Quote Originally Posted by TheHaversham View Post
It also keeps other players from trying to influence decisions with chat. Certainly in a live tournament, you'd never see a player go all in and then have the rest of the table shouting, "Call that bluff!!" or "I mucked an Ace!" but the anonymity of online poker is sometimes too much for a fool to bear. It has less to do with you trying to elicit a response from the all-in player, and more with you not having to deal with chatter from everyone else.
Never really thought about this till the other day when I jammed the river with 10 high on an aq358 board. I put the guy on pretty much what he had and we were on a payjump bubble in the 4k. Anyway, dude time banked it for the longest time then then another player at the table talked him into calling.(imo) Anyway, he called with 10/10.......He may of made the call anyway, but when you are bluffing the last thing you want is for some other fuck head at the table to tell the guy your are bluffing to call......I now wish all sites had that the no chat when your all in feature. lol