WPT: Legends Season 2 replayed last night

[kuro]

I was watching a replay of the WPT: "Legends of Poker" at the Bicycle Casino that was reaired on the travel channel last night and was curious about one of the hands.

It was the hand where T.J. Cloutier knocked out Farzad Bonyadi. If I recall T.J. had two pair and was all-in and Farzad was counting out his chips considering calling and TJ Cloutier reached over and touched Farzad's chips. Now what was the purpose of reaching over at his chips? Was T.J trying to provoke him into calling or was he trying to appear extremely strong so that Farzad would think he must be acting?

Anyway, it was interesting to see Paul Phillips violate the rules and tell Mel Judah his hand during the play to try to get a reaction out of him and determine wether to call or not.

Does anyone know of a link to an article that discusses angles like these?

[KJS]

Is a rule even a rule if there is no penalty for violating it?

That was my question when Sexton mentioned he did something "against the rules" by stating he had top pair v. Judah.

KJS

[Bigwig]

I believe that it's a breach of 'etiquette' to discuss your hand, but not the 'rules' in this scenario.

When there are only two players in the pot, and one has already announced 'all-in' as was the case in both situations Phillips mentioned his hand, I don't think it's a rules violation, because there is nobody left to act but Phillips, and no action left except for call or fold. He can't, for example, reraise, since Judah was already all-in, and nobody was left to act behind him.