The dealer eventually had enough of the other man's objections, grabbed his multiple stacks of chips -- and slammed them on the table, going all in! No one called him. (Our hand simply was too weak.)
The man was gone from the tournament before the deal came around to him again. He wasn't exactly "on tilt," as they say in poker, because he folded a hand after making that big statement/move. But we admittedly handled him that way.
When someone becomes emotional or loses their senses in a poker tournament, anything can happen. The "on tilt" attitude might be described elsewhere as "devil-may-care" - a very apt phrase, really....
A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control. - Proverbs 29:11
We think smart players respond to players on tilt by acting with extra care. That's a biblical and wise idea:
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared. - Proverbs 22:24-25
Does this mean all anger is wrong? No -- because we've concluded from our own Bible study God gets angry. A lot. But God has an approach humans all too often forget....
Be you angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.... - Ephesians 4:26, KJV
That takes a lot of spiritual balance. And we confess there are times when we've lacked it. An online tournament tonight was a case in point -- but that's a topic for another day.
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