One of our regulars started bringing his brother with him to games who is a good guy, but a major talker. He isn't mean or nasty, he just talks non-stop. Replaying every bad beat and great play over and over to try and convince you he is both unlucky and a great player. After he sees your cards, he ALWAYS knew what you had

As I said, it is generally good natured, he just doesn't stop! Saturday we played a tournament with 30+ people, cash game for those knocked out of tournament, and then a 2nd turbo tournament at the end of the night. I had the pleasure of being seated next to him the entire night.

People make subtle, or less than subtle comments to him, but he doesn't get it. My favorite comment from Saturday "Man, you're worse than a Vuvuzela!"

How would you handle this?

out of print. you'll have to troll chiptalk and try to talk someone out of theirs. Maybe you could get it on loan, they're highly prized:

Do nothing and stack their chips. These players are easily exploitable since they give away so much info through their banter.

Great idea, but I live in France and STFU doesn't mean anything in French.

I was thinking of trying to get the nickname "Vu-Vu" to catch on.

One guy in my group had a great rebuttal to a guy who wouldn't shut up.

Next time he starts yappin just say: "[Name of guy], you only speak 2 languages: French and bull****".

This crack got the whole table laughin and shut the guy up for a good half hour.

yep

This is a low stakes game where the amount won or loss doesn't really affect me. It is more about having an enjoyable evening.

And macho responses like "STFU" don't interest me that much as I am trying to promote a good friendly atmosphere, not a testosterone ridden pissing contest.

I was going to be the geek that came in and said you could turn down the frequencies on a graphic equalizer at 235Hz, 465Hz, 932Hz and 1864Hz to get rid of the Vuvuzelas.

Now that is some constructive advice!

Actually, my daughter has a little electronic music box that she got in a happy meal. You hit the button and it plays about 20 seconds of an annoying pop single. Maybe I'll just use it as a card protector and push the button whenever he starts talking to much.

There's a vuvuzela app for the iPhone. You could just play that everytime he starts yappin. Would go with his nickname no?

This is pure genius...I just got it downloaded for my iPod Touch. Might need to get run it through an external speaker - we'll see how it works!

Escalation is seldom a remedy. But...worth a try.

I liked it when someone on PAD offered Laak money if he could shut up for 15 minutes. Laak's price was too high. Maybe you could try that, though.

You are probably right here - I will probably start by pulling him aside and having a talk with him.

If he doesn't change, then out comes the Vuvuzela app!

You might start with his brother. He might take it better from him.

I do like the STFU chips, however, I'm not sure I could remain sane if I thought I needed and entire rack of them

Or you could order nice ones from ABC right now... ....as well as several other similar chips.

http://www.abcgiftsandawards.com/stfupokerchips.htm

$11 for 10, shipped. ...and I'm sure you could mix and match for a few bucks more as Gene at ABC is a class act.

I managed to get a half dozen from a friendly CTer well after the group buy, and you'll have to pry them from my cold dead hands. But Gene at ABC sells similar chips now, and they look pretty nice.

So a "Ta Gueule" chip is out, then?

Definitely try this first. I mostly agree with eneely, but it's dependent on the person. Most folks will respond to a polite (and private) request, but some require public embarrassment, unfortunately.

As usual, scooped by Pali.

I would definitely like to throw a WTF? chip at one player in my game.

I used to feel this way too, but then I realized that my WTF-Guy gives me a lot of chips with his terrible play. I've learned to just smile and say "nice hand" when his horrible play gets paid off and he tells me, "I felt it was coming" or "Any two cards can win."

I know, it's the same with me, but I cannot help but rag him about it, whether he wins or loses. I definitely should not do it when he loses, but we have this ongoing battle in which I am involuntarily cast as Phil Hellmuth against his Tom Dwan.

I should have also mentioned in my reply that Gene makes single-chip customs (albeit with no edge spots) - so you can send him an image file (jpg, png, whatever) or a design file (illustrator, whatever) and he'll make limited-run customs.

The smallest lot for edge-spots is 25, I believe, but they're expensive in low quantity.

See "prototypes" for single-chip customs.

http://www.abcgiftsandawards.com/pokerchipscustom.htm

meh, work on your delivery. I'm the least testosterone-driven person you're likely to find (male or female), yet I can imagine saying something at the table that would get the point across without risking a pissing response.

Most people who are extremely gregarious are well aware that. Think John Candy in Planes Trains and Automobiles. If you say "Wow dude! 10 seconds of quiet please!" he's more likely to say "oh sorry was I talking too much again? I know I do that sometimes. I don't mean any harm. I'll be quiet now, my apologies. Let me know if I do it again..." than "don't boss me around!".

And I bet if you toss a bright yellow STFU chip at a french-speaker, he would figure it out. Even better if he has to ask "WTF" and you get to explain it to him

I love those Jubilees. Wish I had the money to spend on a custom set.