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Originally Posted by longspring
Let's say on the river a scare card comes, an overcard completing a flush draw.
A player goes all-in for about 2/3 of the pot, there is one other player in position.
The all-in player holds his cards up with two hands in front of him, clearly visible to the players seated next to him.
In the absence of any other information, can you gain any information from a player showing cards in this way?
Isn't that illegal? I would ask to see his cards since he's showing others. There is the "show one show all" rule though I've only seen it invoked when shown to another player in the hand. If they aren't in the hand the guy probably just gets a warning.
Anyway...I think it is very polarizing. Every time I've seen this happen the guy has the effective nuts or a bluff.