After picking your screenname for poker online games, the second way to distinguish or set image at the online poker table is based around the decision of what kind of avatar you employ. Though for many this is arbitrary or based on small personal preference, sometimes these small repercussions can somehow reflect upon your play from move to move.

For example, a player who plays tight and aggressive could use the image of a ATM or donkey to counteract the image of being tight. A looser player could pick a profile like a straightlaced woman or a mouse, minimizing the reckless edge of their usual actions. Often players will seem to flirt or go easier on players they think are women, I’ve found.

This may not seem that impactful in countering actions, but against poker players who don’t know you well, or even those who are put into a situation where they have to make a quick decision, the associations therein might in some small way affect them towards making a decision based on data they are not even fully aware they are considering.

Playing with these ramifications, even if they are hard to define or even name, can result in some interesting feedback to influencing your game before the cards are even dealt.