What annoys you the most at the poker table?

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Brigistul said:
Every player has a different trigger: slowrolls, excessive talking, pointless tanking, bad etiquette, or players who think they’re Phil Ivey after winning two hands. I’m curious which situations throw you off the most and how you manage to stay calm when they happen.
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I get annoyed by players who take a long time to think. When a player deliberately takes a long time to think in order to annoy others, it causes irritation. I have absolutely nothing against players using their time bank, but when players start to abuse it, it's not good.
 
Insulting others at the poker table easily defeats the whole point of a live game for me. Playing should be based on skill, psychological play, and a common understanding of the rules, not getting personal. The atmosphere quickly becomes unpleasant and excitement turns to anxiety. Respect at the table is a must.
 
tuitui said:
Insultarea celorlalți la masa de poker anulează cu ușurință întregul scop al unui joc live, pentru mine. Jocul ar trebui să se bazeze pe abilitate, joc psihologic și o înțelegere comună a regulilor, nu pe a intra în personalități. Atmosfera devine rapid neplăcută, iar entuziasmul se transformă în anxietate. Respectul la masă este o necesitate.
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That's how it should be! Unfortunately, there are exceptions!
 
100% slow tournament players. That is probably the main reason I do not play tournaments. Makes the game so much longer to play.
 
effects and emojis sometimes irritate a lot, not least because most of the people who use them just want to mess up and not make the right moves.
 
when someone talks a lot without reason while being stiff and drunk😂😂😂
 
For me, poker is entertainment, and I try to stay positive and ignore players who try to provoke me. Overall, the behaviour of online players is not that important. It's not a live game, and how players behave should not really affect your game or your results.
 
online its people who are sit out live its people who do not pay attention to the game or are rude to for example the dealer
 
What irritates me most at a poker table is a player who goes all-in pre-flop for several hands in a row. With that type of player, the best strategy is to wait for a strong hand. But it's annoying to play with someone who does that.
 
Brigistul said:
Every player has a different trigger: slowrolls, excessive talking, pointless tanking, bad etiquette, or players who think they’re Phil Ivey after winning two hands. I’m curious which situations throw you off the most and how you manage to stay calm when they happen.
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Just people being rude in general. Just be polite,patient and kind.
 
Surely players who touch you on the left and right... and also players who play slowplay!!!!
 
Reading through the answers I have decided to do the opposite - I'll put what I like to see at the table I play. I am doing it this way, because most of these things are those who someone else pointed out as "not liked" 😉 Keep in mind my experience is only online.
So:
- I like my opponents to do every stupid thing they can imagine - going all in with rubbish, caling or raising with some nonsese draws, being over agressive, betting every hand, limping alot, bluffing too much - an yes, sometimes hitting this one lucky outer on the river - I accept they need to get lucky from time to time to keep doing what they do. Even if I loose stack to them (I admit it is painfull), but it does not change the fact they are opponents I want to play against, they are all welcome at my table, especially in cash games 🙂
- When someone starts talking (chatting), tutoring others (me included) after winning or loosing the hand (desn't matter) - I mark him as an opponent I want to play against - for me there is a good chance they are not a good players, they just pretend to be good and show it around
- In general, when oppontents do show emotions it is a good thing - there is a chance they tilt, start making mistakes etc
- I like whan I am with very small stack at the bubble, when others with small stacks play slow, use their time banks - it shows me they understand the game and play to surivive to payout, which I find really reasonable
 
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What annoys me most at the poker table is a lack of respect for the game and the people playing it, especially things like angle-shooting, slow-rolling, because that kind of behavior shows a complete misunderstanding of what poker is really about.
 
What would disappoint me would be what is believed long after winning some hands, to keep calm I better ignore it, to be able to concentrate on my games.
 
When I'm playing online, it has to be those players that misuse and overuse emojis, it really annoys me
When playing live, it's players that are too talkative
 
In live games, players that love the sound of their own voice. I enjoy meeting and talking to people at the table especially when I'm not in the action, but some players have their own mission or something they want to preach about and are just sucking up air instead of paying attention to their cards. The worst is if you are at the same table with them for a couple of hours or over a couple days (this happened to me on a cruise ship once) and you get to hear their same pitch hourly like it's a commercial for Ozempic.
 
a bad beat is always annoying. but only for a moment. if you had more EV you did nothing wrong and you will win over time. getting annoyed by anything other than loosing is a "you" problem
 
I'm annoyed by players who waste time on every hand. Also, those who go all in every hand; I don't understand why they do that.
 
I try to concentrate as much as possible so that nothing externally hinders me. So I don't care much about what or how each player does at a table.
 
First of all, the opponent's lack of respect, an all-in pre-flop from the opponent out of position, with ridiculously out-of-context hands, certainly stresses me out.
 
I get annoyed by players who talk too much. Spamming is bad. They are distracting and in such cases I just close the chat.
 
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