Aliases

Sky_Poker

Does an alias make you have a perception of what a player is like?

Or does it make you think the opposite of what they are trying to be?

For example - would someone called 'FluffyBunny' or 'RubbishFish' be different to someone called 'ProShark' or 'PokerKing' in you eyes?

Discuss...

10NGY

Not really, usually if someone is trying to claim they're a fish wants you to believe it, so the opposite? But not difference at all for me.

Wilhelm

Sometimes names like utg+1 or soemthing technical like that signifies they're not newbies.  Probably better examples out there...

jdsallstar

In Response to Re: Aliases:

Not really, usually if someone is trying to claim they're a fish wants you to believe it, so the opposite? But not difference at all for me.
Posted by 10NGY

It definitely affects perceptions! My alias was taken from my sky sports fantasy football team name jdsallstars but I get quite regular abuse "not much of a star after that pot are you" etc I definitely think people have made moves/calls on me that i believe they might not have done had my alias been something like jd6872. Impossible to tell if its helped or hindered my winnings but definitely influences people.

I sometimes think the avatars people choose reflects their personality/play more. I.e. bald guy sunglasses avatar tend to be worst players I find. There is of course many exceptions and it wouldn't really affect my decision making against an unknown just something I've noticed. Its also the main reason I chose the basic avatar when playing.

10NGY

Granny equals PRO

IDONKCALLU

well crazyben03 hes certainly not crazy 

sara36dd  is not a women lol   so i treat any 1 who plays as a guy playing 

paige55

paige55 now that name always worries me

Lambert180

Willhelm has covered the only thing I ever pay attention to with an alias. If they use a technical term, they've obviously played for a while or at least been around on the forums for a while. Doesn't mean they're brilliant but they generally have a basic understanding at a minimum

paige55

THE NAME HITMAN_RV ALWAYS KEEPS ME LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER:):):)

paige55

THE NAME MAXALLY KEEPS ME CHEWING BUBBLE GUM :):)

paige55

THE NAME THAT WORRIES ME THE MOST IS LAMINIT OR SHOULD I SAY LAMBERT :):)

paige55

I AM JUST GLAD MAD HORSE NO LONGER PLAY,S ON THIS SITE, :):)

paige55

OK I WILL STOP NOW :):)

DEL560

Would like to change my alias, but I am stuck with it forever!

Wasnt really thinkin when I made it up.  Pretty rubbish name!

est1967

mine means established 1967 the year of my birth.

Sky_Poker

There seems to be a lot of things that make you think someone is good.

But what aliases make you think they might not be good?

MAXALLY

In Response to Re: Aliases:

There seems to be a lot of things that make you think someone is good. But what aliases make you think they might not be good?
Posted by Sky_Poker

When they use their own name as an alias....totally NO imagination what-so-ever.......

Examples for this are.......

Ricorford

Sky_Poker

Tikay10

(the only ones I could use without upsetting people who would take it the wrong way!)

Examples against.....

TommyD

GaryQQQ

Mattbates

booboo5205

In Response to Re: Aliases:

There seems to be a lot of things that make you think someone is good. But what aliases make you think they might not be good?
Posted by Sky_Poker

                MY ONE .

Sky_Poker

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In Response to Re: Aliases :                 MY ONE .
Posted by booboo5205

Lol, indeed.

est1967

LOLUFOLD IS APT.I WOULD ALWAYS FOLD TO HIM.

DOHHHHHHH

In Response to Re: Aliases:

well crazyben03 hes certainly not crazy  sara36dd  is not a women lol   so i treat any 1 who plays as a guy playing 
Posted by IDONKCALLU

if you're working on opposites though that means you're not a donk. 

back to the drawing board!

fwiw xxxxx's_mummy/daddy/granny are my faves    

IDONKCALLU

im not a donk im a nit 

unknown_username

In my case the name denotes my allegiance to Plymouth Argyle  so everybody regards me (probably correctly) as a complete moron.

markycash

I think we (online poker players) have to use every piece of information at hand.

Having said that just because someone has "fish" or "donkey" in their name doesn't mean i am taking it as a given that they are indeed a fish or a donkey as at the end of the day there will be a mix of all types of players who use these terms in their names.

Aliases can sometimes give clues though, for example if someone is using the name alias1941 this may indicate an older retired player playing recreationally and conversely alias1994 could be a very young possibly inexperienced player. Aliases like alias.ru could indicate the persons location and while there are good and bad players from every country, some countries are newer to the game and generally more inexperienced.

This is nothing more than an indicator though and there is no substitute for paying attention to your opponents play and very often you will find your assumptions to be entirely wrong, but i think every piece of information has to at least be considered when we cannot physically see our opponents as we could in live play.

busted_you

Dont pay attention TBF, if a player did lol_ufold would be unbeatable

mr_bellend

I would prefer not to answer

goldnballz

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I would prefer not to answer
Posted by mr_xxxxxx

Loooooooool.