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I was willing to give him the benefit of doubt and chalk it up to a bad day but these additional facts make the decision rather easy for me. He’s gone.
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Long-time regular loses his marbles (4 Viewers)
- Thread starter MrCatPants
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I'm a cheap bastard. Gotta save all the money for the table. I get the double cheeseburger and small fries combo that's like $4. Plus I don't know what kind of illegal substance McD's lace their fries with, but I cannot resist them.
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MrCatPants
Full House
Whataburger is not what it once was pre PE acquisition. PE ruins eveeything.McD’s over Whataburger…
FWIW, as alluded to above: For the past couple of months (about 3 straight games total) one of my longtime regs has been blowing up at people. Also saw him lose it at another game.
He is usually a smart, winning LAG. Lately he has been running bad—some of it from ordinary variance, some due to a few newer and sharper faces joining our mutual games, some a result of other regs finally realizing that he just can’t have it so often when he makes aggressive plays. So he’s getting called down light a lot and losing.
One session he was well over 700BB down before making a scene and storming out, taking the biggest stack (who had caught a ride with him) regretfully with him.
After comparing notes, the couple of other rags, and also the host of the other game we both play in, I decided to call him as suggested to the OP of this thread to find out if there was something else going on in his life, and in any case to put it into these tantrums.
My concern was not just his growing volatility, but the impact is has on other players, especially those who haven’t played with him for years.
My plan going in was that if he denied the problem, and pushed back at all at my suggestion that he was behaving inappropriately, that I would suspend him from the game for the remainder this summer, and then have another talk with him around Labor Day.
I was pleasantly surprised to find the player regretful of his behavior, and willing to try to contain his temper. He apologized and committed to being more respectful of the game.
As it happened, he can’t attend again until next month due to some work obligations, so that creates a short hiatus for further cooling down.
I’m glad I had “the talk” with him rather than just going nuclear via text, as I nearly did. (The last blowup being particularly bad.) He is now on notice that he’s on a one-strike-and-you’re out probation, and with hope he has learned a lesson.
This thread was helpful in deciding both my approach and how specifically to discuss a sensitive subject with a hothead.
Will see how he does the next time his bluff gets called by middle pair…
He is usually a smart, winning LAG. Lately he has been running bad—some of it from ordinary variance, some due to a few newer and sharper faces joining our mutual games, some a result of other regs finally realizing that he just can’t have it so often when he makes aggressive plays. So he’s getting called down light a lot and losing.
One session he was well over 700BB down before making a scene and storming out, taking the biggest stack (who had caught a ride with him) regretfully with him.
After comparing notes, the couple of other rags, and also the host of the other game we both play in, I decided to call him as suggested to the OP of this thread to find out if there was something else going on in his life, and in any case to put it into these tantrums.
My concern was not just his growing volatility, but the impact is has on other players, especially those who haven’t played with him for years.
My plan going in was that if he denied the problem, and pushed back at all at my suggestion that he was behaving inappropriately, that I would suspend him from the game for the remainder this summer, and then have another talk with him around Labor Day.
I was pleasantly surprised to find the player regretful of his behavior, and willing to try to contain his temper. He apologized and committed to being more respectful of the game.
As it happened, he can’t attend again until next month due to some work obligations, so that creates a short hiatus for further cooling down.
I’m glad I had “the talk” with him rather than just going nuclear via text, as I nearly did. (The last blowup being particularly bad.) He is now on notice that he’s on a one-strike-and-you’re out probation, and with hope he has learned a lesson.
This thread was helpful in deciding both my approach and how specifically to discuss a sensitive subject with a hothead.
Will see how he does the next time his bluff gets called by middle pair…
Seven2Wizard
Sitting Out
Host is the casino owner so to speak. All rulings are final. Don’t like it, kick rocks!
Yes, however we are still comparing to McD’s - lol.
Player922000
Sitting Out
It all just depends on tolerance of the group in my opinion. If it’s all friends and everyone knows he’s a hot head and just puts up with it then it is what it is. If it’s not all friends and more than one person has a problem with the way he’s acting then it requires a discussion with that player about his attitude. If he’s apologetic he gets another chance to show improvement, no improvement and he’s no longer welcome. If he’s unapologetic then he gets uninvited to future games.
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MrCatPants
Full House
Hes been tickled.
Who had to tickle the poor guy?
Just, eeewwww.
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