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Message: [QUOTE="Moonchild, post: 3341053, member: 148986"] Hi guys and girls ;) . About two weeks ago I saw a thread about the aggressiveness of Russian Players. I cannot find it right away now, but I'll search for it again and post the Thread here later. But since I've read it I was asking myself: 'Could it be that there's a link between the nationality and their playing styles? Of course I don't mean the style of an individual player, but more in general. And don't understand me wrong: I'm not saying it like a prejudgement in a racist way. I'm just wondering if cultural characteristics in personalities are being seen in poker styles and maybe in other games or sports? I do understand very well they are generalizations but see it like this; "templates are always useful, but are never a total coverage. They relate to reality as a skeleton for a living body. " F.ex.[LIST] [*]Overall Italians are being seen as passionate, impetuous, macho, demonstratively, sensitive, chauvinistic, ... So does this mean they play poker more passionately and therefore more aggressively? [*] Russians: Brave, self-sacrificing, megalomaniac, little bounderies, extreme,... -> extreme play, aggressive? [*] Americans: contradictory, superstitious, ambitious, striving, open, ... -> so more different styles, more willing to study, chatty and bluffing more because of high self-esteem? And maybe more reckless 'cause more money-minded? [*] Brazilians: creative, passionate, endearing, flexible, seize the day, ... -> so more reckless and creative in their game? [*] Bulgarians: stubborn, sly, smug, cold, hard ... -> unpredictable, hard in the game, Sharks? [*] The English: conservative, extensive individualism (islanders), importance of knowledge, defensive, ... -> more conservative but smart in their games and more debating in their table talk (W. Kassouf :D)? [*] As I am Belgian, I will include the Belgians too: efficient, structured, modest, closed, cynical, prejudicial, fearful, cautious -> more poker ABC playing, paranoic about bluffs, not that chatty, ...[/LIST]And so on ... So I wonder what your thoughts are about this subject. And again ... I do acknowledge that those are generalisations but even in them can be some truth. Another question I have on this subject is: do you look on the table what nationalities your opponents have and does it have an influence on your decision making, even if it's small? f.ex. are you more careful with Russian players on your table? And please ... I don't want to hear hateful replies ... every culture has its good and bad specificities ... I just want to start a hopefully interesting discussion about this subject. And I also acknowledge/presume that the poker pro's worked on this 'issues' with their (mental) coaches and their studies goes well above their 'cultural specifics' ... but you know what I mean (I hope). So let me hear your thoughts and give me your examples! ;) I'll start by saying that the first years of my poker playing online (MTT's) I was afraid of the Russians ... I learned to adept more to the aggressiveness and especially understanding the psychology behind the game and the players helped me a lot to deal with more typical dangerous play styles. [/QUOTE]

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