Do you give ANY value to a players screen name?

[KKbluff]

I know this has been posted back a couple months ago, but at the smaller stakes (not micro) I have noticed some fairly constant attributes based on screen names. This applies mainly to no limit bc I think you can learn more about a player (short term) in NL that one could in a regular limit game. Some names in question are:
pot smoking names (potsmoker420, imhighallday etc..)
misleading losing names (loser4life, bornloser etc..)
celeb names (phellmuth, doyle4life ect..)
drinking names ( anything to do with alcohol)
this list could go on for a while, but I think you get the idea..
I’m not trying to prejudicially tag players based on their SN, but I have seen in many cases some clear-cut examples of these assumptions playing true.

I would like to hear everyone’s thoughts/experiences/theories/whatever on this subject.

The screen names listed above are made up names, but I think you should get the idea.

[the_rookie]

Anybody with a name that contains "fish" is a red flag for me.

[threei]

When I started playing online a few years ago I didn't have much to go on besides screen names and hand historiess. This is what I came up with:

Big- He thinks he's going to intimidate in an online game, if its in all caps he's even worse.

Dawg- Anyone with this as pat of his name is really bad. If his name Big Dawg he's a really poor player, or worse BIGDAWG

69-Anyone who finds this number even mildly amusing is a moron.

MR AA- Anyone with a hand as part of their name. Yes he gets dealt AA more than you. Exception, if its bad hand, 4-7 offsuit, this guy can play.

DavenJen-Need I say more, this guy is a loser.

Thats all I can remember off the top of my head.

[tylerdurden]

Hmm, I just signed up as AAbigdawg69.

[SoftcoreRevolt]

I wish AAbigJOHNSONDawg42069 would fit.

[spydog]

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Dawg- Anyone with this as pat of his name is really bad. If his name Big Dawg he's a really poor player, or worse BIGDAWG

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But DOG is OK, right? Like spyDOG?

If not, maybe that's why I suck so bad.

[threei]

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Dawg- Anyone with this as pat of his name is really bad. If his name Big Dawg he's a really poor player, or worse BIGDAWG

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But DOG is OK, right? Like spyDOG?

If not, maybe that's why I suck so bad.

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Dog is definitely ok. I once didn't raise a guy after raising pf and betting the flop when I had top two (AK) and was bet into on the turn because he was dog and not dawg. Turned out he had what I thought he had, the nut straight. Also GA DAWG is ok, thats the way its supposed to be.

I did forget the 1337 speak names. Anyone using 3 for e etc is probably pretty bad. Also probably anyone who does this anDy tHE GrEAt. I also forgot about rounder names, but somebody mentioned that.

But now with PT I really couldn't care less about screen names unless I have no data on the player.

[mother_brain]

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69-Anyone who finds this number even mildly amusing is a moron.

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I like to go into the 100 NL with $69. This makes you look like a jackass (I would think somebody was a jackass if they did this). Then you can usually get some action by overbetting and make a quick double up or big score that will put you around $100.

[Homer]

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69-Anyone who finds this number even mildly amusing is a moron.

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I like to go into the 100 NL with $69. This makes you look like a jackass (I would think somebody was a jackass if they did this). Then you can usually get some action by overbetting and make a quick double up or big score that will put you around $100.

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Haha, this is similar to what I do. I always bet $X.69, never a whole dollar amount.

[GrekeHaus]

If somebody's name is BigJohnson, 9incher, or something along those lines, it's usually a sign he has a small penis.