Hold'em and friendly chat

[yenforyen]

I didn't do very well last night at my live 3/6 game and I think it was because I talked too much. I don't know what got into me. Normally, I don't go down to the card club to make friends. I usually focus on the game and don't share information about my game. If someone asks me about my hand I usually say with a smile "I forget."

I'm starting to be a regular at this club and don't want to be known as an unfriendly. It's not who I am normally. But last night I went overboard and I think gave up too much about my play. (I won with AK without a showdown, I folded pocket 8s etc.)

On the other hand I also learned some things about my opponent's game which I think helped me. For instance, when I started to talk about pot odds to a young guy to my left who I thought was a good player, he seemed not to have a clue what I was talking about.

Is there an advantage to being friendly in live games or is it best to be a poker fiend, focusing exclusively on the game? A mixture of the two? What do most 2+2ers do at a live game?