Chat Value

[blueday]

Some players never say a word during a tournament and other players don't stop talking.

I managed to squeeze a game in on PKR  yesterday night.  It was a 10 seater NL $1 buy in (I'll be writing about it in my blog later today) and we were down to about 5 players. 

The blinds were huge at about 300/600 and my stack was dwindling fast.  I was BB and the player at Dealer position raised big.  I had nothing and folded.

Next time round I'm BB again and the same player raises my BB to steal it.  I know that he is using his position to steal my blinds and I decided to do something about it. 

I folded and said in the chat "next time".

two hands later I added "so how much longer do you think you will get away with using position to raise me"

He never commented nor did anybody else.  I'm BB again.  Did he raise?

No he didn't - and he didn't raise again on my BB.

Chat really does have value when you can tell the other player you know what they are up to.

Have you ever used chat to help you?

blue

[Rosebud]

I'm usually pretty quiet...unless I know some of the players or if a certain player is starting to get to me and then my mouth starts to run amuck . I know that some players do this just to get to you but it has also been to my benefit to speak up sometimes and let them know,I can play that game too

[lua]

For me it depends on the tables vibe. Most of the times I'm quiet and concentrate on the game but if someone is bugging me I speak up.

[kattboots]

I'm am quiet, concentrating on learning, but I came close to saying something to two non-English speaking players who cussed at a player that did say something... I do pay attention to the chat and see the way people use it in their game play.

katt