Ever since they started allowing phones at the tables I have seen this. Movies, App games and texting. It appears that these people are bored by playing poker. We've become so overloaded with stimuli that simply being present at a table interacting with others is not enough for some people. I personally like interacting with others at the table, then some times I like to listen to music in one ear and just watch everyone. You can learn a lot even if you are not in the hand. What happened to human interaction? Kids these days seem to be nearly void of this concept, but that's another topic....I had a guy next to me doing this. A saw a guy at another table playing chess on a tablet, and two guys at my table were watching movies. Another guy was just sitting out writing and eating dinner.
The dealers seemed ok with this as long as they blinded them in and they didn't slow the game down.
This is ridiculous. If you are playing live, your attention should be on the people and cards at the live table. Not only is it disrespectful, if people are waiting on you, but you are missing out on some important info on other players. I get annoyed when people have ADD like this.
FOCUS!
From the look of his stack compared to the others, doing this is not helping his game.
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There use to be no electronics at the table and i agree with this rule.
I agree, allowing electronics at the table was wrong.
You just know that soon they will allow cameras recording all the table action and displaying hud stats; because QuoteyFingers it is part of the (online) game QuoteyFingers.
And old school poker skills and etiquette will continue to be eroded by modernity and 'progress'.