CincyLady,

First let me say that I think what happened to you is terrible - I can't stand when people berate others at the poker table - it is bad form.

I will also say that I think some of the other posters here are right in that the player or players who were berating you were probably NOT good players - perhaps experienced, but not good players. A good player would NEVER berate you like that - they WANT you making mistakes so that they can take advantage of them.

Having said that - and I am going to say this with all due respect - looking back on your experience, can you see where your own fault lies in this incident? Or, put another way, can you see that this incident may have, in fact, been of tremendous benefit to you?

I am guessing that this was the last time you ever left a poker room crying and clutching your chips - correct? Moreover, I am pretty sure that this incident toughened you up tremendously and has probably made you a better player.

I had a similar experience early on - my first B&M game was at Commerce Casino and I was berated quite a bit as well - and I let it affect me and I made some stupid plays - I honestly didn't know much about the game at the time and I got killed. But as I walked out of there, I vowed that I would never be taken advantage of like that again - and I never was.

So many players will go to the tables and lose repeatedly, all the time thinking that they are simply a victim of bad luck or some such thing - you were told, point-blank, that you sucked.

For that, you should be tremendously thankful.