diff --git a/lib/constants.py b/lib/constants.py
index 4abec15..28ab9d0 100644
--- a/lib/constants.py
+++ b/lib/constants.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ POLL_TIMEOUT = 100
 # Timing constants
 QUIT_CONFIRM_TIMEOUT = 3.0  # Seconds to confirm quit (Ctrl-C twice)
 RESPAWN_DELAY = 3.0  # Seconds before players respawn after death
+STATUS_OUTPUT_WINDOW = 3.0  # Seconds a 'status' command echo hides its chunked table output
 STATS_CONNECTION_DELAY = 0.5  # Initial stats connection delay
 
 # UI dimensions
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 9ce7d1b..5417f71 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import signal
 import sys
 import os
 
-from lib.constants import VERSION, DEFAULT_HOST, POLL_TIMEOUT, QUIT_CONFIRM_TIMEOUT, RESPAWN_DELAY, MAX_COMMAND_HISTORY
+from lib.constants import VERSION, DEFAULT_HOST, POLL_TIMEOUT, QUIT_CONFIRM_TIMEOUT, RESPAWN_DELAY, MAX_COMMAND_HISTORY, STATUS_OUTPUT_WINDOW
 from lib.state import GameState
 from lib.network import RconConnection, StatsConnection
 from lib.parser import EventParser
@@ -134,6 +134,28 @@ def is_command_output(message):
     return False
 
 
+def is_status_chunk(message):
+    """
+    Detect one chunk of 'status' command output. The server streams the table
+    as many small messages (row heads, '0 16384', the steamid, the address),
+    so per-chunk shape checks are loose; they only apply inside the
+    suppression window opened by the command echo.
+    """
+    clean = strip_color_codes(message)
+    stripped = clean.strip()
+    if not stripped or stripped[:1] in ('{', '['):
+        return False
+    if 'num score ping' in clean or '--- -----' in clean:
+        return True
+    if stripped.startswith('map:'):
+        return True
+    if STATUS_HEAD_PATTERN.search(clean):
+        return True
+    if re.match(r'^[\d.:-]+(\s+[\w.:-]+)*\s*$', stripped):
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
 def handle_stats_connection(message):
     """
     Handle stats connection info extraction
@@ -403,6 +425,7 @@ def main_loop(screen, args):
     stats_port = None
     stats_password = None
     stats_check_counter = 0
+    status_suppress_until = 0.0
 
     # Timer refresh tracking (update UI once per second)
     last_ui_update = 0
@@ -487,10 +510,23 @@ def main_loop(screen, args):
                     if parse_player_events(message, game_state, ui):
                         continue
 
-                    # Command echoes only show at -v or higher verbosity
-                    if is_command_echo(message) and args.verbose == 0:
-                        logger.debug('Suppressed RCON command echo')
-                        continue
+                    # Command echoes only show at -v or higher verbosity; a
+                    # status echo opens a window that hides its chunked output
+                    if is_command_echo(message):
+                        if message.rstrip().endswith(': status'):
+                            status_suppress_until = time.time() + STATUS_OUTPUT_WINDOW
+                        if args.verbose == 0:
+                            logger.debug('Suppressed RCON command echo')
+                            continue
+
+                    # Hide status table chunks following a 'status' command
+                    if status_suppress_until:
+                        if time.time() < status_suppress_until:
+                            if is_status_chunk(message):
+                                logger.debug('Suppressed status output chunk')
+                                continue
+                        else:
+                            status_suppress_until = 0.0
 
                     if 'Game Initialization' in message:
                         logger.info('Game initialization detected - refreshing server info')