Emil Patel (2 months 2 million) once stated that players don't respect him as they should because he had a female avatar against his full tilt profile.
Is there a ring of truth to this and can this be exploited?
I usually see the countries, but play against someone based on an avatar, no thanks.
Prolly ought to just stop playin if this is part of your game.
This cannot be exploited in a consistent way, I mean, as you play more hands and people get to see your style your name or your avatar won't matter, and you should not make assumptions before seeing a few hands of your opponents and neither should they
Hey, I agree with all of you and I rely on my HUD #s and hand history to make my decisions. I don't even use the country of residence anymore. I've played very nit like Russians recently for e.g.
But there is developing a table image of a person based on ethnicity, how he/she dresses and their age. I think I read in a book (can't remember if it's super system) how young afro-american players tend to play like old nitty caucasian men (this is probably outdated now and you have Phil Ivey as an example that blows it out the water). But if you think about it realistically forming an image or sizing a person is subconscious and is based on our experiences playing similar player pools.
Women have long been thought of being more passive players that could be steamrolled over on a poker table. With the female players now we know for a fact that this isn't the norm. It doesn't help that some people still believe this and play accordingly.
Even Emil Patel gets ridiculed by the other 3 in that 2M2M episode but it was interesting to see how a high stakes player tried to use it to his advantage once upon a time.
I was only speculating and wondering if there was merit to this.
Thanks, Dims
I like my avatar, although very few people know where it is from.
Shutter Island. Great movie. More fun to watch the second time.
I do not play differently due to a players avatar. They do help in remembering a player you played with before.
This is the correct answer. The film is really good.
Remembering the player is not a problem if you have XM2 / PT4 installed.
dude don't drop your country. When people see Sri Lanka they almost always underestimate
As for the avatar, I don't know.
Avatars are amazing. I play poker on fulltilt just for the avatars. On pokerstars have to see different profile pics etc.
And yes people call me even when I have strong hands knowing im from India. ANd bluffing dont work well. Country is dangerous than avatar.
Hope there will be an option to hide it