dealing with bad losers?

hi,
was playing a hand yesterady

i was mid position with a A 2 off suit,
i raised pre flop to 3 times the big blind - get 2 callers.

hit 3 K and A on the flop -
got a raise from on on the callers on the button to 2 times the pot size - other caller folded i called.

on the turn i hit a 5 and had top pair and straight draw i raise the size of the pot again and remaining caller calls. the river is a 4 and i check after making a straight and he goes all in.

i call -
he turns over A K
and then has a fit that i stayed in after the flop saying i was an idot for calling....

i replied saying i had top pair....
he continues to go on about it for 15 minutes saying how dumb it was to call after the flop...
i am pretty new to poker, playing seriously (more than once every 6 months) for only a few weeks
this behaviour from him got to me a little. Anyone have any ways to deal with ppl like this

ignore them?
fight back?
laugh at them?

what the best way to deal with bad loosers like this?

cheers,
muppetyy

I always think those bad losers are idiots. Just ignore them. Those people always see everyone elses misstakes, but fail to see their own faults.

Games often get very boring. When I get one of the above type of tiltos reaming me for playing 3h4h from the CO and taking down a hand, I usually just stir the shit in a patronizing and condescending manor. It’s my evil side. I do it in such a manor that if the guy (never seen a woman go off like this) is of less than average wit, he usually isn’t even aware he’s being patronized. Hey a guys got to get his kicks somewhere.

hi guys,
thanks for the replys, i did a bit of everything mentioned-

i told him i had top pair,
he went on about it

i said i got lucky too

he went on about it

i ignored him for a bit

he was still talking about it 5 minutes later

i started telling him he was a baby and to grow up and deal with it

still going on about it 10 minutes later.....



muppetyy

I played with alot of those people you are talkin about. I just let it go most of the time and focus on the next hand instead of getting off my game and worring about the idiots

Lol, how many millions did he lose? Must have been a really big pot.

I am a pretty bad loser myself and really there is nothing u can say thats going to stop him. I just have to vent after I have that sort of crap happen to me. Nothing more frustrating when you get someones money in and they hit one of their 4 outs on the river.

Im not a bad loser if someone outplays me. If i get my money in bad im the most gracious loser you'll ever see. If i get someone who sucks out on me horribly, I might say something like "omg howd u call that?" . I can't help it sometimes even though i know its not good to tell people when they make mistakes. But I don't go on about it for hours. Just one comment, then back to the game.

so kadafi do you think i should have folded on the flop?

I would have normally but its your buy in bud and your hand. Tis the beauty of poker.

This^ I don't like the weak kicker TBH and im folding this preflop in every position except the BTN. (Maybe the CO if conditions are right)

Too often you'll hit top pair and be outkicked.

i agree that i would normall muck this unless it was late position but i felt like taking a chance that he was bluffing me.. he wasnt but it still paid off

cheers for the opinions though...

muppetyy

I would have played the hand differently, but as to your question about how to deal with him, I like the mute feature. I do admit that I like CAM's idea too. Talk ish to that fool until he tilts out!

these players ar eATM's if you treat them right.

I love puuting peeps on tilt. LOVE IT.

Say TY or what ever you can, be nice of course. but they will tilt usually.

I had one of those sore losers awhile ago...he kept on & on & on...I was nice the entire game...then had the satisfaction of kicking the s*** out of him in HU play! That was the very first win for me & very satisfactory!

I didn't know that I could have called a mods' attention to the verbal abuse or I would have done so. Even so...the fact that he lost HU was probably the best thing that could happen to that jerk! LOL!

know 2 things

1) He is on tilt, and you can take advantage by manipulating him through his anger

2) He will be targeting you

Keep your cool, don't let him get to you.

If you didn't fold preflop with A rag, no sense folding a pair of Aces.

When I first started I had a few different people follow me around from table to table. For several days or more. lol Usually it was for playing a hand like you did. Not saying it was bad for you to do so. Just saying that I wouldn't play that hand myself anymore.

I am sure he would have been a sore winner if you didn't hit the straight.

I differ in oppinion, you always have to worry about someones kicker. Imo A-rag is never worth a play unless limped in on BB even then if I hit my A I am worried.
I look for reasons to fold ace rag.

I understand that the guy may of been a sour loser but you did make a maniac bet with an A 3 that only rookies and bluffers make. Take the win now because one day it's going to happen to you and it might cost you a lot of money and I hope you don't react the same way, poker is a game of karma.

you got very lucky. i'd be like 'wtf' but i wouldn't make a scene in chat. the 'any ace syndrome' is a very bad disease some people just can't kick. you'll truly appreciate his feelings once you learn a little bit more and the same thing happens to you. you saying "i had top pair" probably is what fueled the fire the most, because then he knew he either got sucked out by someone who was a total noob, a maniac, or a maniac-sarcastic player. you'll learn as you go along, so don't really feel bad about it or anything. people really do nullify the sickness of a nasty suck by making jackasses of themselves in chat.

however, you will win nasty hands here and there, and it can tilt the victim. you should pay attention to how they play from then on out. i find, most often, the ones that complain and act all-knowing and victimized by your "bad play" are the ones who had A2 and flopped A29 against your AK...and regardless of what i would have done against a raise or a re-raise, they normally just call you down, or call your raises, or check-call, and this is "enough"....act like they've been robbed when i river a king. i usually just say "you should have folded that hand" if they're over the top insulting, because i know they don't understand why they should have, preflop anyway, and i know it will upset them, and they'll make some pretty lousy decisions trying, at least, to get revenge on me. usually, i just let actions speak for themselves though.

I don't really know how to answer this, when all I keep thinking is that you shouldn't have been in the hand in the first place.

I have lost to alot of players like you who think a weak ace is the nuts and refuse to lay it down to any bet, but I assure you that this type of play is a bankroll killer in the end, so tread carefully.

As for dealing with a sore loser, shut chat off if you continue to play your game because these sore losers are abundant.

Turn your chat off - it's a waste of time.

I usually say what I got to say,and sometimes I just like to rag back and forth with them, depending on what mood I'm in, or I just turn the chat off, he's trying to throw you off your game to,I've done both,and both can be used to your advantage LOL!!!

agreed !!!!
Sticking around in a multi-way pot with TopPair no kicker is pretty terribad. BUT.. the guy should like it that you did so. (in other words, in my opinion your play was bad but the guy should like it. often though when it's their tournament life on the line, they might not be overjoyed by it).
Maybe the guy has been donked repeatedly (yes, this is a donking, especially if it's tournament play).
Let him get mad, move on and play your game.
When I see a donkey feeding off the tilting players anger, saying stuff to rub it in more, I think they are stooping to the level of the tilting player. I actually really look down on stuff like that (something you see in online poker BUT not nearly as much so in live).

I'm not 'kadafi' but my answer would be "YES". What hand could you possibly be ahead of? (did you even put him on a hand?.... "but I gots da acezz!!")

I either turn the chat off so I am clueless to their rant, it helps me keep my head in the game.

OR

If the guy/girl has been talking the same thing to others prior to our hand, I will just make comments to egg them on and get them to tilt hard.

If you are one of those that needs to berate people or talk about how stupid they are, I suggest you try something different. From my experience, this does nothing but hurt you. Just my 2 cents.

You obviously did have top pair but it was with the lowest possible kicker. Okay you also had a straight draw on the river but the odds of hitting the 4 were at best around 8%. You stayed in and you got lucky which might explain why the guy was upset. Having said that they are your chips and you are entitled to play them as you see fit and the other guy has no right to sound off at you. If I was the other guy I would be hoping you kept playing like that because you would loose the hand a lot more than you would win it.

I like to give em a rofl or lol right after they start bitching. Tends to make their tilt all the more severe.

Just give them a slap and tell them to get on with it... Or hopefully there learn from it... E.g. There should make a bigger bets on flop or the turn!

I have learnt a lot of lessons from things like that!!!!

Type "lol" repeatedly after every comment he makes. he's on tilt and will tilt harder, take advantage of that when you have a big hand against him in another heads up match with him. he will most likely play something moderate like A2 offsuit when you have a bigger ace.

One guy told me the other day that he hopes that someone in my family gets terminal cancer! I've tilted at the mouth a few times and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I would never say anything like that, though. It would be more like, "I hope you choke on a turkey bone". LOL. Anyway, the tips here are spot on. Ace rag is trouble even if FTP hands "retarded" players cards more often than not. Also, ignoring the person is best or muting them. If you report them for chat abuse expect to have your own account scrutinized as well.

he is just a loser , you played good that hand and he just don't understant that.


Hope in the future you will find more donks to put them out... )
GL at tables.

I like it when someone starts talking crap, makes the tournament much more fun, i usually type lol when im not in a fighting mood or type an arrow to my screen name, that usually gets them a bit more angry which makes things funnier, plus next time i beat him on a nice pot i like to type "oops did i do that". what ever helps to get your opponent from playing their best is great.