Dealing with obnoxious people live

Dealing with obnoxious people live

I took a long break from from poker during covid online and live. I never put in too many hours live until recently because online poker is lacking. I was playing 2/3 today and there was a fish I played with the other night. 3-bet's way too wide for his skill level, shoves pre-flop light (tournament style), and has no patience. The other night he tried to 3-bet me light because I was opening a lot of hands for probably two orbits. I was getting good cards. He three bets me when I have J,J... he has to fold when I call his flop bet and value bet the river.

We get into this hand almost two hands after I sit down:

Villain 100bb
Hero 70bb
BTN 85bb

I sit down and Im dealt Ad,Qd, I open to $10, BTN calls, SB folds, villain looks at me and 3-bets to $30 from BB.
Hero calls
Btn Calls

Flop 7s,4d,4c

Villain bets $100
Hero tanks for a bit and folds
BTN shoves all in for about $190 total
Villain looks like he just got caught and begrudgingly puts in the call.
Hero requests to see both hands
BTN shows 7,7 for full house

90% positive that Villain had A,J or a pocket pair of 6,6 or less.
Board bricks out
Villain throws his hand into the muck and covers them w the rest of the deck while staring at me.
I roll my eyes and I say "I know you like to 3-bet light man... I had good cards." in a tone thats says "why are you doing that?"

Next hand starts:
Villain: "Just so you know, everyone thinks you're a dk now for wanting to see my hand. That's the kind of stuff gets you kicked out of home games."
*Roll eyes, shake my head, and watch the Lakers game*
Villain: "I had A,A and THIS guy thinks I'm doing that light." blah blah
Hero: "You're not gonna bully me. We can go outside if you have a problem with me."
Villain: "and do what? I'm talking to you, look at you, are you threatening me now? You're a psycho." "Nice cardigan bro" "Take your glasses off" Even tells me "You weren't even in the hand."
Hero: "Did running into that feel good? I hope it was worth it." shake my head and stop engaging with him.
Villain eventually loses his stack. Rebuys for 50bb and shoves his last $80 w 4,4 preflop, gets called by A,Jo, and loses.
Seat open

A guy that is drinking and speaking very loudly sits down. Hes so loud. He beats me in a hand where I have K,4 and he shoves 30bb on a Q,J on a Ac,Kc,Qh board and hits a 10 on the turn. I say "Nice hand" and he keeps yelling about everything. We get into another hand and he wont talking. I can't think about the hand. He ends up talking me into a bad call. He starts talking about how hes got my number and so I nod and tell him "nice hand" again. Guy taps other players saying "we need more of his money" and points to me. I want to politely ask him to "please be cool" but I can tell I'm triggered at this point and I need to leave. I've been dealing with a few loud drunks in the last few sessions and my patience is thin.

I am 5'7, 145 lbs 37 years old. I am not a big man. People seem to think I am an easy target/soft, its something I've dealt with my entire life. I hate having to make it clear to people that I don't like to be fked with. I train a lot so that I DON'T have to be afraid to deal with these kinds of confrontations but fighting outside of a gym is so stupid. UGH...

Any advice/wisdom on if this gets better and how you manage drunk/loud people who don't like it if you aren't entertained by them?

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26 April 2024 at 10:11 AM
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