Berating others at the table

Well, I got some bad news today at work, so I am a little grumpy. I have therefore decided to write about my poker. It's going rather well, although I was quite disappointed in myself last night. I wanted to play 100 hands at 6-max $1/$2 at Party Poker, but I just couldn't concentrate. The television was on and Kelly kept talking to me. I am pretty sure that I could have won 3-5 big bets, but instead I lost 1-2 big bets. Oh well, lesson learned.

Today I read on the poker forum (www.thepokerforum.com) that Party Poker has a one-time promotion for people who use Neteller to deposit money (20%). So, I emptied my Neteller account into Party (only $200) to catch a quick $40 (200 raked hands to clear). I immediately started playing and I caught a bad beat, which put me on semi-tilt. So, I raised it up preflop with JQs and here is the hand that transpired:


$0.5/$1 Hold'em - Monday, April 25, 13:49:05 EDT 2005
Table Table 36485 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: deeble6 ( $18 )
Seat 2: Tha_r00f ( $13 )
Seat 3: frazwood ( $25 )
Seat 4: publiknme ( $49.75 )
Seat 6: kentuckyisok ( $19 )
Seat 8: shapinator ( $13.75 )
Seat 10: Scarydog ( $12.64 )
Seat 7: Olsson ( $24.25 )
Seat 5: TSkinner ( $24.5 )
Seat 9: Jennifer1219 ( $10 )
shapinator posts small blind [$0.25].
Jennifer1219 posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to frazwood [ Jh Qh ]
Scarydog folds.
deeble6 folds.
Tha_r00f folds.
frazwood raises [$1].
publiknme folds.
TSkinner folds.
kentuckyisok calls [$1].
Olsson folds.
shapinator folds.
Jennifer1219 calls [$0.5].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, Th, Ah ]
Jennifer1219 checks.
frazwood bets [$0.5].
kentuckyisok calls [$0.5].
Jennifer1219 raises [$1].
frazwood calls [$0.5].
kentuckyisok calls [$0.5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
Jennifer1219 bets [$1].
frazwood calls [$1].
kentuckyisok folds.
** Dealing River ** [ 6h ]
Jennifer1219 bets [$1].
frazwood raises [$2].
Jennifer1219: u waited for the river
Jennifer1219 calls [$1].
frazwood shows [ Jh, Qh ] a flush, ace high.
Jennifer1219 doesn't show [ Td, Ts ] three of a kind, tens.
frazwood wins $11.5 from the main pot with a flush, ace high.
Jennifer1219: so stupid
Jennifer1219: i hate people who play like that

One of my big pet peeves in poker is when people berate each other at the table. Now, I'm not perfect and I certainly want to berate people at the table, but I rarely do it. First, I am always worried that it might convince them to play better. Second, I believe that you should learn to lose with class. This one is absolutely hilarious because at no time did I not have the correct pot odds to call. So, a piece of advice... if you are going to berate people at the table, then you at least need to know the correct play. :-D