Good image for avatar?

Pokerpun · #1 11-08-2007, 03:31 PM

What do you think might be a good avatar image for online poker, or is it best to keep anonymous and have no avatar?

doppelganger · #2 11-08-2007, 07:05 PM

If you want people to assume you're bad and play against you accordingly, use a picture of a baby. If you want someone to know you study the game and play against you cautiously, use a picture of a donkey or some other inside 2+2 reference.

Doesn't really matter though, people will start playing you based on your stats within 50 hands anyway.

crystalallen · #3 11-11-2007, 10:29 AM

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Doesn't really matter though, people will start playing you based on your stats within 50 hands anyway.

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What stats? Are you talking about poker tracker? How long after you start playing at a new site do people have stats on you? Don't you have to play several times against someone to get stats on them?

sonneti · #4 11-11-2007, 10:34 AM

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Doesn't really matter though, people will start playing you based on your stats within 50 hands anyway.

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What stats? Are you talking about poker tracker? How long after you start playing at a new site do people have stats on you? Don't you have to play several times against someone to get stats on them?

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Every hand you play v's someone with poker tracker is recorded into their database. Stats start to become meaningful after 50+ hands.. although it's pretty easy to get a general idea after only a few.

crystalallen · #5 11-11-2007, 11:01 AM

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Every hand you play v's someone with poker tracker is recorded into their database. Stats start to become meaningful after 50+ hands.. although it's pretty easy to get a general idea after only a few.

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Thanks. I still don't have the full version. I'm doing ok without it, but everyone talks about it so much it makes me think I need it.

Would it tell me what to do in the below situation?? And if so, how? I still wouldn't know what villain had.

I'm not gonna lie - it was messing with my head. He did it several times, until the second hand posted below.

Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t120 (3 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

SB (t2535)
BB (t2480)
Hero (t3985)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Hero raises to t300, SB calls t240, 1 fold.

Flop: (t720) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets t2235 (All-In), Hero folds.

Final Pot: t2955

Results in white below: 
No showdown. SB wins t2955. 

Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t120 (3 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

Button (t2955)
SB (t2360)
Hero (t3685)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
1 fold, SB raises to t360, Hero calls t240.

Flop: (t720) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets t120, Hero raises to t1000, SB raises to t2000 (All-In), Hero calls t1000.

Turn: (t4720) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)
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River: (t4720) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t4720

Results in white below: 
SB has 9c 5c (two pair, queens and fives).
Hero has Qh Ad (three of a kind, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins t4720.

Johnes Benjamin · #6 11-11-2007, 06:23 PM

it would not tell you what to do.
First of all, it doesn't take into account bet sizing.
If you played with him a lot, however, it could tell you something like he bets the flop 9/9 times, and he folds his SB to steal 0/8. This would mean he is never giving up a blind and he is always betting the flop (very extreme example)
Thus, you could call him very light

timmay28 · #7 11-08-2007, 07:34 PM

I've sometimes wondered that myself when selecting an avatar at FTP. Maybe picking the rock might give you an extra .0001% chance of stealing blinds.

Johnes Benjamin · #8 11-09-2007, 02:38 AM

I strongly believe images can have at the very least a subliminal effect. I usually block them.
Maybe beer or something stupid/humorous.
Or something you really like. In the end its probably best to have something you like looking at if you are going to be looking at avatars.

Dak9885 · #9 11-10-2007, 11:03 AM

in my experiene anyone with "golf" in their name or avatar has been a fish.

sonneti · #10 11-10-2007, 04:47 PM

I think no avatar is best since people are slightly less likely to remember you.