[Boltsfan1992]

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I was playing 2/4 hold em at the racetrack in LA and dragged a big pot off this guy. He began to criticize my play. All I said was nice hand. He was saying "you better learn to read to board if you wanna play". He said a couple other insulting things and told me that this must be the first time I've played.

Here's the question. Whats the best response here?

My response was "can I still keep these chips"?

Obviously, the wrong response is explaining to him why my play was correct on all the betting rounds, and how his play was incorrect on 2 of them.

Is there a better response than mine? My objective was to keep him in the game, but also to stop him from lecturing me.

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I'd say there are two options.

One, say, "Thanks for the tip..."

Two, better response I think, is to just ignore him. I think that will get his frustration level up more.

A gambler sits at the other end of the table and says to the dealer, "That guy (referring to me) doesn't play anything. How is he gonna win?"

Dealer says, "Yeah, he is a little on the tight side."

I just keep my mouth shut.

Two hands later, I'm dealt 33 in the blind. The flop makes a boat for me. I won a huge one pot.

I still don't say anything...

PB