Have to laugh when people start talking about etiquette, as if we are participating in a Georgian society event, instead of a feckin poker tournament.
Don"t usually do it but, just before the end of Day 1 at the European event in Luton, I asked to see a player"s cards after one particular hand. He had been raising like a maniac for the previous six hours and had got away with collecting numerous pots without being called, so his cards hadn"t been seen. When I called him in this hand, I asked to see his cards, really just to confirm what I already strongly suspected, ie that he had been raising with junk. Another player, who had just joined the table, objected quite vociferously and we exchanged a few ill-chosen words. I didn"t know this player but have since discovered that he is very well known on Blonde and elsewhere. Anyway the point is that he knew nothing of the history of the table but was happy to stick his beak in where it wasn"t wanted and quote "etiquette". Etiquette Schmetiquette! I had my reasons, which he knew nothing about, and they were nothing to do with suspecting cheating.
Not that I"m one to bear a grudge or anything!
