Exposed Card Rule

Throughout the day, we've heard complaints of varying intensity about the rule in place that penalizes a player for exposing his cards with action pending. While it's an infraction of the rules at nearly every major tournament, it is enforced diligently here at Harrah's New Orleans, even when the exposure is preflop or accidental.

The latest iteration of this conversation was between two players at one of the far tables. They were talking among themselves about the rule when a floorman just happened to walk by for them to interrogate. They asked him about the rule.

"It's designed to keep people from exposing their cards out of turn," the floor said flatly. The two players protested some more, running through hypothetical scenarios to try and poke holes in the rule.

"If it's an accident..." began several sentences in a row, and the floorman listened and nodded along understandingly.

After a few minuts, the floor wrapped up the conversation simply. "It's the easiest thing in the world to not flip your cards over," he said.