‘Jungleman12’ Teaches How to Throw your Chips Effectively

No poker player is immune to tilt regardless of how long they’ve spent on the circuit or how many hands they have under their belts. Long time pros are, for the most part, capable of keeping their emotions in check, but sometimes things just get out of hand.

According to yesterday’s PokerNews reports, Dan ‘Jungleman12’ Cates was having a rough day at the tables in the Aussie Millions 2015 $100k Challenge. Earlier in the event, he ran his pocket Kings into the quad Aces of another player; that alone was probably quite upsetting. However, when he found pocket Kings once again, and again ran them into the pocket Aces of Jeff Rossiter, Cates lost it.

After the board brought no help for the inferior hand, Cates reportedly grabbed a handful of chips and threw them toward his unsuspecting opponent. Although Rossiter was not harmed in any way and actually took it quite well, the entire table was quite surprised, to say the least. Rossiter, on the other hand, even went on to tweet about this being the "highlight of his poker career."

Not long after PokerNews reported on the incident, people started tweeting at ‘Jungleman12,’ responding to his tweet about busting out of the tournament.

@junglemandan A cooler no doubt, but still no reason to act like a classless tool. Do the right thing and offer @JeffRossiter an apology.
— Troy Martin (@TroyMartinObv) January 25, 2015

@junglemandan at least you handled it like a gentleman
— The Rock is Hot (@DougLeePoker) January 25, 2015

@junglemandan how can they want you to win when you fireball the chips after you lose....cmon dan!
— Bobby Schmidt III (@BobbySchmidtIII) January 25, 2015

A thread also popped up on TwoPlusTwo where people were discussing Cates’ behavior and the majority were in agreement that such actions were unacceptable, regardless of how bad of a beat or a cooler one suffers. As for Rossiter, most people were admiring his ability to stay composed after what many would consider an ‘aggressive action.’

@JeffRossiter admirable composure.. If he did this to me, I'd be throwing around more than just poker chips. 👊👊👏
— Sean Lefort (@Lefortaments) January 25, 2015

@JeffRossiter this is the start of a promising career . Only imagine if it would have been phill hellmuth . 😯👍
— POKER_HISTORY101 (@pokerhistory101) January 25, 2015

@Kevmath@JeffRossiter@junglemandan@ONLYRAISEAA@Joeingram1 guessing he threw like a girl
— daChimp (@chimp_poker) January 25, 2015

So there you have it. If you can’t beat 'em, just hit 'em with chips!