Re: Don\'t tap the Tank -- How do you handle this.
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Try to engage the fish in friendly conversation and keep him happy.
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That's part 1. Part 2 is berating the other guy's play. Start nipping at him with little barbs about bad decisions. That has several benefits.
- it will take the heat off the fish
- it might tilt him since he's irritated already
- it will shut him up w.r.t. irritating the fish
If the fish is pretty intelligent, you have to be very subtle how you do this or else he'll know what you're doing. No matter how dumb the fish is, don't start brown-nosing his play overtly - anyone can figure that out.
By the way, some of the other players at the table will have a clue what you're doing, and all of them will probably be supportive of you, silently or not.
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