This post has the potential to get ugly in a hurry, but I’m going to attempt to keep it as civil as possible.
I wanted to address something that one might not think about, but probably should, and that is: if you are a male, what runs through your head when you sit down and realize you have to play against a woman?
Speaking from experience, I can tell you two things:
1) I’m much more apt to fold a hand if a woman bets aggressively at me, because I sometimes feel that women in general are much less aggressive at the poker table than men are simply because they seem to be the same way in the real world.
2) I’m much more apt to get distracted and be thrown off my game if said woman is attractive.
Obviously, these are two stupid mentalities to take towards women, but sometimes they are extremely difficult to get away from. It is very easy to develop a rapport with women at the poker table, which is most likely part of the strategy they use to extract chips from you. If you really want to play the game correctly, you have to be willing to bust this woman even if you do hit it off. As for point 2 above, if you two are really meant to be together, she’ll wait for you somewhere in the casino after you bust her so you can talk more after the tournament or during the break, so stop staring at her and play your damn cards!
These two reasons illustrate exactly why you SHOULD respect women at the table, because they can use these two stereotypes to the fullest advantage, and the smart ones absolutely do.There is some interesting content on this poker blog namely a series of ten great examples that have become successful with the help of their looks and their game, and I’m guessing these women make more than I do in a year over the course of 24 hours.
If you respect women in life, there should be no reason to give them any less respect at the poker table. If you don’t respect women in life, women at the poker table are probably the least of your concerns at this point.
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Enjoy the weekend, but please don’t waste a day going to the Stardust in Vegas, beacuse it is no longer standing. Kind of a sad day in poker news if you ask me, but I guess there’s probably a couple other options for you in Vegas if you really look hard enough.
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