Usually when i'm playing onine I try not to pay too much attention to the conversations that are going on. But if someone wants to chime in with a few corny jokes, who cares? If someone if really annoying me i'll just turn the chat off
Although this is one of the first stories(within the last few years) i've heard about the attempted mugging of a famous poker player I would not be surprised if this happenned again. In poker rooms like the Bellagio you can look across the room from the $4/8 tables and see some of pokers superstars. It would not be far fetched to have someone just follow them back to there room and try to rob them.