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Had a similar situation at 1/2NL at Harrah's AC last weekend. I'm in the 2 seat, the 3 and 5 were good players and we had quietly discussed how bad the 10 seat was. Same deal - playing 85% of hands, calling PF raises every time he limped, and was a regular on the express bus to value town. We (me, 3, and 5) were in a contest to see who could iso-raise him more frequently. He needed to be reminded of the action EVERY time it was his turn to act, but we tolerated the slow play due to his ATM tendencies. He already put $900 on the table in the last 2 hours and had more to go. LPP all the way.

Suddenly the table changed. 95 year old guy sits in the 4 seat. Our end of the table was super polite to him, but he was really slow and decrepit. He's Old Decrepit Man (ODM).

Then the 3 seat leaves 15 minutes later and is replaced by a degenerate who talks about how good he is and how high stakes he usually plays, but is of course short stacking at lowest stakes no limit. We'll call him Super Douche (SD).

Anyway, SD sees a hand where ODM chases me down with K9 vs. my AQ on a AK489 no draw board and I bet all the way. I give him a "NH, sir" and move on to the next hand.

SD has already been annoying me with his nonsense, but he starts berating ODM with the standard "you suck, how can you play that way, K9, blah blah." I turn to SD and tell him to "lighten up." He immediately goes into the "are you going to make me?" (Objective 1 complete: take the bullseye off the fish.) I tell him that "I'm not going to make you do anything, I'm just asking you to lighten up. We have a fun table here."

He lets it go, then starts back up on the next hand when LPP asks "what's the bet, who raised?" again. I keep quiet but I notice the dealer give him a dirty look. Dealer pushes out, then 10 minutes later he goes on a break. I immediately look for the floor (dunno her name, but she doesn't take any crap from anyone, I like) and let her know that SD is wrecking the table. She tells me that she knows and is going to have a conversation with him when he gets back; dealer must have said something to her when he pushed out. (Objective 2 complete: Talk to the floor away from the game.)

When he gets back, he's good for 10 minutes then goes into the routine again, but worse. Starts fake delaying his action, pretending he's thinking. Berates LPP every time he shows down a hand (most were winning at this point with runner-runners or three outing two pair on the end). Tells a young asian kid to "go back to Canal Street" and then makes a *very* subtle jab at the gay fella in the 9 seat that I only think gay dude and myself caught. He finally busts his short stack thankfully and storms off ranting about how awful 1/2 players are.

He's still at the brush when the Poker Room Supervisor (Jim) wanders over to us and I stop him to tell him about SD. "The most obnoxious person I've ever seen in a poker room." He tells me not to worry, as "he's not allowed to play here any more." (Objective 3 complete: Show the table that I'm on their side and trying to look out for them.)

Apparently, he gets 86'ed regularly but always comes back. Even the floor said she wished she'd never see him again and he'd be perma-barred if it was her choice. I think I handled it as best I could as it was my first time dealing with that type of behavior at a casino ring game.