So tonight I got pissed off for the first time at the table. Some older guy was talking trash, being rude and talking to me as if im a 41 year old child. I kinda let him know I wasnt happy with his talk, told him he was rude and disrespectful and Im no kid, and left the table. 10 minutes later he was gone and I rejoined.

Grow a thicker skin or pick a different game.

Personally I would likely mock him rather than tell him off, either way leaving the table because someone hurt your feelings is not how to win at poker.

EDIT

I should probably mention mocking him isn't the best thing either, which would generally be to smile sweetly and take his money.

You call it hurt feelings, I call it tilt. its the first time its happened so I got off and played blackjack for 10 minutes and made like 30 bucks on the bj table. When I returned I didnt mention him other than "Oh hes gone now". Ive seen alot of people get angry and it doesnt lead to good play.
I can deal with ribbing from most people but this guy just set me off.
mental games of rudeness arent a part of my style.

Leaving because you're tilting is good, getting tilted because you meet a jackass playing poker is bad. You need to toughen up.

I should emphasise the way you handled is still much better than getting riled and playing like a maniac to 'teach him a lesson' which is what some people would do.

What about the time you cracked someone's AA and you got pissed off when he started berating your preflop stack-off?

What was he saying? What was the trash talk about?

A bad play in itself doesn't justify trash talk. But if he made a bad play, and you commented on it or something, then it's fair game, IMO.

It had little to do with the game and more along the lines of him acting dominant. Me and the guy next to me were talking about an entirely different hand and this guy interrupted us telling how he played the hand 10 seconds ago, and then told me off saing I dont care what you say or something like that when I responded. then he continued rudeness toward me. I shouldnt mention it but he was an older indian guy dressed up like heisenburg which is probably part of what set me off.

I never got mad at the other incident sexdot, but wondered why he got mad at me that time.

I guess what it amounts to is this- A poker room is not free reign to be rude or disrespectful. I wouldnt put up with it in any other venue, so why in a poker room. Its not like im desperate to play and HAVE to deal with these types. Some think acting like a butt and putting people on tilt is legit poker strategy- havent even started a thread abou our local Joe Pesci yet because I left his table before he got me mad.

If the berater is a reg (which is unlikely as he quit too early), just don't pay attention to him, rejoice because really skillful players don't talk trash and he has shown weakness.

If he's recreational, be even kinder and provide service with a smile like WereBeer said. This thread intersects with mine in the Psychology forum, where NoDuteAbuteIt has given an instructive example of his past misbehaviour losing a client.

1. Yeah, they shouldn't be rude, but it will happen. You can either get pissed or deal with it, your choice. Take responsibility for your emotional state, don't hand control over to other people. This wouldn't matter for rec gamblers but you want to play poker and win (I assume) so you need to make some decisions here.

2. First time you got pissed was today's Hindu Heisenberg episode but as mentioned above your AA got cracked that time which annoyed you and now you're talking about some Goodfellas wannabe. So that's 3 times. You should work on your anger management problems if you're serious about winning at poker.

I may be wrong but ive never posted about my aces cracked, that post was me cracking aces and the guy got mad. i am not the type to overthink my aces getting cracked, it happens. Joe pesci enters the table saying 1/2 players stink, then anytime he loses he goes on a rant. So Im glad to know to leave the table when he enters, apparently omaha plo is where the good players are.

One of our managers yelled at me yesterday. I don't remember when last time anyone yelled at me. Reason for yelling: something for what I have 0 responsibility. Yelled at me on the phone and hang up on me. Did it upset me? 0. I called him again, tried to calm him down and reassure that everything will be all right.

If poker room is your work place, you just don't get upset there. For getting upset/emotional are other places. You can't change people being rude. It is just so.

Not cool to Tilt over a little smartmouth, BUT very cool to realize it and leave for a while! Realizing you are on Tilt and taking the right actions (getting up) will save you scads of money over time. Good luck!

You're 41 years old and need advice dealing with rude people? Maybe he was correct in treating you like a child...

Develop a Yorkshire accent, that way you can respond 'Hahahahaa you ****ing wanker' and it seems like a joke.