Do you think "speech play" is a skill or just annoying?

[uptrendfinancialsignal]

I watched a poker game and this guy wouldn’t stop talking. He was doing a motivational talk for the whole table. It was distracting but at the same time, I noticed he was fishing for reactions strictly. Some people call it skill, I see it as half talent and half nuisance. If you talk too much, you expose yourself.

 

[Bawse]

It's a skill, no doubt. Daniel Negreanu is one of the best with good "speech play". It's a big part of his game, talking to other players for information.