Devo's (De)vices
Pro Bryan Devonshire is a veteran of the tournament poker circuit, with an impressive résumé spanning a number of years, and several notable wins on the WSOP Circuit and other major venues. With that said, he certainly knows his way around the technicalities of a poker table's intricate system of rules and regulations.
Although the WSOP prohibits players from using their smartphones, iPads, or other devices while engaged in a hand, Devo has found a way to stay connected until the last possible moment. By only clicking his device off right before the fourth card of every deal is distributed, Devonshire has assured himself a few extra moments of technological diversion, but one especially strict dealer was having none of it.
Devonshire's table recently had to have the floor arbitrate a minor dispute between the pro and the man pitching the cards, who believed that all devices must be put away when the first card is dealt.
The normally laid back and gregarious Devonshire was a bit perturbed at the delay in the action, but after the floor affirmed his belief in the three-card-off rule, he returned his focus to the game at hand.