[pirate22]

By accident-came across a well known Famous player,and obtained his handle,
which i made him as a friend.and it gave me the distinct pleasure.
{1} i knew when he was on line-thus if nothing doing i could Kibbitz,
it is a pity more famous players do not publish their handles,then
we lowly players can be spoilt for choice....... or is their such
a list? I rule out Walddek,he is a busy busy person :)

[barmar]

Most famous players have stars. If they're famous and don't have stars, they've probably asked NOT to be listed, so you should respect their wishes.

[pirate22]

It goes without saying "respect one's wishes" but I
would like to know why non starred persons,want to remain
secretive-thinking about it perhaps a World Class player is afeared of a written
backlash, if they screw up a hand or hands,after all we are all capable of that.

[manudude03]

There are 2 main reasons I know of why star players would want to keep private:

1. They don't get (as many) team match requests from randoms when private
2. They don't want to feel obliged to conform to a higher standard than the rest (behavior wise).

I have noticed that a fair few people have 2 nicknames, one for star status and the other without. Probably because they do want to be left alone occasionally.

[Statto]

Does the handle open doors? Or do you have the key? If the expert partners are on a different wavelength then it probably won't help you