Most common first name for poker players (1 Viewer)

[MrCatPants]

Let's say you forgot a players' name. If guessing random names, what are the highest percentage names you could guess?

My top 5 poker player names list, in order - what's yours?

Steve
Bill
Dave
Mike
John

What names should make the list/what should be dropped?

 

[buzzmonkey]

Let's say you forgot a players' name. If guessing random names, what are the highest percentage names you could guess?

My top 5 poker player names list, in order - what's yours?

Steve
Bill
Dave
Mike
John

What names should make the list/what should be dropped?

Phil?

Ivey, Hellmuth, Gordon, Laak, Galfond...

 

[MrCatPants]

Phil?

Ivey, Hellmuth, Gordon, Laak, Galfond...

I don't mean pro poker players, more the whole poker playing community. Haven't personally played with a Phil that I know of actually.

Phil's may be more likely to be good poker players.

 

[doctorchips]

Dan - Daniel Negreanu, Dan Smith, Dan Harrington...?

 

[MrCatPants]

Dan - Daniel Negreanu, Dan Smith, Dan Harrington...?

I have played with several Dans

 

[doctorchips]

I don't mean pro poker players, more the whole poker playing community. Haven't personally played with a Phil that I know of actually.

Phil's may be more likely to be good poker players.

This is a strange exercise, but if you're going for a random sample of people I'd go with the top 10 names for births in X year.

So just call everyone Muhammed and you'd be right 25% of the time.

 

[buzzmonkey]

I don't mean pro poker players, more the whole poker playing community. Haven't personally played with a Phil that I know of actually.

Phil's may be more likely to be good poker players.

John and Chris are the most common in my circles.

 

[doctorchips]

John and Chris are the most common in my circles.

Chris is a fantastic name

 

[MrCatPants]

John and Chris are the most common in my circles.

Ooh Chris. Yeah there's alot of poker Chrises.

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Probably somewhat regional. As NJ/NYC person, tons of Chris and Joes, but Bill and Mike gotta be way up there.

 

[upNdown]

 

[Machine]

This is BORING BORING BORING

We need a most uncommon name thread now!!

 

[MrCatPants]

This is BORING BORING BORING

We need a most uncommon name thread now!!

Frenchy "Moose" McGee?

 

[MrCatPants]

Probably somewhat regional. As NJ/NYC person, tons of Chris and Joes, but Bill and Mike gotta be way up there.

I get no Joe's in TX.

 

[doublebooyah85]

Andy and Nate in my game

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

I get no Joe's in TX.

Boom, plot thickens, I can't spit without hitting a Joe.

 

[ovo]

fish

 

[casiowiz]

It's obviously Chip. 100s at every game!

I'll see myself out.

 

[ekricket]

From meetup experience these seem to be at least two if not three or four of the following

Mark
Mike
Chris
Kevin
Elizabeth
Bill
Justin
Jason
Josh
Steve
Craig
Ben

 

[Schmendr1ck]

I would not choose Craig or Matt. I definitely don't know any poker players with those names.

At least, no good ones.

 

[Machine]

I get no Joe's in TX.

Andy and Nate in my game

Well you need a Joe, I have on in my game!
Give the doe to Joe!

Ship the candy to Andy!

Send the sherbet to Hurbert!

 

[Taghkanic]

Chris, Steve, Dan, Mike, Paul, Ryan

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Chris, Steve, Dan, Mike, Paul, Ryan

This is a fun game; knew you were Northeast before even looking at the profile. Lotta saint names!

 

[Machine]

The most common name around here is



Bob

 

[bmacpoker]

I don't have a wide range to choose from... it seems like Carlos, Alex, and Brandon have been the only multiples. But again, I've probably played private games with 3 dozen people, and most not more than once. Among our regulars only Brandon is a multiple, and I'm one of them.

 

[MrCatPants]

Well you need a Joe, I have on in my game!
Give the doe to Joe!

Ship the candy to Andy!

Send the sherbet to Hurbert!

Spank Hank?

@Darson

 

[MrCatPants]

Andy and Nate in my game

Andy's I've run into. Zero Nate/Nathans.

 

[Beakertwang]

Here's a list from our home game:
Andrew
Bo
Dawson
Darren
Dustan Sr
Dustan Jr
Dillon
Drayven
Ethan
George
Griffin
Hunter
Hunter
Mike
Molly
Shane
Terry
Tim

So...

Dustan and Hunter?

 

[MrCatPants]

Here's a list from our home game:
Andrew
Bo
Dawson
Darren
Dustan Sr
Dustan Jr
Dillon
Drayven
Ethan
George
Griffin
Hunter
Hunter
Mike
Molly
Shane
Terry
Tim

So...

Dustan and Hunter?

What kind of farking weirdos do you play with?

 

[TheRealTeddyKGB]

Chris & Phil. And I'm Marc not Mark!