Here's the situation 12 left in a 45 man live tournament. Blinds are 300/600. SB is the big stack BB small stack has 2400 in chips i have 3200. I am in mid pasition one person to act before two after then SB BB. My hand AK after fold, i limp, then fold, fold, SB calls 300, BB moves all-in. I call the 2400......SB ponders and is looking more like folding than calling.. BB urges him to make the call and to put me all-in "he only has a few hundred more chips"...I urge quiet by putting my finger to my mouth ...he doesnt get it and continues the urging.....SB puts me all-in I make the call.......BB turns over AK matching my AK SB turns over JT needless to say a Ten comes on the flop the rest is history two of us are out.
Now i'm not asking whether i played it correctly but asking if this guy was violating rules of play or is it just ethics to not smart talk another player...i can see if he is in the hand by himself but he ended up putting me in a difficult spot as well.....your judgements please.