is it wrong to do this?

[stewart]

playing in my local last week i am sitting next to a player who is showing me his cards everytime he looks at them, i have told him but he had bad eyes and has to pick them up and put them next to his face you know the type i mean,  and i use it to my advantage is that wrong or should i be looking away ?

btw he knocked me out so all is fair in the end i was kinda hopeing he would because i was feeling gulity, i wont go into hand details but i was miles ahead obviously lol,

in another case in a diffrent casino on friday :-  we are about 10 hands from end of rebuys, its a £5 rebuy and gets £5k in the pot so its worth messing about for chips ive gone all-in the last 5 hands and do the same this time and get 7 callers, 5 all-in and 2 with chips the 2 with chips clash on the flop, and the other pass on your backs,   i have Q8, the guy who had the chips has A5  flop  Q22A8 and i pass him the chips and he says no you won you have 2 pair and the dealer mucks the hand,  am i wrong to accept this? they asked me to give the chips back but i said call for a ruleing knowing i would get it on my side, and i said how can i give you the chips back after the hand ?,  i knocked this guy out during the last 3 hands, to which there was upproarh from the table and some of the players,

[stewart]

btw, i went on to finish 4th in the comp, and i did give the guy £50 as a kind of gesture,  but i told him if you play the circuit thease things happen you have to accept them and move on,   for instance i never say a word if i get a bad beat im use'd to it and know it goes for me as well,   maybe on here once or twice if it really hurts but never at the time, i never cheer and smile when i win a pot and never sulk or whine when i lose a pot i think thats the best way to be,  i often get pepole takein the piss cos i dont smile when i win a big pot lol

[doubleup]

Re player showing his cards - I'm sorry about his poor eyesight, but he just can't be allowed to do this.  The players beside him have a huge advantage. 

As far as the second incident is concerned - the hand was tabled and you should have immediately pointed out that he had the winning hand.

[AlexMartin]

IMHO you cant be that unsporting. You should have pointed out he won the hand. Poker is a game and no matter what angles you are shooting for in a hand, honesty and gentlemanly conduct are virtues that should be encouraged.

[boldie]

IMHO you cant be that unsporting. You should have pointed out he won the hand. Poker is a game and no matter what angles you are shooting for in a hand, honesty and gentlemanly conduct are virtues that should be encouraged.

I agree. the guy in the second example won the hand, the cards did the talking so that's clear cut.

[WellChief]

It was very wrong of you to take the pot.  The dealer must be incompetent as well however.

[stewart]

it was self deal tourneyment the 2nd one,  and i pushed the pot to him and he gave it to me and then the cards were mucked, ?