If you are a lady named Lisa Hamilton you would almost certainly say yes! Lisa came through a field of over a thousand women to win $195,390 in prize money at this year’s $1,000 Ladies World Championship at the WSOP. Traditionally men and women are separated in competitions, or sports that have a physically element but this does not apply to poker, so why would you want women only tournaments?
Poker is one of the few sports where men and women can compete on a totally equal footing. On the other hand women only tournaments do offer a less intimidating way for novice female players to gain card room experience and to give them the confidence to go on and play in mixed games. They also are great for encouraging women that might not have otherwise played poker to enter the game, so maybe there is a place for women only poker tournaments.
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November 3rd, 2009 at 10:03 am
I don’t think there’s men only comp’s so whys there only women ones