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View Poll Results: Worst final table, entertainment-wise?
Lisandro's win 3 11.54%
Ferguson's win 7 26.92%
Tran's win 13 50.00%
Lee's win 3 11.54%
Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 12-15-2005, 08:02 AM
mmcd mmcd is offline
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Default Re: Losing EV not changing your nickname?

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I think by keeping your handle, you lose during the play of hands because people play better against you. The fact that you know they will play better against you does not make up for this.

However, you do help yourself because of table selection. If good players know you they will avoid you, and that's a good thing.

I think of these two effects, the first one is stronger, but it's close.

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Maybe it's just me, but I've never opened a table and said to myself, "Oh [censored], player X is on this table, I better find another game to play in." Peter Rus is an excellent player, but I'd never specifically avoid a game he was in unless the game conditions were otherwise bad.
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Old 12-15-2005, 12:34 PM
Abbaddabba Abbaddabba is offline
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Default Re: Losing EV not changing your nickname?

Obviously it's not going to tbe the sole deciding factor, but it would make a difference; even if that difference is marginal.

Of course, if you're at a table where another skilled opponent would use the fact that you're at the table as the determining factor to not play, you're probably sitting at a pretty lousy table to begin with.
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Old 12-15-2005, 12:44 PM
KellyRae KellyRae is offline
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Default Re: Losing EV not changing your nickname?

I tend to agree; plus if Player X has good table selection skills it may in fact make sense to join the table precisely because Player X is there (although you could always be taking the seat of a fish that made the game good).
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Old 12-13-2005, 08:06 PM
joes28 joes28 is offline
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Default Re: Losing EV not changing your nickname?

I voted the middle one because I dont think it makes a huge difference. I play under a pretty well known name right now (party 50/100, 100/200, steps) and I am planning on changing it pretty soon. I think that for most people it doesnt make much of a difference (they play standard), but I think for a player like you (and me to a lesser degree) it might make more of a difference for people not to know who you are. You play uber aggro, and it is hard for people to adjust to this without having played with you for awhile. I think that if you changed names, there would be an adjustment period among the regulars where you may make more than you normally do.
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