Best way to shut down the table coach without tapping the glass?

[Freudian]

It depends on the table coach. Some of them are so upset they will keep ranting no matter what.

For others I find the line "wow, do we have to pay anything for these great poker lessons?" work pretty well and it amuses the fish.

[brianmarc]

What is "Playerview"?

Tx.

[TwoShedsJackson]

Either 'POKAR IS EASY!!!11' or 'Amazing, you teach us AND pay for the lessons at the same time!!', is usually enough.

[brianmarc]

I suggest you lay off the bottle before trying to reply to these posts!

[Bluffoon]

I agree wholeheartedly with monty here. The table coach is almost as valuable a fish as the fish he is berating.

Already halfway on tilt and sure he/she knows it all.

That said, I will often try to direct the attention of the table coach off the fish and onto me. A well-timed non-poker related insult works well. Often something as simple as "Why are you such a dick?" will be enough to start a twenty minute long mother-insult war and the fish and poker advice are left behind in the dust.

[sabre170]

Roflmao. Tom Stoppard would be proud.

[Art Vandelay]

I used this line once to get the coach to turn his attention to me.

Me: "You know what I find helps with that?"
Coach: "what?"
Me: "Whining about it a little more."

After this is was the full onslaught on yours truly. It's fine I can handle it. More importantly it went to personal attacks on me rather than "coaching" (I use this term loosely with most of these clowns) the fish.

[BeerMoney]

I always type "We can play however we want unless you're gonna be putting the money in for us." The fish usually responds with a thank you.

[Altaslim]

I'll often use my mama's favorite line..."If you can't take the heat, get outta the kitchen."

[theghost]

"zip it, coach"

many times they know coaching is bad, and just need a reminder.