I think of image as an ever shifting thing, on time scales that range from minutes to years. A guy can be extra lose, even on full tilt, then win a couple pots and sit back and muck one hand preflop from the BB, and poof, what to him is a gear shift is perceived, rightly, as an image shift. "Image" and "gear" are nearly synonymous when talking only of bets and cards.


"... I make many plays that at least half the table will think are poor or marginal plays..."


I suspect this is true of most everyone in every game.


Tommy