Please don't be this guy

[Randy_Refeld]

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I thikn it woudl naturally follow that you only tell offenders to put away the IPOD. The rule isn't that some people can have it and some can't; the rule is NOBODY will delay the game.

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Just being devils advocate here, but do feel the same way about cell phones? If someone is keeping up with the action but talking away for 15 minutes on a cell, is that worthy of a talking to by the floor? It's not delaying the game at all, just annoying the players who have to listen to to it.

Here we have a "no cell phone use at the table" rule (wether you're in the current hand or not), so it's not an issue that the floor has to deal with at all which is nice.

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Cell phones are in a different catagory becasue they can be distracting to the other players. I see nothign wrong with someoen calling their voice mial, text messaging etc at the table, but if they are going to talk on the phone they should step away from the table as a courtesy to the other players.

[Miah]

The only thing that worries me about text messaging is that ir allows for players to covertly communicate with each other.

Cell phone use isn't allowed in Louisiana. The State Police (they do gaming control) have a problem with it. The dealer is supposed to kill the hand/deal you out.