Since April 2013, when I got my first gig for PokerNews training at a World Series of Poker Circuit event at Horseshoe Council Bluffs, I've live reported dozens of poker tournaments. As any avid poker player knows, the action on the felt is typically rather slow and boring, interspersed with spikes of tension and excitement.
During the lulls, it's quite common to see poker players not involved in a hand plugging away on tablets. Of course, watching shows is always a popular activity on such devices, and open-face Chinese poker is another favorite I often observed.