Opening cards early?

esool

Someone told me that Doyle Brunsen during a wsop game opened his cards after a player made a bet, whatched the playes reaction and then reraised him. ?? Is this true? Is it allowed? I would think that once you did this the best you could do would be call the bet but I am not sure..
Scotty?
Anyone?

MickeyHoldem

Intentionally exposing your card(s) in a tournament is a no-no. Said hand can be declared dead and the player can be penalized in addition.

esool

Thanks for the info.. I heard that some clown wants to pull that shit at tonight's tourney.. I would love to see what would happen next!

Irah

I would be really surprised if doyle pulled a stunt like that, it just doesnt seem his style.

ScottyZ

Yes, the hand should be decalred dead. Turning your cards face up (before the showdown) is one way of folding. With multiple players in the hand, a time penalty should probably be assessed. If it's heads-up, probably just declaring the hand dead with no penalty is sufficient.

I doubt that Doyle would do this, but I could imagine some players trying this sort of thing.

Wait a minute. You said this happened at a major U.S. poker tournament? Last time I checked, there was no such thing as rules enforcement at such events. The re-raise is good!

ScottyZ

ScottyZ

Thanks for the info.. I heard that some clown wants to pull that shit at tonight's tourney.. I would love to see what would happen next!

I'd strongly recommend addressing this problem before it happens.

ScottyZ

OS Kid

I read somewhere about Doyle doing this. I can't recall where I read it. I believe he did this in a big cash game and not at the WSOP.

BBC Z

I bet that doyle used to do it before the TDA rules became commonplace..