when she shows her cards. It has no meaning in the game whatsoever.

It's the dealer's job to describe the winning hand. If the dealer is not doing his job, then it's the player's job to figure out what she has. What she's doing is creepy, but all the players should know the rules when they sit down at a poker table. And the rules say that cards speak, not players.