I read about that in another report. Apparently there were several male players in that game, not just the guy that won. As silly as it seems, the poker room can`t legally stop them from playing if they wish to.
^ this. Happens all the time, though they don't always win. Phil Gordon and his buddies used to be famous for entering ladies tournaments too, though at least they had the good grace to put a dress on before they did.
^^^^^ This.This is different than any random tournament though if I read the article correctly.
He couldn't chop with the breast cancer patient heads up with equal stacks? Then he can burn in hell
^^^^^ This.
If the guys want to cry about it, maybe they should have a guys only MTT, then a women could play in it and beat them all .
^ this. Happens all the time, though they don't always win. Phil Gordon and his buddies used to be famous for entering ladies tournaments too, though at least they had the good grace to put a dress on before they did.
This is different than any random tournament though if I read the article correctly.
He couldn't chop with the breast cancer patient heads up with equal stacks? Then he can burn in hell
^^^^^ This.
If the guys want to cry about it, maybe they should have a guys only MTT, then a women could play in it and beat them all .
First, let me say that I think that it was in bad taste for men to enter a tournament designated as a ladies only tournament. That being said, everything to the end of this post is me playing the devil's advocate.
What would happen if someone designated a tournament as men only. There would be huge public uproar. Ladies only tournaments are OK though.
What if a tournament was designated for the under 30 crowd. There would be another uproar from the seniors. The same goes for all black, all white, all asian, all hispanic, all gay, all straight, all bi, and my personal favorite, all fat old white guys in a second marriage and with their own hair and who drive a small red Honda. (I might be able to win that one)
Anytime somebody goes someplace they're not supposed to go, it makes news. Girls wanting to get in the Boy Scouts and vice versa and girls wanting to play on boys football or hockey teams. Boys playing field hockey wearing skirts is kind of interesting and has been pretty much accepted in some places.
There are people who spend their whole lives with a goal of getting someplace where they're not supposed to be and are in their glory if and when they finally succeed. Or they are in their glory when some news dweeb puts them in the public spotlight and says how badly they have been wronged.
My opinion: if that's what turns you on, go for it. Most of us don't care.
Maybe, but theirs more then you think.Didn't you just come very close to describing almost all the non-ladies' events?
This kind of stuff all came about because some girl in Texas wanted to play football, because there was no girls football team. NOW don't get me wrong if a girl wants to play in a mans sprot with men then all the more power to ya, but don't raise a stink when the men want to play in the womens sport. Now what i do not agree with him not splitting since she did have cancer and it could have helped. I guess that just goes to show there really is no Poker God cause if there was she would have won.
I have learnt the hard way, just because someone has said they have cancer, that don't make it true. She may have been trying to bluff him into the better option for her.The worst part is he wouldn't take the chop, which disgusts me since she has cancer.
But that's just it, if there had been a girls' team she'd have played on it.
I'll put it this way. If a guy wants to join a ladies' rhythm gymnastics team because there is no men's rhythm gymnastics team, then I'd think it would be silly for anyone to protest his right to participate in a sport he loves.
I don't remember seeing men playing ladies' tennis tournaments though women and men compete against each other in mixed doubles tournaments, and can of course compete outside of tournaments for fun and exhibitions.
Ah tennis. Sport of kings. Class all the way.
This is different than any random tournament though if I read the article correctly.
He couldn't chop with the breast cancer patient heads up with equal stacks? Then he can burn in hell