Bite Your Tongue

SirFWALGMan · #1 11-18-04, 10:54 AM

I wanted to relate a problem I have. Some people are such jerks at the table that I cannot help taunting them. I really do beleive the nice people, who are interesting, and engage the table, get people to want to stay and throw there money away. I want to be that person. Instead I react to people sometimes.

Last night for example a real tool comes to our table. She state's, after losing the first hand, "Mr. X I am going to beat your ass and take all of your Money". Mr. X chuckled. I really got annoyed at her though. So every chance I got I would rib her. Some of the good comments:

She says, "SirFWA You are a bad player and I am going to take all of your money!"
I Reply "Yeah, I am +$608 bad." (I Know one session does not make the man!)
"Your just going to dribble your money away! All bad players do!" she retorts.

So every pot after that I won I said "Dribble.. Dribble.. Cmon C4! You can say it! Dribble.. Dribble.."

I was watching Snoop Dog on Howard Stern so I made a comment like:

"You should be my Hoe C4, You would make more money than being my Table Bitch!"

I think she was considering the offer. There were several other barbs that night. All in all I was having fun and being a jerk. Something else for me to work on, although it makes it alot more fun sometimes!

GeoffM · #2 11-18-04, 11:07 AM

I know what you mean, there is this one guy on UB that use to follow me around the tables talking smack to me. Mysteriously, one day I took him for about $20 the first time I ever played stud8 and he suddenly disappeared. He reappeared but I refuse to play him now, I will simpy take my chips and go elsewhere.

Slayre · #3 11-18-04, 01:22 PM

You can chat in Online Poker?

Seriously tho.. I pretty much ignore the chat window... I'm pretty much doing sumthing else with the computer while I'm waiting til act... till it gets down to 4 or 5, then I pay more attention. ( Um, talking tourney play )

Aequitas58 · #4 11-18-04, 01:39 PM

Some, if not most, people talk shit to get a reaction. Seems to work w/ you, eh? I would suggest ignoring the other players, because it's just going to either (i) give off a tell, or (ii) hurt your play. You have to remember - you're dealing with a bunch of gamblers looking to win YOUR money - they want you on tilt.

It's not worth it.

SirFWALGMan · #5 11-18-04, 01:51 PM

I actually think I play better when I am verbally sparing with people. It makes it fun between hands, distracts them when there trying to play, and just is a hell of alot of fun! I am very good at it, and enjoy frustrating people to the point where instead of making cute comments all they can say is "#&^#*(*&#*@(#". heh.

Aequitas58 · #6 11-18-04, 02:36 PM

I find it odd that you have "such a problem with people" at the tables (ie: their comments), but you're the one who likes to verbally "spar" with people.

SirFWALGMan · #7 11-18-04, 03:04 PM

I am an enigma wrapped in a contradiction. heh. I will NEVER start a verbal sparing match with anyone. If I start any conversation it is a nice one "Is that Weston, MA! Kewl, I live there too!". "Vegas, wow! What casino's do you like to play at?".

If someone however starts mouthing off then I enjoy the verbal sparring match. "She Started it", "No I didn't". I guess I stopped maturing around 5th grade! heh.

Aequitas58 · #8 11-18-04, 03:15 PM

I agree. Sometimes I find myself in the mood to be more of an asshole than I usually am - sometimes not.

Penguinfan · #9 11-18-04, 04:38 PM

I tend to ignore the chatbox at almost all costs, no reson to give anyone the chance to put you on tilt, at least in person you can punch the person in the nose. I have seen it come to this and have nearly been part of it, very nearly.

2Tone · #10 11-18-04, 07:59 PM

I find participating in chat to have no real value. I might read it to get additional clues if anyone is on tilt, but other than the obligatory TY to NH, I don't see much point in it. I have nothing to gain, and risk getting pissed off.

Exceptions can be made if I know another player at the table and want to get some good-natured ribbing in.

drewjax · #11 11-18-04, 10:27 PM

I almost totally ignore the chat window. I will watch it just to try to some info, but if anyone is chatting that bugs me, I might even turn off chat window, and look at stats window for a while. I have even seem people get pissed because I wont respond at all, and think I am a bot, and it hurts their play. Amazing!