Right or Wrong?

[Felting]

Here's the situation.

20 player Live tourney, down to about 14 players. Blinds are 200/400. I'm in the small blind with 6k and BB has about 1500 left after posting. It folds around to me and i pop it to 1200 with A 10 offsuit.
BB tosses in his remaining chips and flips over his cards BEFORE I call the extra 500.

I started to call but at the beginning of the tournament one of the rules announced was that if you expose your cards with action still to come your hand is dead. I asked the dealer about it and he called the floor. The floor ruled that if I called the hand was dead and i would win the pot. I called, got cussed out, and stacked the chips.

Was I right or wrong?

(He had 9 7 of clubs btw)

[LeeG]

When someone else makes a mistake, you are not the bad guy for being the beneficiary.

Had a similar thing happen in a tourney that had a strict 'no cellphones' policy - you couldn't even touch your phone. Guy answered a call just after pushing all in. Ship it dude.

[Jauron]

House rules are house rules, having said that normally the guy who is all-in is allowed to show the hand early. You'd think he'd just get a penalty instead of having to be dead all in.

[RoniDeutch]

Take it with a smile

[MrDarling]

...The floor ruled that if I called the hand was dead and i would win the pot

I don't really understand this statement . So if you decide to fold the other guy won?

Anyway the Dealer Should have announced that the other player miss played and give you the chips as soon as the other player exposed his hand.

If its a friendly game I'd probably wouldn't say anything and take the 70%-30% race.

btw, did you get all his chips or only the 1200 you initially put in?

[Felting]

...The floor ruled that if I called the hand was dead and i would win the pot

I don't really understand this statement . So if you decide to fold the other guy won?

Anyway the Dealer Should have announced that the other player miss played and give you the chips as soon as the other player exposed his hand.

If its a friendly game I'd probably wouldn't say anything and take the 70%-30% race.

btw, did you get all his chips or only the 1200 you initially put in?

I thought the ruling was goofy too. If it had been either a home game or a newbie I would have taken the race to. Also, I got all his chips.

[LeeG]

The WSOP and WPT both have same rule - if you expose any card while there is still action, your hand is automatically dead.

[Muck]

Was I right or wrong?

I’d take chips from someone having a seizure. Poker’s like war without the Geneva convention.
NB: I was kidding about the seizure so no complaints.