blonde poker forum

FEMALE POKER PLAYERS REJOICE!

POKERSTARS NET SIGNS ON AS OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE HIGH HEELS POKER TOUR TO BRING THE EXCITEMENT OF ONLINE PLAY TO THE FELT

ISLE OF MAN, UK –SEPTEMBER, 2009 –While men have traditionally taken center stage at the world’s biggest tournaments, interest among women in poker, both online and offline, is skyrocketing. According to recent poll, women account for up to 25 percent of the poker playing public, up dramatically from just five years ago. Of course, women have been playing poker in their own home games since the game took hold in America, one hundred years ago.

Today, PokerStars net, the world’s largest poker school, announced its sponsorship of the acclaimed High Heels Poker Tour (HHPT).  Founded in 2007, the HHPT was created to empower women who want to become champions in the growing world of poker. Like PokerStars, The HHPT seeks to provide the best competitive environment where women can explore, develop, and continue growing and learning top strategies to perfect their “A” game.

The PokerStars sponsorship will include support for HHPT’s growing roster of tournaments; the first of began this month at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, NY. After New York, the tour heads south to Florida for three outstanding events in Dania, Hollywood and Tampa, where the nation’s female champions of tomorrow will vie for not only a generous prize pool, but great friendships, camaraderie and competition at the tables.

“PokerStars has all of the attributes in a online partner that female players crave: an incredible variety of quick, entertaining games that range from low buy in sit and goes and cash games to serious tournament play, all in an environment where women can learn the game, develop their skills, and truly become champions,” said Lauren Failla, founder of the High Heels Poker Tour. “With champions like Vanessa Rousso, Katja Thater, and Vicky Coren, our players have a whole new set of role models to emulate and challenge, online and at the tables.

In addition to the tour sponsorship, PokerStars.net and HHPT will also be collaborating on the HHPT Grand Finale and PokerStars $1000 buy-in ladies event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January 2010.

 

lol women pokerz




 ;popcorn;

 ;ifm; ^^^^^^^^^^^

Damn.  Saw the thread title and got excited.

False advertising imo.

When are they going to do a "Men only" tour?

Would it be legal?

who would that benefit?

As sexist as it may sound i can see the benefit of a wome only tour but not a men's

(i think boldie regularly plays the men only tour though) ::)

No I don't!

Too busy masturbating,

Tosser.

lol. sure sounds like it from the name of the tour - who on earth thought up that one?

I usually play in trainers myself, but will have a bash at the freerolls.

That's not my point.

I asked the question: Would it be legal?

Women in poker are brilliant. In fact, some of the best valet service and massages I've had have been from women.

you also asked the question: When are they going to do a "Men only" tour?

For the potential illegality of it to be exposed someone has to highlight it, who's going to make this a discrimination issue?

there won't be - it's not gimmicky enough, and, rightly or wrongly, a site probably wouldn't want to associate itself with something like that (I know it's hypocritical).

I'm sure it would be legal.

Oh yes, so I did. (I forgot that bit)

I still wonder if a "Men Only" tour would be legal though.

You are? Why?

because otherwise whatever laws were in place to stop that happening would also apply to women's poker tournaments, and as they run pretty openly, I presume they are legal.

I think this sort of stuff tilts Red-Dog like it tilts me.

The one that always gets me is the Mobo awards. Guaran-damn-teed that would never be allowed to happen the other way round.

country music awards?

Haven't we done the women-only poker thing before?

Still very very different.

Thats a genere..like dance or Jazz.... MOBO's wind me up to..racism works both ways

because greeks can't rap?

there was a case in america I remember a while back where a couple of blokes turned up and demanded to play in a women's tour event as a protest against discrimination.

it ended up in court and it was ruled that women only games were fine and did not amount to discrimination but the organisers had to let men play as well. very odd

I edited my last post to this effect but i imagine the legality of it is the same for both men and women, it couldnt be otherwise, if you wanted to sue the womens poker tour for discrimination as a male poker pro i'm sure with all the crazy European laws we have you'd definitely have a case of some sort, it's something that has to be highlighted though i think, i'm not sure that there are many articles or directives in european law that specifically cover "games" or over activities that actively disallow men, though i suppose if you argue it affects your living as a poker pro it could fall under that law though i could see the intricacies of the case, determining if it was a game of skill or chance, it it was your living and then if it was affecting your living etc becoming very convoluted.

something like this would have to have some sort of precedent set to determine it's legality i think, if not you could possibly wind up being in breach of the ECHR just for having a girls only night in

it's music of black origin, a catch-all to take in a range of musical genres. You don't have to be black to be nominated/win an award.

substitue the word black for white and see the world disintergrate...

I think it would fall under the same rules as men only and women only clubs.

These are allowed (although I think there are some caveats) - what isn't allowed is restrictions in the same club based on discrimination. e.g. a golf club with a men only bar for example.

If that's right then that covers things like the MOBO's and would cover Greeksteins MOWO awards as being legal as well.

So you have no problem with the fact that the awards exist, it's just the semantics that bother you?

black peope were slaves for hundreds of years though, theres not that sort of taboo about substituting the words black for white for no reason, black people were marginalised by white people for so long, you can see why it would be innaproppriote, it's not pc gone mad, just the way things are.

Where did you say you'd played on a table with Greekfish? Was that event not open only to a limited section of the community?

It was the Greek Championships.  It's not legal to hold it in Greece so they had it at DTD.  Same as the Norwegian Champs.

The key word is 'were'... slavery was wrong ..end of...  we,they,everyone are equal now.... harping back about something sorted out the best part of 200 years ago only fuels the mindset of division..

It was sorted out 200 years ago?

What was that Martin Luther King going on about in the 1960s?

was talking UK... The Slavery Abolition Act 1833  america 1865
ur talking civil rights not slavery...

people do still harp on about it, a lot of white people still believe in it and a lot of black people are still angry about it, it is the reason(and quite a reasonable one) why you can have a black origins music award but not a white one, the negative connotation of "white only" is still there.

Unfortunatley its deep seated in minorities on both sides... but i dont think having something called the MOBO's helps... its an award for a number of related musical generes...and many many white people were involed in said generes evolution... there fore why not call it the award for Music of Urban Origination ?

The only reason why the MOBOs were set up is because British black music and acts never got a look in at the Brit Awards.

It wasn't a 'this will right the wrongs of slavery' thing, it was just so that people like Beverly Knight might sell a few more records.

The one thing  that drives me nutty is when nursery rhymes such as baa baa black sheep are deemed racist.


Why are they deemed such? Because ignorant fools don't check their facts and make assumptions.... Which then leads to the original meaning / connotation being lost.


Baa baa black sheep have you any wool?  Bloody hell yes mate and it's all TAX FREE because it's black - Black sheep were coveted. It was a positive thing!

SIGH

I bought MOJO magazine the other day and was disappointed to discover there were hardly any Jews in it at all.

dina carrol, seal,fyc, five star,shirley bassey,randy crawford all pre 1996 winners of major brit awards....

dont start with the middle east for gawds sake andrew......

I was talking about racial discrimination in general.

so the people who don't approve of womens only poker are against the men are banned from playing part?

black radio and asian radio not white radio and gay pride not straight pride is fine because whites can listen and straights can join in?

have i got this correct?

(btw bolt electro east on the iplayer is usually great if you haven't heard it)

 

It tilts me as well.   

For years women have wanted to be seen as equal to men in a lot of areas.  Poker is an ideal place where we can have total equality in playing ability and prizes (unlike snooker if you look at the cash prizes - unless this has changed in recent years). 

If the tours are there for women only, then it does make sense for good women poker players to enter as they would have an obvious edge and at the end of the day you play poker to win money. However, I am not keen on it as for me it's like 'here's the women's only section as they need one'.  WHY does there have to be a women's only tour, if some people don't like the idea of playing poker against men then tough IMO.

Out of curiosity, what are men's opinions of playing on a table full of women with them being the lone male - would you feel intinidated, would you be distracted, would it make no difference whatsoever?

Women only tours are probably here to stay but I for one would like to see it balanced with men only tours - but that would never happen, I could imagine the outcry and chants of 'injustice' etc.  GRRRRRRRRR   so so wrong.

I wouldn't bluff, I can tell you that much.

calling stations huh  rotflmfao

Is it playing poker in just high heels? In which case I'm sure the men who think this was a bad idea may come around...? depending on the women players obv!

I'm like Claw - I normally wear comfortable shoes, but if I have to get the stilettoes out for a free game I'm in.

Tart.

I've regged for tonight's freeroll, but going to be naughty and play barefoot. hope they don't send the High Heels spies out.

I'm gonna play tonight's freeroll as well. it says I'm not eligible for any prizes but that hardly matters as I won't win anyway

I'm not playing it, but I'll be wearing my high heels.

Turns out they allow residents of Ireland too...I'm in.

I desperately want to enter as I would love to meet Vicky Coren.

I hope I can take a friend as I know Fran is a great fan of hers.

I can't find the comp on PS - help please. Tnx.

Trace,

I edit little bits out of these sometimes, as they get overly spammy with .com addy's galore. In doing so, I inadvertently removed this bit, which may help. Sorry.

".....The freeroll tournaments can be found under Tourney/Regional on the PokerStars client......"

That's the message we all wanted to see.

and your pearls?


(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/itis.png)

Ty - found it.

It must be a ladies tourney as there are players with 'saucy' and sexy' in their names... sigh...


 You may have all read my message but even so I was misquoted ;D

I dunno. I think 'bunnybabes' might be a bloke's account.

Anisub is an interesting discussion point...

lol - one of your clients perhaps?

Only once the dungeon is up and running.

Lol, the pearls.......

I was wholly misquoted at DTD.

Oreally?

I was there. word for word. "it's not often you see someone wearing a pearl necklace at a poker table"

edited as i misquoted first, obv.

And then he did some sort of old man laugh by intake of breath as if he wanted to laugh but shouldn't because someone had mentioned something naughty like 'willy' on the telly.

and then:

mystery woman 1: depends where you play
mystery woman 2: yeah, quite common at the Western probably

I've a neighbour in her early 60's who's just learning to play poker live as well as online.  If you happen to be on knockmaggie's table, please say hi.  She may not respond as she's not sure how to work the computer very well, but I'll be railing her and will reply for her.  lol  she's a lovely woman and like a second mom to me.  Cheers!

PS  Not decided what I'll wear tonight, but heels not high on the list!

Yep they were funny. Probably some of the best players there that night imo.

I concur.

I may have a look at this as I have lots of high heels and once didn't have time for a shower which resulted in me realising I was still wearing the last vestiges of a pearl necklace two hours into a tourny. Do I qualify?

you qualify for something ;D

was it at the Western?

whee - easy game :D

PokerStars Game #32644226036: Tournament #192976474, Freeroll  Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2009/09/09 20:16:31 WET [2009/09/09 15:16:31 ET]
Table '192976474 39' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: uncledylan (1270 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: Icemaiden42 (740 in chips)
Seat 3: Dellboy64 (1255 in chips)
Seat 4: Milenax (2185 in chips)
Seat 5: Clairep75 (1035 in chips)
Seat 6: dannyooo13 (2747 in chips)
Seat 7: BeatlesRingo (4361 in chips)
Seat 8: kasa011 (1645 in chips)
Seat 9: Dempsey122 (2232 in chips)
Icemaiden42: posts small blind 50
Dellboy64: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Clairep75 [As 6s]
Milenax: folds
Clairep75: raises 935 to 1035 and is all-in
dannyooo13: folds
BeatlesRingo: folds
kasa011: raises 610 to 1645 and is all-in
Dempsey122: folds
uncledylan: folds
Icemaiden42: folds
Dellboy64: folds
Uncalled bet (610) returned to kasa011
*** FLOP *** [Kc Ah Ac]
*** TURN *** [Kc Ah Ac] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [Kc Ah Ac Ad] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Clairep75: shows [As 6s] (four of a kind, Aces)
kasa011: shows [5c Tc] (three of a kind, Aces)
Clairep75 collected 2220 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2220 | Rake 0
Board [Kc Ah Ac Ad 7s]
Seat 1: uncledylan (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Icemaiden42 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Dellboy64 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Milenax folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Clairep75 showed [As 6s] and won (2220) with four of a kind, Aces
Seat 6: dannyooo13 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: BeatlesRingo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: kasa011 showed [5c Tc] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 9: Dempsey122 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Went out 28th, my A10 losing out to AJ lost me a lot of chips and I never managed to recover.   Enjoyed the game though and I think a fair few guys were playing!

Agreed. Pictures of women playing poker in heels required. When page 2 turned into a debate about Martin Luther King the thread should have been removed and shot like a sick dog.

LOL..at the call with 10 5..class

Unlucky Babe, but not bad considering the field size and all.

Nottingham Gala. We had to do the obligatory hotel shag and left it too late to shower. Is that TMI?

I don't understand why women want to be equal when they could be better.

That shows a lack of ambition to me.

Which is why men are better.

lol

When you're a real poker player you will run back, shag in the dinner break and go back without the shower. Until then you're just an amateur!

this is turning into the best thread ever

You are missing a lot by not playing live....

FYP

In that case, I demand to be allowed to play the APAT events.

All I get is a few manky chips and an onion bhaji.

check out the list of tonight's runners - another potential client there for you under 'U' :D

I would be amazed if this works. Most of the women I have spoken to enjoy the idea of women's poker, but at the same time feel pretty patronised by the whole idea.

Surely the idea of making them wear high heels is going to do much to remove the stereotype?

really? I don't know anyone who really enjoys women-only games. I don't really like playing them at all from an 'enjoyment' perspective, but it's all about the valooooooo.

True. The same reason why French players can bring themselves to play in French tournaments.

I'm a real poker player then. The free buffet was never an option.

That Hiton's quite handily placed for a dinner break bonk.

http://borgatapoker.blogspot.com/2009/09/dude-looks-like-lady-event-7.html

he won it

lol blinding

"Every hand he needled people."

this made me laugh, like he ruined the whole thing for everyone, sour grapes imo.

did he really win it?

red dog will be happy at least!

whee - just won my seat into the EPT sat :D

wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii n1 (ling)

Well done Chicka!!!  Had forgotten all about these

Nice one chick   ;applause; ;applause;