Was Hachem being unethical?

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You are combining your read of the situation, additional information given to you after the hand, and your own conjecture to come up with a possible ulterior motive that was in play. Additionally remember you are still Joe's opponent here so anything he says to you has to be taken with a grain of salt. I still find absolutely nothing unethical.

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As soon as Hachem said "You should have folded a long time ago" and before anything else happened I thought what he was doing was wrong.

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All table talk serves a purpose. Whether he wanted a call or didn't want a call there is nothing unethical about talking to induce an action at the table. Revealing the contents of his hand would be unethical, but I don't believe he did this at any point. If he said "only one hand can be ahead of mine" or "I've got a really big pair here" then it crosses the line.

But even if he had looked right at Lee and said "I have you beat, fold." There is nothing at all wrong with that type of talk. His bet made the same exact statement.

For what he said to be unethical we would have to be playing in Europe where any table talk is considered wrong.