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Honeybadg:
... just pondering this.

What is deemed reasonable?

Taking pen and paper notes whilst playing? (I have never done this - but seems reasonable)
Reading books? (I am sure I saw someone doing this the other day in a big tournament)
Text Messaging? (Would seem reasonable - but do people have issues)?

In all of this - take as read game play is not slowed down ...

Louis

Jon MW:
Not text messaging as you could be asking someone for help

Reading any book is fair enough, but looking up a chapter in a poker book specifically relating to the hand you"re in, might be "frowned upon"

Pen and paper doesn"t seem a problem - to make it more interesting I"d tell people I"m taking notes for my new book. :D

Honeybadg:
... I like the idea of sitting with "Harrington" at the table looking up "squeeze plays" ... smile.

The texting one is weird in that I get the point about "cheating" but very common for people to send texts at the table ... (if you are out of a hand does it matter?)

L

Swinebag:
I thought any use of mobile phones at the table was not allowed. This seems to be a standard rule for any cardroom. If people want to use them for a call or a text then they have to leave the table. I also thought your hand was declared dead if using a mobile phone whilst sat down. As to whether this rule is fair or not, I tend to find that people using mobile phones in my pub games tend to slow the game down so dont have a problem with them being banned.

As for reading at the table, I dont have a problem with it as long as the game isn"t slowed down. I know in rebuys that if a player builds a super stack early on in the rebuy period, they will shut down completely and some players like to relieve the boredom with a book or mag. i cant think why any player would engross themselves in a book when playing a freezeout though???

As for pen and paper and taking notes, cant see the problem with this. If I was to do this, I"d do the gus hansen dictaphone method. At the end of a long day/nights poker, I cant think of anything better than the sound of my own voice :D

deanp27:
all are fine except the use of a mobile - nothing to do with cheating it is just poor etiquette and in most places using a phone at the table (either txting or speaking) will mean your hand is dead.

as long as you don"t slow up play the others are fine, people read all the time, especially in 2day+ tournaments

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