Look Good, Play Good -- borne out by science?

[Al_Capone_Junior]

My own propensity is to generally dress nice, but not super-fancym although I have dressed in everything from fancy club clothes to just sweats or shorts and a tank top. I feel my opponents generally think me to be fishier tho when I am dressed very nicely. Being a young man, those players, especially the fancily dressed ones, generally are thought of as fish, especially by older players. Of course this is not the case with myself, but let them think what they want. Maybe I'll even toss in a straddle to reinforce their beliefs.

Now a woman being dressed very nice does not have any obvious stereotypical application that I can figure.
When you see pokerbabe at the table, you should be thinking "shark" or at least "barracuda."

al

[David Steele]

Al,
Is it because you play no-limit that you want to be percieved as fishier or do you disagree that with the idea that a tight-rarely-bluffing image is best for holdem?

I am not sure for no-limit but for limit I would not want to be seen as a fish.


D.

[Al_Capone_Junior]

Actually David I play no limit online, and have only played live in tournaments and in a ring game a few times. I was speaking of limit hold'em ring games.

There is a difference tho when I am in a tournament, either way, no matter how I am dressed, I try to quickly get the "stone killer" image thing going. I don't want to get called a lot in tourneys because people are seeing me as a fish. Makes stealing blinds hard. So I often don't dress so snazzy when I'm going to a tournament.

al