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Alright...so best I can figure from everyone's response...

I don't think theres much disagreement -anymore- about the ACTUAL meaning of the show one/show all rule. That only applies to PLAYERS. Its important to remember that we're all friends and even when we muck big bluffs refusing to show - we'll frequently tell the people as soon as the tourney is over or the next day what we had in big hands. Its no secret to us how each other plays in most spots...at least its not to me as an observant player.

My best guess would be that while we DONT disagree on the ACTUAL meaning of 'show one show all' some of the posters here think that there should be an ADDITIONAL rule put in place forbidding ANYONE to look at mucked cards - in the tourney or no.

That makes a lot of sense to me and I agree that that rule would be necessary in most situations...just not between me and my friends. We don't care THAT much (with each other anyways) and our play isn't THAT much of a secret to each other.

If our game routinely involved several new players, this rule would have already been in place long ago.

On a side note, dealers in casinos will look from time to time...but they'd never let you catch them looking.

Scott Fischman used to deal and admitted to it.