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Originally Posted by BigBlue56
What if the player claims to have been talking about a previous hand, not the current one?
For those that advocate stronger penalties:
What about the player who reacts obviously after folding, without speaking?
This.
It is easy to make your folded hand obvious without saying a word.
Furthermore, as you mention, what if it is a lie. We have all played with players who have said they folded the nuts every other hand. There is also the fact that there are always the inevitable jokes where people say they folded pocket aces preflop.
These people are annoying morons, but the death penalty seems rather harsh for them.