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I know some bad behavior players and often they are talking about something negative to disturb others.
Do you know some toxic poker enviroment?
 
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frnandoh said:
I know some bad behavior players and often they are talking about something negative to disturb others.
Do you know some toxic poker enviroment?


In my experience if you are playing low stakes cash game tables or tournaments you will from time to time find yourself surrounded by miserable people.

If you're at a casino you can bring headphones and ignore them, if you're playing online you can mute their chat, but best not to commiserate with them as this only encourages them.

Poker is definitely more fun without the constant complaining and nonsense. The solution is this: don't be one of those people - have fun and don't base your happiness on your poker results.

Good luck to you! :D
 
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I do not pay attention to the conversations of my opponents. I try to be as focused as possible on making the right decisions. Therefore, I am absolutely not interested in talking to other players.
 
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You have to better thick skinned for some people at the table. If there is chance the villain will tilt, don't mine pushing buttons.
 
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You're going to run into this a lot, especially in a live game. At casinos, the drunk people can berate anyone in a matter of seconds. Just got to keep your head down and play your game.

A secret weapon for me is putting earphones in with no music. This way, it looks like you can't hear them so they won't bother you, yet you can pay attention to the table.
 
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I usually close the chat window to not be able to read all their nonsense, but sometimes I am amused by their conversations but I never get into their discussions.
 
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The entire negative at the table is happening only then when you're beating villains, which play strong hands, and resent because they await these hands, and are prepared all in those who often uses donkplay. Almost never write in chat in networks MPN.
 
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My chat window is closed, so I do not have such problems
 
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At any table one finds players who try to get you out of focus, some resort to silly insults, you just have to concentrate on your game and make them bite the dust
 
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That always happens because the players who act like this are the most likely to be an easy target to enlarge the bank. It is advisable to block chat at the beginning of each tournament because you will see what are possible objectives since they always start with bad words to attract attention. and disappoint others and when they lose they continue to insult the chat
 
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I just don't pay attention to these things, let them stand on my head, I just enjoy the game
 
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frnandoh said:
I know some bad behavior players and often they are talking about something negative to disturb others.
Do you know some toxic poker enviroment?
Play free rolls I’ll see toxic at its best
 
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I try to enjoy playing poker... dont miss my time reading toxic opponents
 
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Some players at the tables want to distract you from the game and make mistakes , they might say sth bad for your decisions or yourself , try to make you get frustrated/ angry , I ignore all of them .
They might also try to start chatting with you at the FTs , also in their attempt to distact you . At the FT or in important spots during a game , no chat at all for me , play the game and no tricks :)
 
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Unless it's a friendly game with folks you enjoy chatting with, no reason to have the chat window open.
 
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Online you can mute chat playing live poker headphones
 
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It happens all the time. If I'm playing online I don't even keep the chat window open. The players that type in all caps drive me nuts. During live games I'll usually just ignore the person who is trying to get under my skin. This usually drives them nuts and some of the things that come out of their mouths are pretty hilarious. If their nonsense is keeping me from playing well then I'll just throw in some head phones and take them out once I have them beat so I can listen to the comedic insults and embarrassing actions after I stack them.
 
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I've seen fists fly in live games more than once. ...Even in major casinos. Most recently a random player was defending a dealer's technique on game control against a hot headed blame shifter. Lots of bravado and a dose of "runbad" can make fuses pretty short.

In short, I don't think it's ever not been a part of the game. ...Just ask Wild Bill.
 
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TheDude6622 said:
You're going to run into this a lot, especially in a live game. At casinos, the drunk people can berate anyone in a matter of seconds. Just got to keep your head down and play your game.

A secret weapon for me is putting earphones in with no music. This way, it looks like you can't hear them so they won't bother you, yet you can pay attention to the table.


Sneaky, sneaky. My secret weapon is to put on dark glasses and pretend to be blind :)
 
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zinzir said:
Sneaky, sneaky. My secret weapon is to put on dark glasses and pretend to be blind :)

Hahaha that is pretty good....except it's a hard sell at a poker table...
 
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berryryan2488 said:
It happens all the time. If I'm playing online I don't even keep the chat window open. The players that type in all caps drive me nuts. During live games I'll usually just ignore the person who is trying to get under my skin. This usually drives them nuts and some of the things that come out of their mouths are pretty hilarious. If their nonsense is keeping me from playing well then I'll just throw in some head phones and take them out once I have them beat so I can listen to the comedic insults and embarrassing actions after I stack them.
I do caps cause I can’t see, eye sight pretty bad
 
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I know.
There are people who use this as a device to destabilize opponents at the table.

I particularly ignore the chat, I don't read anything.
 
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Online i just block chat from such people and fix the problem this way. Live i try to speak only to people which i know or which are in good mood for chat. I try to ignore people who constantly complain and moan.
 
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Toxico

hello it bothers me to play with players who only waste their time in poker and all hands go all in and do not let you play. Those people are toxicass
 
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I communicate very little with the players at the table. I do not pay attention to conversations.
 
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