I'm surprised that OP seems to think that young kid did something wrong hence the thread.

Sure there are players who are slow, but calling the clock on him would've done the trick without the tilting-megadrama that the "local" put on. By acting so upset he was inviting the kid to slow it down next time same thing occurs.

Slow players annoy me too but I would never directly tell them to play faster. Once in a blue moon I'd call the clock but usually when someone's very slow, I try to observe them in all hands to see if they would sometimes act faster in certain situations and what holdings they tend to have... and trust me you get tells that way so it's actually +EV to observe instead of getting upset.

spitting on someone is worse than a punch. hes lucky security came.

you're playing in a 1-2 game. you arent exactly playing with pros. i have buddies that play the same way. they can flop a boat and wont even realize it. if the local grinders want to chase the recreational players away by being *******s then go ahead. you're only hurting your wallet.

Sounds like both are people you'd rather not deal with. The regular sounds like a typical old macho douchebag, and the young guy sounds like a typical Hollywooding moron who watched too much TV. I wouldn't call the clock on him unless he went way overboard, but I wouldn't look down on someone who does.

I think you are assuming something very incorrect about my age, which is interesting based on my explanation of why the "old dudes" are portrayed the way we -oops I mean "they"- are.

this. lol. they usually are d-bags. and they play really bad mostly. but i guess everyone at 1/2nl plays mostly bad. maybe it is just funny to see an old guy playing terribly and acting like a douche.

I don't see anything wrong with the younger player in the OP. Old guy tilted and called the clock on him, and pretty much telegraphed that "tanking" would set him off.

He basically told the kid how to take his stack.

Occassional Hollywooding with money behind is good poker.

Had he been doing it every hand, then yeah, he's a jerk.

I didn't imply that the young kid did something wrong, however his nonchalant and very passive attitude may rub people the wrong way. Some people at the table tried to engage him in chat which was met with one word answers. Whether this contributed to setting off the local is another question.


Somehow I normally get the non d-bag table, this table certainly was entertaining to sit at.