Live game etiquette...what would you do?

[marcro]

This is a mans game thats played in casinos, what he done was irritating, definitely bad etiquette, rude and offensive.

Hmmm, there might be some women on here that will disagree with that statement.

[TightEnd]

The dealer, very pleasant and a very good dealer, did nothing and was not asked to do so


The player thought he was doing nothing wrong, but was not challenged in public by anyone

[Poppet7]

This is a mans game thats played in casinos, what he done was irritating, definitely bad etiquette, rude and offensive.

Hmmm, there might be some women on here that will disagree with that statement.

Uh huh!

[dik9]

Calling someone a muppet, can be construed as abusive, and it is possible to disqualify on that point alone.

[lazaroonie]

The dealer, very pleasant and a very good dealer, did nothing and was not asked to do so


The player thought he was doing nothing wrong, but was not challenged in public by anyone

..And to a degree, therein lies the problem.

Rules need to be explicit. They cant be implied. Bad etiquette, or not, if there is no cardrroom specific rules about swearing/sledging etc, then how can he be punished.

Witness TonyG, on television at the aviation club in paris against Surindar. You wont get much more high profile than that.

Bad Etiquette ? Definitely

Agains the rules ? Well, what penalty did he receive ?

[totalise]

Challenge him to a HU match for bankrolls

It seems like you tried to be reasonable with him, and that failed.. so i guess all you can do is speak to the TD and see what they say. I like your approach, but theres no reasoning with these Tony-G wannabe's. Being a tosspot at the table should be an instant ban from all tournaments, its not difficult to be polite. If they cant win through skill alone, its time they learnt how to play properly.

[RobS]

Live play would be so much more tolerable if there was an 'Ignore Player Chat' option. Failing that I guess an Ipod is the next best thing.

[bolt pp]

Some things are about poker and some things arnt.

This is a mans game thats played in casinos, what he done was irritating, definitely bad etiquette, rude and offensive.

You have to work out when he crosses the line, if its to do with poker then you get the TD SIMPLE AS, if hes calling me a Muppet to his mates or giving it off the table that has nothing to do with poker does it?

then you have to decide what you want to do about it, the TD can only do so much
but i cant see why i would need the TD for someone telling his mates I'm a Muppet.

I dont think any given person deserves to be treated like that at the poker table, the point i'm making is that if the guy was as bad as tightend said whats that got to do with poker?

Hes making personal insults that go beyond poker, what can the TD do? i wouldnt want him to do anything i'd want to sort it out myself, i dont care where i am or what i'm doing if someone talks to me like that its my problem and i'd deal with it.

If someone in a public place is calling you a muppet and abusing you in a serious way why would i call the TD, whats he going to do? he will deal out some sort of poker punishment, but whats that got to do with anything, i'm talking about sticking up for yourself in a situation that has clearly progressed beyond poker.

Where would you stop? if the same thing happend in a pub would you get the manager or leave, what about if someone spat at you, hit you, robbed you? when will it end?

When do you take responsibility and do something yourself? if he called me a muppet i dont want the TD involved, anyone else at the table involved, as far as i'm concerned that has nothing to do with poker and that is now mine and his business.

If someone insults me then me and him will sort it out, it isn't anyone Else's business.

[mikkyT]

Thats part of the problem. Ipod generations if l cant hear it then its ok.

Poppet u need to be less sensitive.

Compare this dude with Chubbs - both trash talk. Both can be offensive. Difference is Chubbs knows who to offend lol.

[bolt pp]

This is a mans game thats played in casinos, what he done was irritating, definitely bad etiquette, rude and offensive.

Hmmm, there might be some women on here that will disagree with that statement.

Alright then, this is PREDOMINENTLY a mans game

[TightEnd]

bolt


if you are not being directly insulted but a person you do not know feels intimidated by it being aimed at them, would you sort it out in a poker room with cameras and td's to enforce rules?

how?

[boldie]

Entry money would not be returned after disqualification!

unfortunatly (and i do mean unfortunatly) GC rules on this seem to be fairly strict.

[SupaMonkey]

bolt


if you are not being directly insulted but a person you do not know feels intimidated by it being aimed at them, would you sort it out in a poker room with cameras and td's to enforce rules?

how?

I would chin the bloke 

[77dave]

Let me turn the tables richard

what would you have done if this had happened a couple of days earlier at the APAT

[mikkyT]

Yay SupaMonkey agrees with me.

Seriously thou, mug him for all his chips an give him a mother of a rubdown. Hopefully outdraw him an then laugh in his face.