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Joined: Nov '09
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Hi all! I was wondering if you use your own avatar when playing poker instead of the choice made available by the poker site, and whether or not there is an intent behind your choice. For instance, my poker avatar is champion skateboarder Stu Graham showing off his bashed up teeth and crazy eyes. I find that if I raise preflop with this avatar, people will fold more often than when I switch it to one from the poker site. Let me know what you think!
Joined: Mar '08
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I have limited controll over my brain im unable to convince myself its just a picture so have to turn of the avatars, however I do always think the opposit of a pic if I do see one, IE the guy with the shark avatar is obviously a fish. I do like to use names that make people think tho.
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Posted by SuperNoob:
Posted by shokaku: Avatars, pictures and other gimmicks are the first things i turn off in a new poker software. So i don't mind this stuff.
me too who has time to notice these things when u got cards to play
poker is a game of infos, so everything can be useful to know something more about your oppos expecially if you meet them for the first time in a MTT or similar; agree about the shark (means fish) avatar and the opposite as well (beware of donks). I use put attention to nicknames like pippo88 or tizio75 cause I can guess something about oppo's age: it is another useful info. anyway I don't give much relevance to these things but consider them as little pieces of a puzzle.
@ madhrof: I like your avatar very much...am just a little bit disappointed it's not you as I thought before
PS: there is in this forum a user whose avatar worried me a lot...she is the one who looks like a truck tyre
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Hi,I don't look avatars or photos when I'am playing and where is possible I put this picture which is my avatar here on BRM,it's creepy and I like this picture but like I said when game start I don't look other people avatars
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Posted by mahdrof: Hi all! I was wondering if you use your own avatar when playing poker instead of the choice made available by the poker site, and whether or not there is an intent behind your choice. For instance, my poker avatar is champion skateboarder Stu Graham showing off his bashed up teeth and crazy eyes. I find that if I raise preflop with this avatar, people will fold more often than when I switch it to one from the poker site. Let me know what you think!
i usually use my own avatar; a pecture of my only son... but not in ftp... they have prepared an avatar for the use of any player...
Joined: Aug '09
Location: Spain
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hi
in my opinion an avatar would be an image that you like it, more than a picture to intimidade or whateaver you wanna get with it, but i love avatars who can had a 2nd read by your opponents
for example, my avatar on pokerstars is the super mario green 1-up mushroom, its a picture i really love it, and by the way, its an image at the table that make feel like i never can get beaten, because y had an extra life by eating my mushroom ( it would be nice if that was true !!! )
i think an avatarshould be also sonething like a photo youlike a lot, like your son, someone of you family... we spent lots of time at poker tables so an avatar its the image you will see al the time you`re plaing poker, so you shoul like it a lot, think well on that!
[@ madhrof: I like your avatar very much...am just a little bit disappointed it's not you as I thought before
PS: there is in this forum a user whose avatar worried me a lot...she is the one who looks like a truck tyre [/QUOTE]
I was thinking the same; I believed his avatar was an actor playing an horror movie like zombie or night of living dead As regards the second one, better not to tell her this or you could be injuried by an anonimous car
Joined: Dec '08
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I do not use any avatars and switch of them ... I tried to use the pretty female on (the world riggest pokersite) FTP, hopping that they think a nice lady only pushes with a monster... but seems every single man wanted to play with me and sucking me out...
Posted by MANUEDO: [@ madhrof: I like your avatar very much...am just a little bit disappointed it's not you as I thought before
PS: there is in this forum a user whose avatar worried me a lot...she is the one who looks like a truck tyre
I was thinking the same; I believed his avatar was an actor playing an horror movie like zombie or night of living dead As regards the second one, better not to tell her this or you could be injuried by an anonimous car [/QUOTE]
tke care Manuendo!! we have ways and means of tracing your account,, truck tyre indeed!!, how offending you are,, grrrrrrrrrrr, I will have you know that in some circles I am very very popular
Joined: Nov '09
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ya know what Magatt? The older I get the more I look like my avatar - except without the busted teeth! I have a feeling that insulting midnight1954 would result in that final change in my appearance. Truck tyre! wow! You brave yet silly soul. GL when she finds you!
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Posted by mahdrof: ya know what Magatt? The older I get the more I look like my avatar - except without the busted teeth! I have a feeling that insulting midnight1954 would result in that final change in my appearance. Truck tyre! wow! You brave yet silly soul. GL when she finds you!
I watched some of his video after reading your post: crazy man but skilled one. I guess you mean about his hair when you say "The older I get the more I look like my avatar " .
@ midnight as well: didn't want to be offensive but just to joke and have a laugh together. Sorry if I was not funny at all
BUT BE AWARE
I am waiting for you with a long pin in my hand.
don't come here midnight I will pierce you, I am not joking I will do
Edited by magatt966 (12 November 2010 @ 08:04 GMT)
