But wait, there's more! you may ask. Absolutely, me dear Padawan, because there's a whole world â™ of benefits hidden beneath those juicy little aliases. First and foremost, as hinted earlier, it's the privacy, stupid,"professionals" like Donkey â™ or SirBluffALot may love to have their enemies recognise them at first sight, but most of us lesser mortals prefer â™ a bit more privacy online- you feel us? With an alias, your identity is safely shielded until you feel you â™ want to reveal yourself to your amigos.) Second, pomps, seriously, let's be honest here- who doesn't love a pompously great â™ nickname? Yeah,I said it. Third, prepare for greater freedom- not exactly poker-related, though; but imagine using "ChocolateSundae123" for your ice â™ cream truck small business, people might get the wrong idea about your hobbies and interests. But you get the liberation â™ gist, right?
Aliases vs nicknames in poker-what's the diff, bro? A rose by any other name... would still smell as sweet,right? â™ Not exactly . Although on many platforms both terms seem interchangeable- each player still knows their unique username - alias â™ is aluxur "display name" representing your chosen identity in that specific poker room, while a nickname is far less personalor â™ far more, depending on your creativity - the unique name a plucker in question has assigned for themselves among other â™ players
, even if their funky alias does the talkikng. Telling tall tales will do little to further your poker career" â™ but,let'sk fair, whomst among us mortals here isn't telling porkies whenever posible I mean, c'mon guys, it't as ubiquitous among â™ humans as small talk at social gatherings, so lighten up, OK? Getting past that minor details, common mistakes to avoiri â™ your fake poker name sounding too much klike a proper noun- don'ts be hat person guys 'hat person , don'thelp â™ you know I know your name now, Mary... nope, sory mate. What we're trying to say is those particular to â™ US online pokerroom, as these are usually card room specific.
There are, however some generall Do's and DON'Ts of poker etiquette â™ to avoid you roocking teh boat - keepcalms'nstuff:
