Online Poker Forum - Anonymity

waverider100 · High Card Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 9

Why can't we use the discussion boards under an alias? There is alot of talk about strategy and what-not and I'd like to participate in these discussions without teaching eveyone else how to beat me.

Can Full Tilt please allow us to sign up under a name different from our account handle?

Thanks

Jaconda78 · Moderator Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4179

Ok, who here thinks they can beat me because of my posts? Please share.

dano2769 · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject:

Without trying to sound like a jerk, poker has been around for hundreds of years. There's no possible way that you are the first person to ever play the way you play poker. Thus, you're not really revealing any deep, dark secret when you participate in the discussion.

Zuchov · Royal Flush Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 646

Little bit of advice... poker is all about adapting your game to counter your opponents anyway, so it shouldn't much matter what you post. When someone starts beating you, you just change styles.

GripHoldOn · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:59 pm Post subject:

If players are astute enough to come study the board and devise a scheme of how to play against me, so be it. There are already enough fish at the stakes I play, I'm not worried about everyone exploiting tendencies that I may have. Also, because of a little device that I create and implement, I'll determine if a player is getting the better of me over time, and I will adjust. I will never discuss strategy at the tables, but away from the tables, I'll say pretty much anything regarding how I play or what I believe. It benefits those with open ears. Likewise, away from the table I'll listen to anything that a player may say, because I can often learn something that can improve my game.

Jaconda78 · Moderator Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4179

Grip, why do you always put things better than I do? That's not cool! You're making me look bad...

PlayingTheBoard · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:59 am Post subject:

Yeah, I much prefer the "let's discuss strategy and improve the level of everyone's game" philosophy to the "I'm gonna jealously guard my trade secrets" one. It's a much sunnier outlook. Razz

Besides, many of the top pros on the planet earth have shared a lot of their secrets in books and on TV, and continue to dominate weaker competition over time. Why? Because they are constantly fine-tuning and making adjustments, so the way you saw them play a hand in November 2003 (or read an article discussing a hand they played in May 2004) would not necessarily be the course of action they take the next time they have that hand. Everything is situation-dependent and hinges on context: your opponents and their table images, your own table image, cash game vs. tourney, stage of tourney, stack size relative to your opponents' stacks, position at the table, etc.

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