If something that someone says at the table distracts you or makes you not play the best poker you can, you really need to disable the chat all together and only focus on the task at hand - winning the tournament.

I am a big fan of trash talking in both live and online games. It is a very valid stratergy and has proven it's self many times over to me. I am able to simply ignore or in other words "let it roll of my back".. Basically, I say "Who the hell cares what joe blow from god knows where thinks". It is kinda like in school when someone made a "your momma" joke but had never met your mother. They don't know what they are talking about and are only saying it to get a rise out of you.

Most people when they are angry, including me self, do not make the best decisions. This translates into the poker world as being overly aggressive or not aggressive enough(trapping) when you really shouldn't be. Angry people tend to try and get the person who made them angry back by playing marginal hands too aggressively or by not playing their strong hand aggressively enough and thus making/saving the trash talker money. Resulting in a loss as a direct result of something that someone, who dosn't know you, has said.

If you are unable to ignore the comments I recommend that you disable the chat completely and if you are live listen to a head set(not too loud though).