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#41
06-10-2006, 11:12 AM
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I have known people in poker rooms to receive phone calls about babies being born, relatives being in accidents (I was in a hand of poker when I learned my stepfather had been killed in a car accident), their place of business being robbed, and their house being on fire. Having a rule against cell phone use is a poor substitute for hiring a competent staff that knows how to handle someone that is disruptive to the game. [/ QUOTE ] I am sorry for your loss and don't want to come off as cold-hearted but these situations are extremely rare compared to the typical call which is disruptive to the game. I seldom see individuals who can multitask at the table. Cell phone use slowing down games is far more common than generally disruptive players. At least at the places I play. 
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#42
06-10-2006, 11:20 AM
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Did anyone ask for the floor? Ideally the floor should be paying attention, but sometimes they aren't. I would be very suprised if the floor would not ask this player to step away from the tabel if he became aware of this. [/ QUOTE ] I do agree with you here Randy. Even the cold-bitter floor people at Bellagio would have dealt with this had they been summoned and someone whined loud enough.
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#43
06-10-2006, 11:28 AM
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If you did, and some rule-making administrator tried to stand between you, and a phone call telling you that your kids were in harm's way, you'd want to tear his head off. ... If someone had stood between me and the telephone in either case, they would've been very sore the next morning. [/ QUOTE ] All this bravado is all well and good however.... If the 'rule making administrator' is the gaming control board and your using your phone in a room with a line-of-site to the sports book, then it is a just rule regardless of how poker players feel about the 1 in 1000 call that could be an emergency. Even if it is merely the poker room and no sports book is involved, if it is their rule then you need to follow it or play somewhere else. 999 out of 1000 calls are not emergencies and for those 999 calls, 99.99% of the people answering them at the table are slowing the game down. I feel for anyone who gets an emergency call but using the potential for getting one as an excuse to take phone calls at the table is not justified.
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#44
06-10-2006, 11:31 AM
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If the 'rule making administrator' is the gaming control board and your using your phone in a room with a line-of-site to the sports book, then it is a just rule regardless of how poker players feel about the 1 in 1000 call that could be an emergency. [/ QUOTE ] This still doesn't make someone have a dead hand. If you take out your phone in a sports book I imagine the most likely outcome is they tell you to get rid of it; they don't mug you and take money from you.
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#45
06-10-2006, 11:38 AM
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I am sorry for your loss and don't want to come off as cold-hearted but these situations are extremely rare compared to the typical call which is disruptive to the game. I seldom see individuals who can multitask at the table. Cell phone use slowing down games is far more common than generally disruptive players. At least at the places I play. [/ QUOTE ] How disruptive can a cell phone be? Once they recieve the call they have to finish the hand they are in and step away from the table. I think what is being missed here is there are places that kill your hand for answering your phone which is plain wrong and is not the same as dealing out someone on the phone or declaring their hand dead for being on the phone when the cards are dealt. If someone is talking when a hand is dealt in a tournament this is a completely differnt situation than when they receive a phone call on the turn. I would never play in a room that has a rule to take money form a new player and give it to an angle shooting local because he didn't know they steal money from you if you answer your phone (this is the same as the casino helping any player in any situation that says "I want you to rule the winning hand dead so I can get the pot instead")
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#46
06-10-2006, 11:44 AM
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dealer and floor did nothing. [/ QUOTE ] You have to be careful about who you do something to, especially at Bellagio.
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#47
06-10-2006, 12:47 PM
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I do enjoy texting in-between hands, I must admit. [/ QUOTE ] ditto... normally even at places that ban being on cell phone in hands you can sit there and text between hands, i just lay my phone with screen down against the rail if i am in the middle of a text msg and need to play a hand - they just dont want you to see your screen and be able to read a txt message during a hand in case your buddy is railing the table from the other side and sending info
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#48
06-10-2006, 01:30 PM
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Re: We Interrupt This Call . . .
I think I know what you mean.
but I would like you to tell me what I should think you mean so that I know that what I think you mean is what you actually mean.
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#50
06-10-2006, 01:47 PM
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Re: We Interrupt This Call . . .
Why do you people (except Randy) not make a distinction between Answering a phone, and Talking on a phone.
Sitting there for a few minutes talking and expecting to be dealt cards is one thing. Another is hitting the 'take call' button on your phone saying "hold on" leaving the person on the line and stepping away from the table after the hand. The answer to this question is probably the most common answer to questions posted in this forum. IT DEPENDS.
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