What are you looking at?

[JJNJustin]

So I'm playing the other day at the B&M and some guy who I happened to be staring at briefly says to me, "What are you looking at? Huh? Wtf are you looking at? Weirdo." The nice side of me quickly turned away and walked out of the area to avoid further conflict. The mean angry side of me wanted to say, "An effing stupid piece of crap. WTF are you looking at? If you dont stop looking at me, I'm going to kick your ass." I think the former option, although less fulfilling, is the better choice.

What is the deal with the contingent of males who become offended if they perceive you as looking at them the wrong way?

-J

[Epple]

They are closet homosexuals and think your undressing them with your eyes.

[1o BoY]

fold or reraise

id lay this down

[NL Rounder]

I usually respond with,

"Absolutely nothing."

This response can be open to interpretation, but my intent is personally clear, quite fulfilling and runs a lot closer to the OPs latter option.

[Unknown Soldier]

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What is the deal with the contingent of males who become offended if they perceive you as looking at them the wrong way?

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defense mechanism, they're like dogs.

[r0eKY]

You must look like a punk, you need to take off the glasses and stay out of peoples faces.

[HOWMANY]

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...e=1#Post8713193

Perhaps people just don't like you.

[Ben K]

Wicked, I think you just found the guy who's going to pay you off all night long!

Seriously, you have a leak in your game if you respond like this to this sort of intimidation tactic. Relax, and think about why he's responding in this way. The most likely reason is that he wants to put you off your game so he can win more. Why does he need to do this? He's a donk and is using physical aggression to try and negate his other weaknesses. Face it, you're in a cardroom which is processing $$$$$'s so there are going to be plenty of big hard security guys around to look after you if the bitch does bite. But until he does actually bite, relax and respond in the same way that you would to someone making huge bets - tighten up a bit against that person and stack when convenient.

The physical aggression in blokes in cardrooms is massively different to physical aggression in the pub. He's probably not pissed, for starters.

As for leaving, well in this case it was the right thing to do. Next time though just say "Sorry mate, I was just starting into space." Nice and calm - you control your emotions at the table and this improves your winrate. This is an example of another kind of control you need to learn.

---Yeah, I know it's harder than it sounds---

[johnnyrocket]

pay no attention, just a tool

[Quanah Parker]

Sunglasses and headphones are your answer.

The sunglasses will make angry-man even more sure your staring at him, and the headphones will drown out his macho babble and allow you to bemusedly smile and nod at his words which you can't hear. DO NOT REMOVE EITHER, at least until you're back at your house counting what used to be HIS money.