Online with Full Tilt

First, I'd like to thank everyone for the feedback I've received via email. I have been trying to answer them and blog about some of the questions asked and issues raised.

Secondly, I want to know what's up with the nasty chat online. Now I have just started playing a little bit online. I have to admit I am an online novice. Full Tilt enlisted as a pro to be on their site and play for them live. Now I'm kind of excited about that, but I have to say I'm appalled at the manners of a couple of the online players. I would like to say that most of the players were just fine, but a couple just keep slinging nasty comments at me. I was talking to Mike Matusow on the phone while playing a heads up sit and go, and was just getting barraged with nasty comments from this one player. I asked Mike if this is normal, he said yeah and if they get really bad I report them and get their chat turned off. Interestingly enough this guy kept insulting me when a scare card would come, I would bet or raise, and he would lay his hand down, Never mind that I had absolutely nothing. Every time he lost a hand he would type the word "rigged." The guy actually beat me when he got lucky on the river more than once, so I have to say I wish it was rigged, but no such luck.

Does the nastiness come from not having to look the person in the eye? Is it just the occasional player with an antisocial personality disorder, who can't play live action because he'd be thrown out of a casino or beaten up? I guess I'll never know, however to those of you who don't remember what your mother use to say, if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything. Maybe if these rude players learned to play better they would have less to complain about. Anyway, I'm still very happy to be with Full Tilt and hope these players keep getting upset, going on tilt, and giving me their money.

The Oracle

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