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[QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 1295065, member: 23910"]
Nup - the showdown rule above says you have to reveal your [I]whole[/I] hand in order to claim any part of the pot at showdown.  Which is why Reinkemeir turned his hand up when he thought de Wolfe's was mucked.
 
Also, I'm pretty sure Negreanu's specific complaint is about not being able to show one card [I]during[/I] a hand.
 
I don't think there's any controversy about showing one card when the hand is over - pretty much all tournaments and cash games will let you do that, unless you've been called on the river and you have to show both to claim the pot (as discussed above).  But if you bet and your opponent folds, you can choose to show both, one or none.  And that's fair, because everyone played the hand with the same information and everyone has the same information after it too.
 
What tournaments typically [B]won't[/B] let you do (but cash games typically will if it's heads up) is show a card while the hand is still in play, even when the hand is down to two players.  That's something Negreanu has been vocal about getting changed.  I suppose the rule's there because for every pro like Negreanu who understands the reasons for waiting until it's heads up to show a card there'll be a hundred donkeys who won't and who'll show one card as they're folding preflop - which is a very different thing, and can have a major effect on the outcome of the hand.
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