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Randy,

I respect your experience and opinions but have a few questions.

1. If not for having a cellphone would the above mentioned baby not have been born?
2. Were babies not born before cellphones were invented?
3. If not for having a cellphone might the relative not been in an accident?
4. Did having a cellphone at the poker table enable the person in the accident to survive via some microwave magic?
5. If not for having a cellphone would the business robbery been prevented?
6. Did having a cellphone somehow help catch the burglar?
7. Did having the cellphone allow the poker player to douse the flames consuming his burning home?

I see nothing that couldn't have waited 30 seconds in your post above. If you are being notified of an event that has already occurred can you go back in time and change it because you discovered it 30 seconds sooner?

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This is exactly right.

For the group arguing that they need to take that massively important call or the world will seize, no one says you can't. Just understand that you forfeit the hand.

If the news you're receiving is so earth shaking, clearly you shouldn't mind walking away from that pocket pair.

The vast majority of the calls taken at the table can wait. If you happen to have that rare exception then poker should be the last thing on your mind at the moment.

For those of you tethered to a cell phone 24 hours a day, these are the costs. Please let the rest of us continue with the game and you'll be free to tend to your emergency.