mick personally i think hes brought it all on himself ,
you said he was very witty and houmorous on the table ,i think you ought to ask dingbell about how insulting he can be .
ok before any one says listen to the pot calling the kettle ,i know were to draw the line .
all mine is done in fun,he does it to insult people ,personally i cant stand the sight of the man.
and he knows why ,end of .
gl chunky
bary.
I have have seen both sides of
Mick McCool, nice as pie to me and as rude as rude can be. He's not the only poker player like that and I tend to just let it go. If people want to let themselves down by acting inappropriately towards me I will, mostly, let them carry on. It's up to them to temper themselves and if they want to come over as rude so be it. I am not responsible for their behnaviour and I will try as much as I can not to let it affect me at the poker table. If it's towards someone else I will on occasions say something if someone else hasn't already.
At a festival at Luton I joined Mick late on in a comp - last 3 or 4 tables I think. I had been advised to take my ipod. As soon as I joined the table Mick started asking me questions which were:
"You're over 40 aren't you?" which he thought would be insulting to me because he thought I was under 40 - I took it as a compliment because I am over 40 - shhhh.
"You've been around a bit" was his second gambit. I laughed at that one too, single and over 40 there is a good chance I've been 'around' a bit so factually correct!! I'd like ot publicly apologise to my dad who in his own world still thinks I am pure...
I then put on my ipod and played my game. Mick, frustrated that he couldn't ask me any more questions proceeded to bang the table to try and get my attention as i bopped away to Abba and dancing queen.
Mick told me recently he had done all of that as he didn't want me to come on the table and become table captain. I took that as a compliment that another player thought I could be table captain.
Recently when I've seen Mick he's been pleasant to me, although he was 'vocal' at a table nearby at
dtd, that is his playing style, and you can choose to like or or loathe it.
I'm not defending him in any way, his remarks were, I thought, inaccurate and badly put. What I find strange is someone else coming onto the forum to defend him, if Mick feels he's been wrongly accused of something he would surely say so himself. If he doesn't really care then he wouldn't bother, which he hasn't.
If he does care and has sent someone to plead his case then this is turning into a school playground discussion and I really haven't got time for it. I personally think an apology is worthless at this stage, if I were the updaters I would feel that an apology is too little too late. He's said his piece, insulted various members of the forum (quite wrongly imho), he's set out his stall and showed people what he thinks and how he is. Let him live with it. If he wants to live his life disrespected by many and judged as rude, abnoxious and unpleasant let him. I think that it's sad that he is comfortable with that but I'm not going to let it affect me, and I don't think anyone else should either. I feel some pity that Mick feels that this is an acceptable way to behave and communicate.
Next time I see Mick I will be as I always am with him, playing poker and hoping to win.
Mick McCool is a player who likes to evoke drama and tension at the table, perhaps he's just achieved a 'group' tilt?
Very well put.
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