I play online... I hate it when I'm at a good table and one of the idiots at the table starts insulting one of the bad players at the table (almost always a bad player who is winning money).

My fear is the he'll either drive the bad player away, or drive away some of the other players at the table, thus ruining my good table. So I try to change the atmosphere, making jokes in the chatbox, complimenting the player who is being insulted, making fun of my own play or my own luck or some such thing.

Even online, a table where people are talking in the chatbox does have an atmosphere, and having it turn sour and combative is not what you want if you were hoping to make money there.