Hey, I agree with all of you and I rely on my HUD #s and hand history to make my decisions. I don't even use the country of residence anymore. I've played very nit like Russians recently for e.g.
But there is developing a table image of a person based on ethnicity, how he/she dresses and their age. I think I read in a book (can't remember if it's super system) how young afro-american players tend to play like old nitty caucasian men (this is probably outdated now and you have Phil Ivey as an example that blows it out the water). But if you think about it realistically forming an image or sizing a person is subconscious and is based on our experiences playing similar player pools.
Women have long been thought of being more passive players that could be steamrolled over on a poker table. With the female players now we know for a fact that this isn't the norm. It doesn't help that some people still believe this and play accordingly.
Even Emil Patel gets ridiculed by the other 3 in that 2M2M episode but it was interesting to see how a high stakes player tried to use it to his advantage once upon a time.
I was only speculating and wondering if there was merit to this.
Thanks, Dims
