[nickg1532]

i think you're overlooking the fact that, whether or not they take your "advice", berating them might cause them to get up and leave. most poor players are playing for fun. they're playing poker because they enjoy it. certainly, being called an idiot is not enjoyable. so while they may not learn the proper play from your tirade, they very well might realize it is not worth it to sit at a table with a bunch of jerks who are telling you time and time again how stupid you are.

so from a self-interest perspective you are probably not doing yourself any favors by potentially scaring them away. also (and this may or may not matter to you) most of them simply don't deserve to be berated. the bad beat they put on you wasn't personal--they just don't know any better. this doesn't mean they should be called an idiot. nobody deserves that for trying to have fun playing a game (albeit one they don't properly understand). now if the guy is an a$$hole to begin with, then ok, but i don't think this is the case for most of these bad players.