Re: Semi-OT: The table coaches at the 55s are really getting under my
 

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I find when I chat back I play worse, and sometimes I let me pride cloud my judgement.

I do like keeping chat on because often gives me reads on people I am not paying attention to.

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Ditto.

I never chat, and I always keep it on for additional info about how players are reacting to the game. Why would anyone ignore an additional source of information?

Re: Semi-OT: The table coaches at the 55s are really getting under my
 

If you're snapping at other players, you need to take a step back and calm down. In my life I've only gone off at one person, and that was about 23.5 hours into my ADHOC session where I dropped about 200BB over the last half. I felt like a total ass.

As for chatting in the games, I do it sometimes, sometimes not. I'm much more likely to do it when I've been drinking a little.

Re: Semi-OT: The table coaches at the 55s are really getting under my
 

chat is overrated. by the time somebody starts coaching you can usually tell if they have leaks in their game. for example, if they miniraise AA from ep and get rocked by some suited trash hand you know they suck balls. i hate chat, plus i play enough tables near my max comfort zone so i dont have time for talking. sometimes i just turn off the dealer too because i like having the blank white space.

Re: Semi-OT: The table coaches at the 55s are really getting under my skin
 

All of you just need to turn chat off and pretend it doesn't exist. If you can't help yourself to read it and *ever* be affected by it then TURN IT OFF.

I'm completely serious. It's a leak (altho a minor one likely).

Also feel free to turn of AIM and the TV. Definitely turn on the vapo and the tunes.

Concentrate on the damn game you're playing....or just make side bets, it may be less -EV, [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img].

Yugoslav

Re: Semi-OT: The table coaches at the 55s are really getting under my
 

I like having chat on, it can sometimes show you who is on tilt, what type of player someone is - a peek at their psychology which I find useful. If youre 8+ tabling, your screen pops up and youve got an all in bet in front of you, and youre holding QQ, it might sway my decision a bit if I notice the guy has been going crazy in the chat box about a recent 'suckout'. Basically the chat box can provide some extra data, which is better than nothing to me.

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found after a bad beat, telling someone how much they suck (not telling them how they should have played it and acting like I'm on tilt), gets other players to call me when i get a monster... any thoughts?

Re: Semi-OT: The table coaches at the 55s are really getting under my
 

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found after a bad beat, telling someone how much they suck (not telling them how they should have played it and acting like I'm on tilt), gets other players to call me when i get a monster... any thoughts?

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If I just got a bad beat and have been dealt a monster hand on the very next hand, I will often times quickly type in some berating of the other player and then make a huge(often all in) bet.