Is a Good Screen Name EV+?

[bozzer]

I quite enjoy thinking about this, but the problem is when you have trouble working out what level the 'fish' is on.. does he think you're a loose-passive little girl, or has he cottened on to the fact you keep raising?

I deliberately chose a weak-tight friendly looking avatar for stars (a kermit pic) wch probably stops people instaplaying back at me (i'm quite aggro) like they would if i was sporting a sports car for an avatar and a screen name like **i_will_pwn_u**.

[NogbadTheBad]

I got a picture of Brunel and they still dont respect my raises!

[morten_ron]

I believe there might be some EV+ in a SN. But not necesserly an aggressiv or passive one. I think that if your SN is quite "famous", if your like a top pro, and people recognizes your SN they often try and outplay you, in situations they normaly wouldn't. So in that case you will gain som EV+ from those who are seeking braging rights for beating you in this or that hand [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[NogbadTheBad]

What about a name like 'HITLER_OWNZ' and a picture of, say the Ku Klux Klan, something of that nature.
Then, providing you dont get instabanned, you have a great target audience: jews, black people, anti-racists, germans, americans (ashamed of the klan) etc.

[jukofyork]

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For low buy-in SNGs at least then I think it makes a difference. My Party name is aggressive sounding with the word "Bully" in it whereas my Empire name is "I Love You" in another language. It's pretty clear by looking at the PT stats that my Party name gets spite called way more often than my Empire name.


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I've had this issue, with a clever aggressive seeming Nick, it's great for cash games versus Fish when you want them calling all the more. But around the bubble in a SnG, where most players are too passive, it seems to get me called by lots of raggy Aces & Kings etc. Great when you have a decent pocket pair, or AK (except they seem to spike their Ace (King) far too often!), but it seems to get me being the one in the big clash round the bubble.

Also, they'll decide I probably don't have much, and will PI rather than fold hands like K9,QJ or even J9, which is when you realise AT ain't that far ahead. This seems to happen even if I've been inactive, though showing some big hands does help.

The other players, just seem to get less action at and near the money. So I'm choosing a more Fishy nick in future, that will have a lower profile. You just don't get enough big hands with a decent edge, to make the extra resistance beneficial.

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I've been thinking about this more and it occurred to me that perhaps a sad and depressing sounding name might make the fish feel sorry for you and spite call less, but as of yet I can't come up with a good one that doesn't seem semi-comical. Any ideas?

Juk [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[1meandog4u]

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I've been thinking about this more and it occurred to me that perhaps a sad and depressing sounding name might make the fish feel sorry for you and spite call less, but as of yet I can't come up with a good one
Juk [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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How about....

OnSuicideWatch

OneMonth2Live

InChapter7

O.J.'s Brother

Rosanne Lookalike

DUI B4 I Play

WifeJustLeftMe (although that could be a good thing)

Usedandabused

Needmoney4drugs

There's a few... feel free to use any of them