Re: What if players names were Player1, Player2, etc?
My suggestion would be that everyone has their own screen name at the tables, but hand histories only contain your own screen name with generic ones for all the other players.
I would be in favor of this for several reasons:
1.) You could still keep track of your own stats for improvement of your own game, keeping track of wins and losses, ROI, etc., which is fair IMO and an important feature of online vs live.
2.) Players could still learn other player's tendencies, but only by observing their play for themselves. Also, there is some value in being able to observe well known pros, your friends, etc. whether it be for entertainment or to learn from how the top players play. If everyone had generic screen names, you wouldn't be able to do this.
3.) People wouldn't be able to datamine, which is unfair IMO.
My 2c.
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