This idea came from another forum, but I found it fascinating:

Basically...What is the meaning behind your Screen Name in poker?? What is the story as to why you chose your Screen name??

I chose "villaridge" because it was unique, in that I never saw it on a poker site before, and that is the name of the small town in Missouri that I grew up in. I never wanted to have a different name at each poker site. Now I am quite pleased to say that I am villaridge (or variations thereof; villaridge1, villaridge2, etc) at about 40 or so pokerrooms. I do have a few sites where I have a different name (Iron Duke: pokergodcowboy, and Sportsbook as: NewPokerGod), but basically I'm villaridge everywhere. So I have managed to lock up my poker fate, and poker nickname at most of the poker sites.

Anyway, I would like to see YOUR story here. Why did you choose your nickname?

As a matter of fact....yes I do!

Let me help you out over your shyness, by making a bold, wild and totally tounge-in-cheek prediction as to why you chose the nick "Tomturkey46"

1) You capatilized the "Tom" part but not the "turkey" part.
   CONCLUSION: "Tom" is in fact your real name. You are making allusions to the fact that you are a "turkey" at poker, when in fact you are NOT a turkey at poker .
2) You have the numer "46" at the end of your nick.
    CONCLUSION: you are 46 years old. or were born in 1946. Or that was your number at some sport.
3) Your nick is "Tomturkey46"
    CONCLUSION: Your name is Tom, you are 62 years old, and you grew up with turkeys on a farm or you got called a turkey alot as a child and resent it.


Anyway, lol, hehe, you are a great pokerplayer Tom and I feel like a turkey everytime I have to go against you on the poker tables. Oh, If my prediction of what your poker nickname means is not correct, please correct.

Try #3 and you would be right.  Got that from my brother at an early age.  But I now know why I was clumsy so I have the last laugh lol.

                                                    The turkey

rogue and gambit are xmen characters but i really like the name ROGUE LOL(EVEN THOUGH SHE IS A GIRL IN X-MEN)63  when i was born lol.and GAMBIT I CHOSE AS MY AVATAR because i just love those flaming aces in the pic and they explode on impact

I chosed underdog140 simply because I always route
for the underdog 140 for no reason just underdog was already
taken so had to put a # in 140 was it.

  Well been called Roadawg for close to 25 30 years now. Now some have asked me about my name guessing if I was a Biker now or in my younger days or a outlaw exconvict cause thats what some of them people called someone close that one asked by a Prison Guard from Huntville Texas  I got a laugh out of it. In my 20's used to Frame homes little ones and huge ones also my partner Dawgbreath stacked roofs, the pay was alot more the higher you went so being greedy thats what we did. Now your wondering so how did ya get the name. At times we would lean out over the edge to nail and I mean lean out so that you needed something holding your belt on nail bags. Get  feet planted good  held the belt as if his life depended on it,  Which was  ten out of ten times it did and one day Danny aka  ( Dawgbreath) hollered  hey dawg need another foot to nail. Foreman hollered get back your gonna fall.  Danny hollered down  Hell no thats my Roadawg's got ahold of me and I trust him with my life to make a point he leaned out further and laughed in a lower voice heard him say Roadwg don't let me drop now and I'll buy the beer after work.    We were bro's and did whatever was asked for the other no questions asked and that's how got the name only one I use online and even here at home that's what everyone calls me or knows me by is Roadawg.   And no we never let go of the bro hanging out over edge finish nailing, took to long to go get a lift anyway.


       Roadawg

My name at most poker sites is itzjickie or Jade something. Jade is my real name so that is pretty self-explanantory LOL. Jickie is my nickname so Itz ( it is) Jickie! haha