Was this ruling correct

[zuko33]

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If player B tossed his cards forward, then his hand is dead. If, however, he just picked them up and then put them down, and it was at all ambigous as to his intent, then angler-shooter A openned his mouth too soon and the Player B's hand should still be live (if he turns it over).

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That's how the floor ruled. But I thought that as long as the cards were not in the muck and are easily identifiable then he should have been able to just turn up the cards.

I know the player made a stupid move in not turning up his cards but it still just seems like a bad call to me and i was just wondering if this was a standard rule.