Most common first name for poker players (2 Viewers)

[ngmcs8203]

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

Champ, Bud or This Guy are my go-to names if I forget someone’s name.

Hey Bud… Your turn to act, Champ… Look at This Guy over here deciding to play a hand.

 

[upNdown]

After the river, it seems like a lot of guys at my game have a 4 letter name starting with C.

 

[JMC9389]

I have like 4 Matt's on my invite list

 

[SwissChip]

There are plenty of Stefan here!
Usually we play at Stefan's day (26 Dec.) and we already had 4 Stefans at the table! 2-3 is standart.

 

[CuddlesPhD]

Definitely Michael, there's always 2 at every table.

 

[Ben8257]

This is BORING BORING BORING

We need a most uncommon name thread now!!

Calm down BOB! Lol

 

[MrCatPants]

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

Ooooooo fancy. In my game you would subsequently be called either "mar-ss" or "Marcy"

 

[MrCatPants]

There are plenty of Stefan here!
Usually we play at Stefan's day (26 Dec.) and we already had 4 Stefans at the table! 2-3 is standart.

There was a time had 3 David's and that was challenging. 4 same name/10 is crazy!

 

[SwissChip]

There was a time had 3 David's and that was challenging. 4 same name/10 is crazy!

Lack of fantasy...hahaha
Stefan is the finnish Jukka

 

[Kensco]

This is BORING BORING BORING

We need a most uncommon name thread now!!

Looking like Dick may be in the running for least common...

 

[MrCatPants]

Looking like Dick may be in the running for least common...

Real talk. Very few poker Richard's. A shitload of poker Dicks.

 

[4SUMERZ]

In my small circle of players at my home games.
Gary -3
Brian - 3
Mike - 2
Don -2
Jim -2

 

[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?

Does Drayven look like this?

 

[MrCatPants]

In my small circle of players at my home games.
Gary -3
Brian - 3
Mike - 2
Don -2
Jim -2

Gary. That's a good one. I have not played with a Don.

Dan > Don

 

[surfik]

In USA I would say Mike,
However in Poland every second player calls himself "Doyle"...

 

[allforcharity]

As far as I'm concerned

Dick

which is what I'm probably going to call everyone sooner or later.

 

[SwissChip]

In USA I would say Mike,
However in Poland every second player calls himself "Doyle"...

Piotr Brunson?

 

[surfik]

Piotr Brunson?

Doyle Kowalski

 

[MrRossKeys]

Chris, Steve, Dan, Mike, Paul, Ryan

Steve, Chris, Mark, Tony, and our #1 name here in California believe it or not is Lisa

 

[MrCatPants]

Steve, Chris, Mark, Tony, and our #1 name here in California believe it or not is Lisa

For poker players? Or just in general?

 

[Sparkynutz]

Tim
Ryan
Rick
Tony
Greg
Joe
Bob
Rob
Margie
Sally

 

[Dodger]

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

 

[joeyshin]

Muhammad

 

[MrCatPants]

Muhammad

Confirmed. I have one in my game.

 

[KHarp1]

Mother. As in that mother f'er raised me, or, I can't believe that mother f'er called me with that.

 

[Beakertwang]

What kind of farking weirdos do you play with?

Sorry, no Erics.

 

[MrCatPants]

Sorry, no Erics.

I've got multiple. We have a high scandavian quotient.

 

[Nanook]

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.

What makes you think the poker player pool is the same demographic as a random sample. I would argue that it's very different.

Steve, Chris, Mark, Tony, and our #1 name here in California believe it or not is Lisa

In California the #1 name might be Lisa, but I would bet any amount of money that Lisa is not anywhere near the top of the most common poker player names. Lisa is a woman's name &
by anyone's measure poker is a game that is played by many more men than women.

 

[Easylife]

People at my local pub game where we have more than one of
Jim
Josh
Simon
Mark/Marc
Paul
Alex/Alec

So pretty common names from different countries as well at your average game, and a lot of the ones who share names are similar in age to each other as well.

 

[shorticus]

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?

Did you know that if you translate Andrew from English to Poker it means "Fish"?