Opinion on Pokerstars avatar picture

Just wondering if the picture you put on your pokerstars icon would affect the way others play? I'm sure psychologically, the picture you choose could have an impact on how they play or view you as a player. Not saying it will work with anyone or even most people, but perhaps some that are prone to tilt or something else.

Some examples could be:
a baby (I know everyone hates that)
something that would cause emotional distress after you take their chips
a girl or cute girl (since I believe demographically most players are men)
anything that would make players believe you are worse than you are
just leave it blank?
etc....

any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks

I'm not sure about the pic you have as an avatar, but sometimes I have to wonder about user ID's having an effect about how people play you at the tables, for instance my user id on pokerstars is ragman24, and you probably already know the definition of rags in the game of poker are bad or poor cards. The reason I came up with this user name actually has nothing to do with poker, but it's probably what other players think when they see me at the tables, I let them think what they want and usually by the end of the tournament or cash game session they find out otherwise. In most cases though, I think people will play you however they want regardless of your pic.

I think having a unique avatar pic will make it easier for non HUD users to remember you. Maybe isnt a big deal but could work against you.

I don't have a problem playing with people with baby avatars or animal avatars.
I do think I am affected in my decisions if the pic is a real looking senior citizen or mentally challenged person.
I was working on that, however I don't play at pokerstars all that much anymore.

I have a friend who had, as an avatar, the icon that the poker network uses for "All In". I don't know how he got that approved, but it always messed with me when we played together.

If you have a silly avatar, it tends to make people think you're a loose player. Have you tried mixing some different ones?

put a pic of an old person

These pictures should be banned. They're tacky and a complete gimmick.

i have a pick buble, what i did, is i went to paint, fill it to the pinckest of the pink i could get, save it as a picture, and go to pokerstars and save it as my picture.

i just turn it off on pokerstars always have. seen to many disturbing images or annoying ones.

just a side note. it affects you you can change your theme on pokerstars so that no ones picture shows so you really don't need to be affected by anyones pictures

I've seen picture of cards: AA or KK or a royal. While I know it's not what they have, it works like my name there (AADooper) to cause a bit of subliminal worry. If they look at "me" they see that AA and, unless they know me, worry that I play super tight.

My PS av is a kitten. I just like looking at my feisty cat. So I did not carry through my theme. I have an av pic of a big-eyed lemur at AP - a lot of people tell me they hate it. I don't play there much any more, but I assume it remains disturbing. I think the lemur is cute.

Sometimes a person has a disturbing pic that I need to hide. But that's rare. If a person has a pic of a beautiful girl, it might be them or it might be their dream girlfriend. If it's a baby, it's usually their kid or grandkid, and I think that's sweet. For the most part, av pics do not make me think anything about the player.

I hate eyeballs... I dont know why I turn them OFF

There is a lot of guys that put up pretty women as images, I think its silly if they are doing it because they think they will gain an advantage because you think they are a woman.
But funny thing is, there have been instances where I lost a few hands to someone and the image gets to me, so I just use the block image option.

I've seen that too. But I have no problem laying a beat on someone even they really are a woman.

Lately, I've been trying to make a point of changing my avatar every few days. Just to keep people from remembering something about me specifically. Now if the use a HUD, then that won't work but I'll take any and all advantages I can get.

I think that ID has more to do with identifying a type of player than image. If someone is called 'PokerKing91' then they are probably awful.

I used the block that way so that if I lose an allin on a cash ring, the blocked image comes up on a later session if the guy bails out before I can put a note on him. I block chat more than images. Images don't matter to me. I want to kill them all, figuratively, that is.

My avatar on PS seems to get a lot of attention. It's the same as my pic here and pretty much on a daily basis I get one of the same questions:
"Are you gay?"
"Are you 12"/"old enough to play?"
"Are you Justin Bieber?"
"Get a haircut"

It's quite tedious and I take it as a laugh, but I think people seeing what looks like a kid playing at a table, they don't give me much respect. Til they've been playing at the table a while, that is.

funny shit dude


the pics don,t mean anything to me. other than something to remember the player by. thats why i don't have one. it helps to blend in better, and not be noticed as much.

there is one pic that does bug me. its the pic of people with 2 sets of eyes. that shit is hard to play with.

I just leave mine blank as well. Like others have said, no sense in giving anyone who doesn't use a HUD anything to remember you by.

I think the best/funniest/potentially most confusing one I've seen is a player I play against occassionally whose picture is actually the "Seat Open" typing that Stars normally uses to indicate that no one is currently sitting at that seat. What exactly is he trying to say about his game...?

I have a Tag Heuer logo. Same avatar I had when I setup in 2004. I had just bought a Tag Heuer watch. Back then Stars only let you change avatars twice in the lifetime of the account so you had to pick wisely.

I'd like to change mine but have no idea what I would change it to.

THey still only let you change it twice don't they?

I don't think so... I just helped a friend setup a Stars account and when he uploaded his avatar I didn't see any disclaimer about that. So I guess you can change it but the image is up to their approval.

http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/room/faq/#images

• I don't like my chosen image any more. Can I change it?
• Yes, you may change your image by selecting ‘Select/Change Image’ from the Account menu. However, you can only change your image once, so we recommend that you consider your choice carefully.