To respond or not to respond .. that is the question .. lol

[MrsDig]

So I am a lot more vocal than Mr D is ..I have a tendency to want to respond when someone calls me names. I am trying to behave and recognize they are just venting BUT ..; sometimes I just get mad .. especially when someone goes all in and I call because i just don't believe they have what they are representing and I win .. then they start calling me names .. like Nice Call Donk .. Fish .. etc .. really??? I respect bets when I believe them ..LOL .. anyway .. just wanting to know if this is the norm and I should just ignore it ..

[wagon596]

Myself, I just ignore them,,,,Karma will take care of them,,, also if they have got caught with a bad move on their part,, it's easier to blame someone else,, instead of excepting the fact that they were the one who made a bad play.. We only improve if we look at "OUR" mistakes and learn...Take Care

[Liair2]

I usually just say "lol" you either throw them off their normal game or they ignore you. Or jsut ignore them some sites have mute functions

[bmeelneg]

Ignoring them is probably best ...

When I play live with buddies though the insults fly a little more often ... home game table talk, mostly in good nature ... but that's a different situation.

[StephyMarieC]

In your case Mrsdig they get mad because you outplay them take it as a compliment.

[bishking]

The best thing to do is turn off the chat. It cuts out all distraction. You see a real difference.

[scottieb668]

i don't get what this is about....

[Sori3]

I sometimes play dumb when somebody calls me a donk or fish or whatever. There are definitely times when my bluff has failed miserably, making me look like a donk. I'll respond stupidly pretending that it wasn't a bluff and that I dumbly thought my hand was good. If the believe me and think of me a a total idiot, they will respect my bets much less and I can get callers when I hit a monster hand.

[darkstar6483]

just try and ignore them...no reason to retort or try and reason with them on why you made a certain play...most of the peeps that are getting mad at you are the donks...most real players realize that sucking out is a part of poker and that there is no shame in it

[wooo]

i like it when i donk a person who is insulting me
then when they go off
i tell them i had them all the way when in fact i rivered them
this sends them off
at which point i mute them and watch them tilt off the rest of there stack
try it ....its very funny