I take all factors into consideration when playing and making poker decisions.
At Absolute I can not see where a player is from but on Nordica a simple float over will tell me.
In the real world narrow profiling outside law enforcemant is rude and can get you into trouble, but in the poker world a great deal of information is benificial. Time zones do make a difference, but do not read too much into it. The player may work afternoons and have the ability to play at weird local hours and many more reasons alike. This does not mean discount the time zone thing entirely, just weigh it like it is.
There are many observations you can also utilize when using other player names for added information.
Many names determine sex (not level of play ladies, just added info) When you see numbers in the name you can determine age (Frank59, probably born in 1959 or 59 years old when signing up). Nationality pops into the equasion. Other names give you hobbies or career info, like 'Welder256' or 'FiremanPete' etc. Even when location not given you can detemine by the name. Sometimes you can even peg an intelligence level to the naming convention chosen. There are many pieces of information you can and should extract from the players account name. That is one reason I am Vito_Nuccio, selected out of respect for a late relative. The name has nothing to do with my poker or life style, but may give some false infomation to the others like nationality and age. Most players think I am an old man from Italy, but I am actually a middle aged American mutt (Mom pure Sicilian, Dad pure mutt).
Also, the player avatar may shed some clues for you to process. You can disect an avatar to discover more about the player. Ask yourself, why did this person use this picture? What can I extract from it to determine what type of person this is?
Some names and avatars will give you two or three bits of information. File these away and add them to the mix when determining a plan of action against these players. Profiling at the poker table is a winning way. Peg someone, if you find out your initial accessment is incorrect, then change your thoughts, but keep profiling the others continuously and store that info in your poker file cabinet.
Later,
