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It's just frustrating to see the guy who obviously doesn't know the house rule look at his phone briefly. Dealer then mucks the cards. No warning is to be given. "Sorry sir, it's the house rule." Of course it's posted on a tiny sign at the podium that noone ever sees. Player is understandably pissed and the dealer is left having to explain the shaky reasoning behind this rule. Player wants the floor, floor is called and repeats what the dealer says.

Whenever I hear a phone ring at the table now I instinctively say, "Don't look at it." Sometimes that helps. Usually it doesn't. Of course, players that know the rule are never victimized by it because they know what not to do. All it does it punish players who aren't aware of an obscure house rule.

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I would be very interested in what would happen if someone wanted to make a real issue of this. Even in places wehre their is a law that electronic devices are forbidden it does not then follow that you lose your interest in the pot. If this is an Indian casino they can do what they want, if it is some place where casinos are regulated they can't just take someone's money (interest in a pot).

Once at my first job as a supervisor someone came into the room and told me rule #14 was wrong. I looked on the wall and it said "#14 The supervisor's decision is final." I wondered what this guy's smart remark was going to be. Then he handed me his card; he was from gaming, he said "my decision is final."