Unorthodox hand

[Martin Aigner]

Should Hero have told the dealer that he has seen the hand of V2? Or is it only in the responsibility of V2 to protect his hand?

This situation comes up not that rarely. I used to tell it to my opponents who lift their cards so high that I can see them for several years. This is: I told them ONCE, and if they continued I took full advantage. But to tell the truth: I have never heard anybody else say this to somebody else. Now I don´t think that nobody but me recognizes when somebody lifts his cards too high, so I guess that virtually everybody else is taking full advantage, too. And that´s why I don´t tell anymore most of the time. (There are expections, depending for instance on the location, the age of the other player, whether the other player was new to poker, ...)

E.g. if the other guy was somebody, who was very old, I´d tell him as soon as I spotted his problem. This happens pretty regulary with old folks, and I don´t feel comfortable in this situation. But this was a 1k buy in tourney, and so I think that everybody should be aware that he has to protect the cards themselfes. Therefore I don´t feel any obligation to the player who lifts his cards too high. But I understand that it´s an unfair advantage I´ve gained over all the other players who don´t know this. But, as I´ve stated before: Virtually nobody else ever stands up and says that he has seen the cards of another player, so one could argue that I was just making up the advantage other players have had in the past against me.

I´m not saying that I´m sure that my behaviour was right. I just think that it´s a close call.