How to Encourage More Women to Play Poker

[SweatPea]

Let me ask, what do you mean by judged? in what way? about appearance? about style of play? Something else? Your answer suggests that woman in particular have greater sensitively to their self-worth than that of a man. I would argue that men can be equally insecure about their self-worth, concern about being judged, but isn't that a potential characteristic of an individual rather than a class by gender?

What do you think of the WSOP holding what appears to be a token event at the end of the schedule?

Yes women are more sensitive, especially about being judged and being uncomfortable.. Sorry to say but no its no where close as equal compared to men being insecure to pull up to a poker table.

 

[hulinada]

It’s really good that this is being addressed now. We went through a period where we only talked about the big wins. For the good of the game we have to accept that people will lose, but not mind losing.

 

[Kevin Watts]

A woman making the final table again at the wsop main event would create another poker boom.

 

[itarus]

A woman making the final table again at the wsop main event would create another poker boom.

О! Beautiful girl in online poker - just beautiful!
But at the same time there is a big threat to the opponents of the male!
Dispels attention, distracting the look and induces to do rash acts !

 

[eulukaas1]

I encourage my wife to play poker but later began to chip virtuale.Later she can play and real money.

 

[SweatPea]

How about a woman winning the main event.. Kind of like the moneymaker affect, i think its very possible.. theirs quite a few good woman players.

 

[gcurtis98]

I've gotten my girlfriend involved in playing and she likes it but she just plays freerolls. We have talked about this and her insight was that she thinks women are less willing to put their money at risk when inexperienced. So starting with freerolls could be a helpful tool to get them comfortable with the game and then be able to play with what is basically free money.

 

[xsavier]

if u have a inteligent gf it could be very positive to develop your game together...

 

[edcwy]

How about a woman winning the main event.. Kind of like the moneymaker affect, i think its very possible.. theirs quite a few good woman players.

That would be awesome! Let me offer my concern.

What I'm about to describe happened twice in the bicycle race community, primarily a male-centric sport. When Greg LeMond won the Tour de france, in 1986, 1989, 1990 His victory gave the sport of cycling a huge boost in participation, events - That's my generation.

From 1999 through 2005, Lance Armstrong won notoriously seven Tour de Frances in a row. Unprecedented. Television went nuts for Armstrong. Awareness for bicycle racing went through the roof. Industry sales, number of events, number of participants all went way up. But....

The community was not ready for the surge.

As at-large public awareness of bicycle racing began to normalize cycling and create acceptance as a real deal, new people found it hard to plug in.

The community lacked the infrastructure to accommodate all of the new interest.

As the infrastructure wasn't sufficient to serve, when Armstrong crashed with doping, participation in competitive cycling went off the cliff: decline in sponsorship, the public became adverse to cheaters.

It's obvious that there exist and persists in the public's eye that poker is gambling, when in fact the law is siding with the fact that poker is a game of skill, if not without risk, as in all games.

The bicycling community is not unlike poker community, people getting together to enjoy an activity they love. With cycling the club structure has always been weak with little industry support. At the local level, the community relies on volunteers to conduct activities.

Because a lack of common vision, the community naturally fragmented, everyone doing their own thing. We all understand that, but the outcome is the community becomes less and less friendly to new people joining the sport.

There are other factors such as prolific eCommerce, social media etc, Those things contribute to more fragmentation. Not too mention that bicycle racing is frikin hard as hell, has become expensive, and takes time, bike racing is in decline because welcoming and sustainable communities are not common.

All of that said, If the community addresses the market need before a champion emerges, the community is in better position to accommodate the forthcoming new interest.

If a woman won the WSOP. That would be huge, but then what? Where does someone that doesn't want to go to a bar or a casino go?

Online seems like part of the solution. With that, re positioning the poker game experience in a light that poker is a game with the high integrity, high value, welcoming to all, a learning and educational experience not unlike how chess presents itself so that the poker game can be a legit conversation with the family during the holidays.

Just saying that the community would benefit by preparing ahead of time for a woman poker champion.

 

[RaviRaju]

Don't be so "MAN" and more woman wil play poker... and other sports. You see woman as homesitter, babyholder ats. But we are the same people as all.

 

[phazeds]

I feel like just introducing them to the game then they will like it

 

[RENEY444]

Poker is no longer just a "Man's Game". More and more woman are showing up at the tables and giving men a run for their money , not only at local casinos and card rooms but on the tournament circuit .

 

[kapos77]

I think women's part of a group of people who suspect that love poker and can play well enough, but feel free to try.
I have always felt that the poker room - it's a scary environment and not just for women. All we want to play more poker women's.V during the past few years, pokerstars held regular tournaments only for women who have a special mini-site PokerStars the Women and constantly write a blog about women's success at the poker tables.
In fact, I think the image of poker can be quite aggressive. Even money poker party attracts women not so much as sotsialnaya.I think if more women knew it, and got acquainted with poker in some friendly environment home games, poker would have appeared before them in all its glory.

 

[edcwy]

How about a woman winning the main event.. Kind of like the moneymaker affect, i think its very possible.. theirs quite a few good woman players.

I presume most have read the post about Ema Zajmovic becoming first woman to win a wpt open event.

https://www.cardschat.com/news/ema-...rst-woman-win-wpt-open-event-15-seasons-39253

If you scroll down a couple of posts, you'll find one about community infrastructure. I related that in the event that a woman wins a main event, the poker community's infrastructure, promotional presence, public perception of poker, at the moment, is lacking to take advantage of the promotional opportunity that could bring more women to the game.

 

[Lerts]

idk just seem cards games in a whole seems to attract the male gender more in comparison to the female gender. My gf said she had small interest in poker and when i tried teaching her that interest went right through the door. Even directed her online to watch vids and read material and she after a while she grew tired of it, even tried playing so she would have the practical and she got bored so idk poker and card games in a whole seemed to attract men more so than females, why is this, idk.., prolly one out of every 20 females would play poker

 

[Kevin Watts]

I would like to see more women freerolls and sat. tourneys.

 

[Click400]

Include a puppy as a prize.

Lol... You can add your couple phone password.

 

[Alexandr Svinarshyk]

I believe that women are not bad players well, all the same their place in the kitchen and without gambling Igor

 

[edcwy]

I believe that women are not bad players well, all the same their place in the kitchen and without gambling Igor

Why do you state "their (women's) place in the kitchen without gambling." Your statement implies that you think women have less social value than men, that women are less capable than men, that women ought to be confined to, taking some liberty from your statement, "women's work."

I have no idea if anyone else wants to understand where you are coming from or if others have the same opinion.

Maybe I'm the only one, as I stated this thread, to have this curiosity.

 

[Amanda A]

I love playing poker as a woman. Makes me feel a little bit bad ass Ha ha

 

[Alexandr Svinarshyk]

I do not want to humiliate their social status. my opinion of women without gambling

 

[BigJamo]

There is more and more woman enjoying poker, not sure if that will pan out for the better, but if some of these ladies continue, then its very health for the game. Atm they have their own games at the majors, so its all cool.

 

[Caryn]

I also want to note that as best that I can tell, maybe two of the respondents to this thread are women.

I've seen the lack of engagement in other unbalanced by gender communities. Please women in Cardschat, if you care, offer your insight - pros and cons.

Maybe the status quo is just fine, and it is representative of market demand. But if a barrier exists to entry where the community at large is blind for an irrational reason, let's find out.

I'm also curious to see how many other women are in here, and if there's enough to open a thread on how we might play differently. On one hand, I'm all for dropping the gender thing and just saying "people", but on the other hand it DOES stand out. I'm not the only female who plays at the casino, nor am I the only female regular in the room either. I've been told I stand out, but I assumed it's the purple hair lol. We may be outnumbered but I don't think that's a simple male vs. female thing.

It could just be a thing where most females who enjoy poker prefer the casual game with friends. Fun poker. Playing the cards, not the bets/opponents poker.

Pursuing professional poker is a whole new ball game. You can still have more fun but it's *serious*. It can be stressful or overwhelming if you're at a muscle table. I think I've heard some females say it's boring. (Though I personally don't get the appeal of hitting a button on the slots either lol.)

In any case, the appeal of playing professional poker for me as a woman (scratch that, as an intellectual *person*) is the mental challenge and personal growth of it. I mean the competitive energy and potential winnings are nice too, but understanding variance, you can't win them all, and playing the cards you're dealt the best you can... I love every second of it. It's a mindset I take home to apply elsewhere. I dream of playing in-- scratch that, WINNING-- the world series of poker. Not because I'm a woman, but because of the challenge and who I'd become in the process.

And I'm really curious about how other women feel about pursuing professional poker too.

 

[diadiavalik]

As for the involvement of women at the table, I'm pragmatic and I believe that we should do something that has an effect. If it means creating a poker club for women only, I do not mind.
More importantly, games marketing in order to attract women is faced with exactly the same problems as the attraction for recreational players as a whole. The main thing here - to convince people and to prove that poker - is primarily a fun social activity. This attitude, in my opinion, would be beneficial to all in poker.

 

[Caryn]

^In general, this is a good point.

Oh, but it might help if googling "top female professional poker players" didn't all focus on lists of "hottest" (and no mention of skills, tournaments, training, etc.) That's basically a problem with everything though, men are judged by what they can do while women are judged by what they look like. </feminist rant>