Williams Knows the Rules
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The floor had just been called over to Table 50 where the dealer was attempting to kill David Williams hand. It turns out, he took a phone call while the hand was in play preflop. Action had not gotten around to Williams yet and the dealer tried to take his cards from him anyway. Williams refused and the cards nearly tore in half as he ripped them back out of the dealers hand.
When the floor arrived at the table, Williams got in the first question. "Do you ever kill a hand for any reason?" The floor immediately replied in the negative. By this time, the action had gotten to Williams and he simply said, "Thank you," before mucking his cards.
Phil Laak, who was at the same table, was shocked by the thought of this rule. Paraphrasing what he said, he created a hypothetical situation in which a player gets pocket aces and makes a phone call. He proceeds to play his hand while on the phone with someone with no restrictions to what can be said and then only faces a possible penalty after the hand.
In fact, that would be the case and according to Williams, he just wanted to make sure everyone was educated. He was planning on folding the whole time but it was in principle that the dealer and the rest of the players knew that you are not allowed to kill a hand.
In this particular situation, David Williams was not issued a penalty.