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luvr
Lots has already been said and most everyone here is a guy so I'll keep this short. For anyone who didn't know a bunch of guys entered the Ladies Only event at the WSOP and drama ensued. Enough has been said so I won't talk about the specifics but the upset brought up issues regarding whether or not the event should even exist. Some guys say they should be able to enter it because it's not legally against the rules, it's "good equity", they want to sit at tables full of women, that bracelet only events should be open to everyone etc. Even some female players like Annie Duke won't play it and say any serious female poker player should take it as an insult, that we shouldn't need our own event because we're equal to the men etc. A good article was written by Dr. Pauly at his Tao of Poker website on the subject. My Thoughts: Not all bracelet events are created equal to begin with. No one is going to look at the Ladies Event champ like they won the Main so that's not much of an argument and we should clearly be able to have it. Why do we want it? Because women at a poker table are not ever treated the same as men. The ladies get disrespected and are never given credit for skills. Recently after Liv Boeree won her tournament I read some comments and someone said, "Good, now she can get back to the kitchen", among many other comments. *sigh* Often it's all fun and games but it doesn't change that women are rarely respected as serious players in the poker world. Or they get hit on at the table. I liked what Kristy Arnett said in her blog, guys will say things like: "“Come on honey, smile once.” — No, I don’t feel like smiling! Should I be smiling because I’m a girl? Are you going to tell the 200 pound dude next to you to smile? NO. ME = feeling less like smiling" The Ladies Only event is the only time we get to sit around and play poker with the girls and that's the point! I couldn't get a bunch of girls together for a game if I tried. Even if I could find enough girls that actually had enough interest to play, I would have to spend hours teaching them basics just to make the game half entertaining. Think of how you enjoy getting a bunch of guys together for a casual game to drink some beers and have some laughs? Would you be pissed if the girlfriends decided to crash your home game? The Ladies only event has a special atmosphere that we enjoy. Apparently one table got up and went to the washroom together - are you going to see that in any other tournament? The Ladies Event doesn't hurt anyone and it helps get more ladies get comfortable in the poker world. Please be kind and adhere to the "No cock and balls rule" at the Ladies Only events. 
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