My favourite rivals in the tables came from Japan and Belgium

Russias!,i have a question for you dear CC ,please ,i want a ticket for aniversary !,i love you and happy birthday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like the rare players like Trinidad and Tobago or Malta.

russians are really a challenge, canadians too, brazilians not so much, i dont see like time ago in the tables

I think Canada has very good players, they are very competitive and hard to beat players.

It is difficult to play against Canada and Germany, they play well and they often have good luck. With Romanians and Russia, you often wonder whether they are bluffing or not, which also annoys

The nationality of the player does not matter to me. What matters to me is his experience and skills. I prefer opponents with an aggressive style of play. I like to create traps for them.

Hi.
I like to play with players from Latin American. And I do not like play with players from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.
Good luck.

Hi, everybody. I like players from Canada they have a lot to learn.

Obviously players from my country. Sadly i rarely see them lol.

I like Brazilians and Canadians. Very strong players from the USA. So in General, Ukraine is also strong.

1.USA
2.Brazilian
3.Canada
4.Ukraine
5.Russia

That's quick.

The most interesting players are Brazilians and Canadians.

Hello.
I like to play with players from the US and Canada. I do not like play with players from Brazil.

It seems you have not too much favorite opponents.

My favorite opponents are the ones I'm winning against and the least favorite are the ones who take my money. And they are all American, simply because I'm in the US and play mostly against Americans.

For me, all the players are the same. I don’t see the difference.

In general terms;

Japanese are very rule-abiding and conservative players so I find them easy to strong-arm.
Germans are so-so. Some play decent but there are more fish than decent players.
Russians are a lottery ticket, you either get the aggressive, all-out types who don't care or those who play a patient and intelligent game.
Ukrainians stand out to me as some of the best overall - they play a very good game.

My favourite rivals in the tables came from Russia.
I love win Russian players

For some reason,i really enjoy playing players from my country,Canada. (except mtcashman,lol)

Originally Posted by lontrus

In general terms;

Japanese are very rule-abiding and conservative players so I find them easy to strong-arm.
Germans are so-so. Some play decent but there are more fish than decent players.
Russians are a lottery ticket, you either get the aggressive, all-out types who don't care or those who play a patient and intelligent game.
Ukrainians stand out to me as some of the best overall - they play a very good game.

That kind of prejudice can lead you to lose many chips. It is better to observe the players and make deductions based on their movements instead of their flag.

Don't really care where they are from. Doesn't matter to me where the opponents live besides interest. Lot of other questions to ask for information during the session that has more relevance.

You can't generalize with the flag but the first feeling I have in the micro stakes or at least in the games I participate. Greeks , Germans , Russians , Canadians , Belgians , Austrians and last but not least Dutch , are really terrible.

On the other hand I can find good players more often from Brasil , Ukraine , Russia , the UK and Germany.

I like all players!

Originally Posted by jadaminato

That kind of prejudice can lead you to lose many chips. It is better to observe the players and make deductions based on their movements instead of their flag.

Well, thanks for the advice but I didn't ask.

I said up front, "in general terms".

It's not prejudice to observe a trend and report it, it's scientific.

And if you ignore science, you'll lose more chips than me.

That's my advice to you, that you didn't ask for, so I doubt its effectiveness.

At least I didn't label you with an insult while I was at it.

Poland. The same country as i am.

hi hi
i like play with anyone at all, AS LONG as they nice, polite & not jerks
no country has a premium on rude, ignorant, or nice people

canadians are obviously the very best poker players on planet *grins*

For PLO game the Euro's !

Russians, Ukrainians, Canadians. My least favourite are brazilians, they're more like bingo players... more luck than strategy.

Any country as long as i get their money

Originally Posted by lontrus

Well, thanks for the advice but I didn't ask.

I said up front, "in general terms".

It's not prejudice to observe a trend and report it, it's scientific.

And if you ignore science, you'll lose more chips than me.

That's my advice to you, that you didn't ask for, so I doubt its effectiveness.

At least I didn't label you with an insult while I was at it.

I did not insult you at any time. I am very interested in the scientific foundations of your assertions. "Germans are so-so. Some play decent but there are more fish than decent players." Could you share the statistics taken to draw this conclusion?

Prejudice is an opinion conceived before. If you see a German and think "it is probably a fish" or "probably a genius" you are making a preliminary judgment. That is a fact.

And this is a forum and I answer where I feel like it. If you don't like my answer, ignore it or counteract it.

Originally Posted by jadaminato

I did not insult you at any time. I am very interested in the scientific foundations of your assertions. "Germans are so-so. Some play decent but there are more fish than decent players." Could you share the statistics taken to draw this conclusion?

Prejudice is an opinion conceived before. If you see a German and think "it is probably a fish" or "probably a genius" you are making a preliminary judgment. That is a fact.

And this is a forum and I answer where I feel like it. If you don't like my answer, ignore it or counteract it.

Let me put it simply, the thread literally asked for my opinions regarding players by country, I offered them and your response did not contribute to the thread. You insinuated I am prejudiced and offered me advice that wasn't asked for. Your response was off-topic, strictly speaking.

"Prejudice is an opinion conceived before..." is a half finished definition. What you're referring to is an assumption. The full definition of prejudice is "An opinion conceived without reason or actual experience." Google it. Assumptions are okay, prejudice is not because that implies ignorance.

And to answer your questions about the scientific notions of me saying "germans are so-so". I was not stating an absolute truth to be revered as some holy book, I offered my personal experience and impressions to the OP, aggregated over 10 years of playing.

I don't mean to say ALL germans are so-so but I will use that template until the player's game "on the table" proves otherwise. This information helps me make faster decisions in the moment. If I ignore my hard-earned experience, what am I doing at all?

So, there's nothing to huff and puff about. Instead of arguing with my honest response in the thread, how about contributing to it? And uh... if you keep answering off-topic wherever you feel like it as though you own the forum, I'm sure the mods will have something to say about it eventually.

There are rules, you know.

Originally Posted by pawelmad9

My favourite rivals in the tables came from Japan and Belgium

Why players from Japan and Belgium?

I can't really say that i have a favorite opponents by country, i used to have tho, because i believed that for example Russians and Chinese play loose until i got knocked out by them really brutal a couple of times in very important moments, i took them lightly but in fact they were good players so i decided to let go labels by country. We all pay for our prejudgments soon or later, poker is a game where we pay for real

Russias. I like all-in players very much!

Originally Posted by lontrus

Let me put it simply, the thread literally asked for my opinions regarding players by country, I offered them and your response did not contribute to the thread. You insinuated I am prejudiced and offered me advice that wasn't asked for. Your response was off-topic, strictly speaking.

"Prejudice is an opinion conceived before..." is a half finished definition. What you're referring to is an assumption. The full definition of prejudice is "An opinion conceived without reason or actual experience." Google it. Assumptions are okay, prejudice is not because that implies ignorance.

And to answer your questions about the scientific notions of me saying "germans are so-so". I was not stating an absolute truth to be revered as some holy book, I offered my personal experience and impressions to the OP, aggregated over 10 years of playing.

I don't mean to say ALL germans are so-so but I will use that template until the player's game "on the table" proves otherwise. This information helps me make faster decisions in the moment. If I ignore my hard-earned experience, what am I doing at all?

So, there's nothing to huff and puff about. Instead of arguing with my honest response in the thread, how about contributing to it? And uh... if you keep answering off-topic wherever you feel like it as though you own the forum, I'm sure the mods will have something to say about it eventually.

There are rules, you know.

Report my answer if you think it was disrespectful, and that the moderators act accordingly.


Do you know what a "skewed sample" is? It means that your generalization relies on an irrelevant number to draw conclusions. If you see a player for the first time, you are ignorant about him. If you assume that he is more likely to play badly for the country he comes from, for his gender (there is a thread about it here in the forum), for his skin color or any other feature that is not directly related to poker you are prejudging. Keep doing it, I don't care. The pattern you read is that of nationality. But it does not mean that it exists beyond your head.

Originally Posted by jadaminato

Report my answer if you think it was disrespectful, and that the moderators act accordingly.


Do you know what a "skewed sample" is? It means that your generalization relies on an irrelevant number to draw conclusions. If you see a player for the first time, you are ignorant about him. If you assume that he is more likely to play badly for the country he comes from, for his gender (there is a thread about it here in the forum), for his skin color or any other feature that is not directly related to poker you are prejudging. Keep doing it, I don't care. The pattern you read is that of nationality. But it does not mean that it exists beyond your head.

Geez, relax.

I can explain in simple terms how I apply my experience. I observe the player's behavior towards me and the rest of the table. If it matches the trend I have observed from his country, then I have insight into what can be expected from this "specific" player in later hands.

But here's the most important thing... it's not all that I see my player as. I think that's what you feel I'm saying and it's understandable considering how we speak on the internet today... but that's not what I'm saying at all. There are many parameters to consider in an opponent and this is simply one.

If the player fits an average description after I've observed him/her for a while, then I know who I'm dealing with and I can pay more attention to the more dangerous players on the table.

That about sums it up.

Russian they are very agresive in the game and beat them always haha

I ilike players from United Kingdom and from Sweden.

[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]I like to play with Canadian and UK players, they are not those kamikazes and play wisely.[/COLOR]

I like to play with the Brazilians. They are good players. It is better to play with the strong and gain experience. I think this is the best poker country in terms of players.

Russians, they are so impredictible! haha

It has to be Russians, there's nothing I like more than being bashed and bullied around the table. I have a recurring dream where a Russian is sitting on my left. My therapist tells me it is the fear of The Grim Reaper himself.

Romania and Ukraine. The style of play is extremely unpredictable. Sometimes I think it's stupid bots, and sometimes very good players. As a rule, if I run into inadequate all-in. In 4 out of 5 cases it is they

My opponents from Russia and England came for some reason against them not so much going

Brazilians,becouse most of them plays very fishy.

My favorite opponents are players from the UK, Canada and Brazil

Originally Posted by pawelmad9

My favourite rivals in the tables came from Japan and Belgium

my favorite opponents are brazil, russia, japan, czech republic, belarus, north macedonia, honk kong, cyprus, malta, china ...

are personal things!

I really do not have a favorite country to face, I like the Brazilian because I am from Argentina but I do not pay attention to this.

Ukrainians

Hi, I really like to play against players from Canada and the USA. I noticed that they play pretty cool, they don’t go all-in right away, they think through everything in detail and only then begin to act. I really like to play with players who are considering their actions and do not go all in right away.

At the moment my favorite opponents are from Russia, Thailand and China. But i only play on free, micro or low buy ins against they! its possible i include other countries on this field..

I like to play against worse players than me... the country doesn't matter

:P