I try not to react to provocations at the poker table. People usually send me negative emojis because I’m a regular player. I use these provocations as a psychological tool. Players think I’m getting upset, so I pretend to be on tilt. 🙂
As others have already said, it's the subhumans who just shove in at the beginning, first few blind levels of a tournament. Or really any time with more than 25 or so blinds. It's just such a stupid play I always wonder if it is the first time they have played poker. I don't see it much in cash games, but every once in awhile someone open-shoves : the "win the least, lose the most strategy"....
the most annoying poker behavior is when the Indian casinos in my area rake the game so heavily that the small stakes ring games are almost unbeatable ! they drop 4, 5 even 6 bucks out of a 20 dollar pot ! how i long for the good old days of tiny local card rooms that took 'time ', a reasonable fee every half hour of play .sadly, competition has ended and the monopolies are greedily getting too big a cut of the poker economy .
People are impatient by nature. They can't wait to become winning players.Facial expressions and gestures are a meaningful language that, fortunately or unfortunately, is rarely controlled by players. Only top-class pros use it for practical purposes: they carefully study their opponent's behavior at the table.Remember that emotions are contagious, especially anger. Due to stress during the game, anger outweighs all other emotions. Avoid arguing; the brain gets tired and overwhelmed during the game, and this leads to emotions driving decision-making.So, when you're at the poker table, imagine your opponent is simply telling a story, putting on a performance. But to determine the veracity of their facts, you need to look not at what they do during the performance, but at what happened before it.
For me, the most annoying thing is when someone deliberately slows the game down for no real reason, especially when they’re clearly trying to annoy other players or get a reaction. Online, excessive timebanking or constantly sitting out drives me crazy, while live I hate unnecessary tanking when the decision is pretty straightforward. Slow play itself isn’t always bad, because some decisions genuinely require time, but doing it on every hand just to create drama is different. I also dislike people who complain about every bad beat or constantly blame the dealer. It changes the atmosphere and usually makes the table less enjoyable for everyone. I can handle aggressive play or trash talk much easier than pointless behavior that kills the pace of the game.
For me, it’s probably people who take forever to make a decision when the action is pretty obvious Slow play is one thing, but when someone is just sitting there every hand and using the whole time bank, it gets annoying. Bad beats don’t bother me nearly as much as slow players but What I mostly denounce that is some short temper players commence abusing after loosing hands