Why everyone asume that you are a guy/

[valeski 28]

Hi, you shouldn´t feel that way.Your nick sounds me like a woman but you must be aware that in some cases , other people may think you are a man...So,please just relax, do your best and enjoy this game..

 

[terryk]

When I first joined and you had the little toddler picture as your avatar, I thought you were a woman.

Ah,,that explains the "moves" you were puttin on me! :girlshit: :rofl:

 

[antonis32123]

I also use the ''guy'' word when I refer to an unknown , assuming that he might be probably a male . It hasn't occured to me to be actually a girl and complain . I have the feeling that most women online don't really want the others to know their sex identity , or this is just my feeling/impression .....

 

[dregan]

I do not see much importance in this. Who cares who you are. The main thing is you are a poker player.

 

[vittopio]

It is believed that women are usually worse than playing poker! So many cunning hiding behind women's names!

 

[8bod8]

Terry is a male name, the female spelling of it is Terri

Does this mean Terrible is only for woman?

 

[shane4050]

i pretty much just refer to everyone as "man" to generalize men or "wo-man"

 

[tw082]

i continuously think about this yet still find myself using he as a general term. It's not like i'm calling u a man its just an umbrella term like calling all soft drinks coke. But i've been making an effort to use them they n their instead of he hers his because you never know some names could be either often when i say he blah blah blah the thought that the person could be female crosses my mind and i feel bad. So I apologize but its not an insult it's like saying those guys over there even though you are referring to a group of female's. But i have tried to start using different terms.

 

[Bluffzone68]

I really don't chat.
But when I use this forum, I mostly use words that generalize the sex, like the "person" or "people" etc...
So not offending anyone.

 

[acemenow]

I give it little thought one way or another until I get confirmation from the person in question. But when writing in chat i inadvertently use male references because I am typing quickly (if chatting at all). But when I was in school that was the norm so just "old and in the way"

 

[sergo1203]

Hello!! What's the difference?? Online ?? I do not share the category of players ... good luck to everyone in the game !! )))

 

[Roger1960]

I know why for me, I have my name plus year I was born as my name.
For others, I try to figure out what they have as their site name. Sometimes it is a sports team, other times pieces of their name. A lot of time it is a poker reference theme, I didn't think of that when I first started a long time ago.
I think the biggest reason though is that if you call a man a woman, they will hold it against you. If you call a woman a man, you can say you are sorry and they will get over it. Honest mistake either way.

 

[MMaki1981]

I pefer NO GENDER in poker

Personally for me, I would most times rather my gender not be known. This is why my poker names are non-descriptive as are my avatars. I just think that sometimes it affects how people play against you so I don't want that ever to be a factor as I am just a poker player.

However, if you are in any of the communities I am in or chat in the same streams as me, then you may figure out I am female and not male

 

[TheFaissal]

Well, that's a good question, but hey, it doesn't matter if your a boy or a girl. at the end, your hand is the key here.

Its like when players call you names, I don't care since i'm doing my best to play my best, so I prefer to stick to that plan, and play my hand and don't care about what they call me.

Hope that help

 

[bakang]

you should start every tourney by stating your gender.
That way I think you can suss out who the idiots are

 

[MMaki1981]

I'm confused by your comment

you should start every tourney by stating your gender.
That way I think you can suss out who the idiots are

Are you implying that one gender is more idiotic than the other?

 

[Zorba]

The term guys nowadays applies to both genders when in mixed company.

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Ah,,that explains the "moves" you were puttin on me! :girlshit: :rofl:

If he thought you were a woman, It makes me wonder what the women in his youth looked like.

Are you implying that one gender is more idiotic than the other?

Of course he is, It's a fact that men are more idiotic.

 

[bakang]

Men aren't any more smart than women, and vice versa. I think anyone who reacted to a person's gender at all prolly has a leak in their game that can be exploited.

 

[WVHillbilly]

My screen name on Full Tilt and bodog used to be Mrs. Pauls (as in fish sticks) but dudes would be total jerks to me because they though I was a woman. A lot absolutely hated it when I took their money. I never corrected the mistake.

 

[Galmedic]

Being a woman on the table makes you different still. Anything different becomes exploited. Don’t be different

 

[EvertonGirl]

Being a woman on the table makes you different still. Anything different becomes exploited. Don’t be different

Well I am doomed, I was born different.

 

[mainecun]

Poker is just that kind of past time where most think its for guys only. I'm not defending there beliefs, but the vast majority (90%+) of poker players are males. plus with very few female players, its hard to recognize them with tons of men. with the exception of Annie Duke and Mario Ho

 

[digdug0037]

I never try to assume anything about the people at my table, reguardless of picture or avitar. I just look at them online as if I am playing the computer. Putting a name, face gender or anything else just puts it way out there. I would not let it bother you though. It's just online poker, odds are you will never meet anyone you play with unless you have a online group you play with.

 

[moosepaw]

Online gaming of any sort most assume males.

 

[lierm]

A simple way to avoid the confusion would be to replace the avatar with a picture of your genitals

ha ha ha, good one

replying to original post, why would you care if someone thinks you're a male?
I wouldn't, I have enough worries in my life poker game is a poker game, leave those silly things behind, play the game!