Sometimes one image can express a whole bunch of emotions or summarise the current situation on-hand. Welcome to club Poker Player, I do not know how long ago you added him to your ignore list but I did it a long time ago. He is staying there for a long time along with several other (if not forever).
The downside to ignoring is that you end up having to scroll past any posts that are quoted by other members when they reply but it is a small inconvenience.