One Player Per Hand Please!

TDA Rule #12
No Disclosure
No Advice
One Player to a Hand - Players are obligated to protect the other players in the tournament at all times. Therefore, players, whether in the hand or not, may not:
1. Disclose contents of live or folded hands
2. Advise or criticize play before the action is complete
3. Read a hand that hasn’t been tabled
The one-player-to-a-hand rule will be enforced.

TDA Rule #7

Penalties and Disqualification - A penalty MAY be invoked if a player exposes any card with action pending, throws a card off the table, violates the one-player-to-a-hand rule, or similar incidents take place. Penalties WILL be invoked in cases of soft play, abuse, or disruptive behavior. Penalties available to the TD include verbal warnings and “missed hand” penalties. A missed hand penalty will be assessed as follows: The offender will miss one hand for every player, including the offender, who is at the table when the penalty is given multiplied by the number of rounds specified in the penalty; for the period of the penalty the offender shall remain away from the table. Tournament staff can assess one-, two-, three-, or four-round penalties or disqualification. A player who is disqualified shall have his or her chips removed from play. Repeat infractions are subject to escalating penalties.

TDA Rule #31
Exposing Cards - A player who exposes his cards with action pending may incur a penalty, but will not have a dead hand. The penalty will begin at the end of the hand.

I am posting these rules to remind players that they must keep their hands and it's content undisclosed whether they are in the hand or not. There has been a rash of exposing cards at many of my bar games as of late and it has become my new personal mission to end this. Talking about hands and using your cards to try and get an advantage is going to end. A good rule of thumb is to wait until the winning hand is raking the pot before you tell everyone what you would have had. We all get hands that would have won. It happens almost every hand played in a tournament. Nothing wrong with discussing it after the fact just wait!