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Well he insisted that he plays in live tournaments "all the time" and that this behavior is "perfectly legal, even while the hand is being played." I just shook my head and sent an e-mail to Stars support. Got this response:
Hello,
I looked over the chat logs, and I do see a few instances where the player
was calling out cards during play. If you refer to rule 16 on
the "Tournament rules" page of our Web site
(
http://www.pokerstars.com/tournamentsrules.html), you will see that
this behaviour is not allowed and may be grounds for the removal of
chat privileges.
We have warned the player, and asked him not to do this again.
Thank you in advance for your co-operation.
Regards,
Dan
PokerStars Support Team
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He may be right as far as it's specific legality, not positive of it. It's prefectly legal to show your hand face up too before your opponent has called or when you are contemplating one; it's just in most tourneys now your hand will be folded, so "legal" is fuzzy at the least. The saying of your hand would likely get you a warning first, then a 20-minute time out next.