Female Poker Players - it's important that they are pretty......

[tikay]

I had this from Warren Lush, of Party Poker, a few days back. Proper charmer is Mr Lush - see my italics.

".....Gibraltar – December 3rd, 2007 – Coverage of the inaugural PartyPoker Women’s World Open gets underway on Five in the UK and Ireland at 12.30 am on Wednesday 5th December/Thursday 6th December and will run for eight weeks. The 36 runner field features one of the strongest line-up’s ever assembled for a women’s poker tournament in Europe.
 
Leading the field is American trio Jennifer Tilly, Liz Lieu and Shannon Elizabeth. Tilly is an Academy Award nominated actress and WSOP and WPT champion, while poker pin-up Lieu is one of the world’s most feared cash game players and a star of the successful PartyPoker Premier League Poker series. Actress Shannon Elizabeth is best known for her role as an au pair in the film American Pie but has had success on the professional circuit, including making the semi-finals of the NBC Heads-Up Championship in the United States. Lieu was made favourite at the outset by bookmakers PartyBets.com.

The tournament was PartyPoker’s first ever all-female event and was produced by Matchroom Sport.  A similar format to the annual PartyPoker World Open was followed, as 36 players from across the globe battled it out for a share of a $108,000 prize-fund. The buy-in for the tournament was set at $3,000, with the eventual winner taking home a cool $50,000. Amongst the European challengers were Xuyen “Bad Girl” Pham, former PartyPoker World Open winner Pippa Flanders, European Ladies champion Jackie Meecham, Katharine Hartree, Jackie Vaswani, Deborah Rogers, Lucy Rokach, Beverley Pace, Jen Mason, Shelley Rubenstein, Maria Demetriou and Kara Scott.

A PartyPoker spokesman said: “The line-up wasn’t only one of the strongest ever assembled for a women’s tournament in Europe, it was also one of the prettiest.”  

Commentary is provided by Jesse May and Shannon Elizabeth............."

I'm sure Bev, Jen, & Maria will be delighted to know that Party Poker think they are "pretty". Proper worsdsmith, that Warren.

Worth watching though, Jesse provides, as usual, terrific commentary, & young Chili does a stint in the commentator's booth, too. Because she's good, or because she's pretty, one idly wonders.......

Seriously, I jest, it's a terrific comp, & the blondes did us proud with a 1-2-3. Great telly.

[DesD]

I had this from Warren Lush, of Party Poker, a few days back. Proper charmer is Mr Lush - see my italics.

Do you think he was drinking when he wrote it?

[TightEnd]

writing press releases is an art,however Mr Lush fails at the science of his...........

[Indestructable]

Last night was the celebrity edition. Didn't watch it as I didn't recognize many of the names apart from Kara and Leilani, and that was it. A bit like celebrity jungle, who, who, who?? I enjoy watching celebrity heats, but at least have some real celebrities.
Someone will probably now say that they are really famous? 

[tikay]

Last night was the celebrity edition. Didn't watch it as I didn't recognize many of the names apart from Kara and Leilani, and that was it. A bit like celebrity jungle, who, who, who?? I enjoy watching celebrity heats, but at least have some real celebrities.
Someone will probably now say that they are really famous? 

You miss the point I think Ed. They were pretty.

[Ironside]

Last night was the celebrity edition. Didn't watch it as I didn't recognize many of the names apart from Kara and Leilani, and that was it. A bit like celebrity jungle, who, who, who?? I enjoy watching celebrity heats, but at least have some real celebrities.
Someone will probably now say that they are really famous? 

you must know micheala tabb she is one of the top pool/snooker refs in country she was also on identity on bbc2 but i forgot you missed that one

[TightEnd]

Michaela Tabb is a blondeite.

To use her immortal catchphrase "Ronnie O'Sullivan...47"

[Mango99]

I think it's a good press release. Warren's a good bloke - allows me to put players in wearing hugely oversized (non ofcom compliant) logos, and also didn't kill me when I accidentally persauded one of his online qualifiers to wear my shirt in the semi final, even though he wore a PP shirt in the qualifier lol

As for the Women's Open - let's face it, most blokes would rather watch a boring poker game of ladies playing than a boring poker game of blokes playing?.. Not that the Women's Open was boring - in fact it has some of the most exciting, jaw dropping, poker action I've ever seen!

Also Jen and Maria both play excellently - putting the rest of the field (aside from Bronwyn Campell, Kara Scott, Bev Pace, etc to shame).

One amazing hand happens in Jen's heat - where her opponent passes an incredibly strong hand preflop. You'll have to see this one to believe it I tells you!

[Indestructable]

Last night was the celebrity edition. Didn't watch it as I didn't recognize many of the names apart from Kara and Leilani, and that was it. A bit like celebrity jungle, who, who, who?? I enjoy watching celebrity heats, but at least have some real celebrities.
Someone will probably now say that they are really famous? 

you must know micheala tabb she is one of the top pool/snooker refs in country she was also on identity on bbc2 but i forgot you missed that one

[Laxie]

My brain's like a sieve these days.  Will someone please bump this thread next Wednesday as a reminder?  Cheers!

[Indestructable]

Last night was the celebrity edition. Didn't watch it as I didn't recognize many of the names apart from Kara and Leilani, and that was it. A bit like celebrity jungle, who, who, who?? I enjoy watching celebrity heats, but at least have some real celebrities.
Someone will probably now say that they are really famous? 

You miss the point I think Ed. They were pretty.

Trouble is i don't know them to know if they are pretty or not. Kara aside but she is Canadian.  

[tikay]

I think it's a good press release. Warren's a good bloke - allows me to put players in wearing hugely oversized (non ofcom compliant) logos, and also didn't kill me when I accidentally persauded one of his online qualifiers to wear my shirt in the semi final, even though he wore a PP shirt in the qualifier lol

As for the Women's Open - let's face it, most blokes would rather watch a boring poker game of ladies playing than a boring poker game of blokes playing?.. Not that the Women's Open was boring - in fact it has some of the most exciting, jaw dropping, poker action I've ever seen!

Also Jen and Maria both play excellently - putting the rest of the field (aside from Bronwyn Campell, Kara Scott, Bev Pace, etc to shame).

One amazing hand happens in Jen's heat - where her opponent passes an incredibly strong hand preflop. You'll have to see this one to believe it I tells you!

The quality of poker played was superb, as was the TV Coverage, & the Commentary. No argument there. As to Mr Lush, well, I don't know the fella, & I'm sure he's a wonderful man, & no, I'm not being sarcy. But I just baulk at PR-corporate-speak stuff. I have my own little mind & brain, & I can work out for myself whether someone is "pretty" or not, without being told. It's like telling us Dolly Parton is buxom - we kinda know that already......

I have a view on Ladies Only Tourneys, & can live with them, notwithstanding the usual "sexist" hoohah, & I'm as proud as punch that Bev, Jen & Maria did so well. But when I get an e-Mail telling me I ought to watch a poker Touirney because the players are "the prettiest", well, come on!

For the avoidance of doubt. Great TV, great play, great players. Like many of us, I know Bev, Jen & Maria very well. They'd LOVE to be called the great players that they genuinely are. As to being called pretty.....

[byronkincaid]

dunno what the fuss is about, if I was playing Antonius heads up and the press release said we have the fittest best looking most talented poker player in the world here playing up and coming youngster Patrik, then I'd be like well yeah, LDO.

[Mango99]

I think it's a good press release. Warren's a good bloke - allows me to put players in wearing hugely oversized (non ofcom compliant) logos, and also didn't kill me when I accidentally persauded one of his online qualifiers to wear my shirt in the semi final, even though he wore a PP shirt in the qualifier lol

As for the Women's Open - let's face it, most blokes would rather watch a boring poker game of ladies playing than a boring poker game of blokes playing?.. Not that the Women's Open was boring - in fact it has some of the most exciting, jaw dropping, poker action I've ever seen!

Also Jen and Maria both play excellently - putting the rest of the field (aside from Bronwyn Campell, Kara Scott, Bev Pace, etc to shame).

One amazing hand happens in Jen's heat - where her opponent passes an incredibly strong hand preflop. You'll have to see this one to believe it I tells you!

The quality of poker played was superb, as was the TV Coverage, & the Commentary. No argument there. As to Mr Lush, well, I don't know the fella, & I'm sure he's a wonderful man, & no, I'm not being sarcy. But I just baulk at PR-corporate-speak stuff. I have my own little mind & brain, & I can work out for myself whether someone is "pretty" or not, without being told. It's like telling us Dolly Parton is buxom - we kinda know that already......

I have a view on Ladies Only Tourneys, & can live with them, notwithstanding the usual "sexist" hoohah, & I'm as proud as punch that Bev, Jen & Maria did so well. But when I get an e-Mail telling me I ought to watch a poker Touirney because the players are "the prettiest", well, come on!

For the avoidance of doubt. Great TV, great play, great players. Like many of us, I know Bev, Jen & Maria very well. They'd LOVE to be called the great players that they genuinely are. As to being called pretty.....

Aye, I get your point. On second reading it doesn't sound so good I guess Though, I guess if Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and some other Hollywood A-listers played a Men Only poker tourney, Warren would press release it with "not to say one of the most handsome poker fields ever assembled" or some such nonsense. I don't really see Warren's comment as being particularly sexist - besides it's kind of true. I could watch Bronwyn Campell play poker any day lol

[tikay]

I think it's a good press release. Warren's a good bloke - allows me to put players in wearing hugely oversized (non ofcom compliant) logos, and also didn't kill me when I accidentally persauded one of his online qualifiers to wear my shirt in the semi final, even though he wore a PP shirt in the qualifier lol

As for the Women's Open - let's face it, most blokes would rather watch a boring poker game of ladies playing than a boring poker game of blokes playing?.. Not that the Women's Open was boring - in fact it has some of the most exciting, jaw dropping, poker action I've ever seen!

Also Jen and Maria both play excellently - putting the rest of the field (aside from Bronwyn Campell, Kara Scott, Bev Pace, etc to shame).

One amazing hand happens in Jen's heat - where her opponent passes an incredibly strong hand preflop. You'll have to see this one to believe it I tells you!

The quality of poker played was superb, as was the TV Coverage, & the Commentary. No argument there. As to Mr Lush, well, I don't know the fella, & I'm sure he's a wonderful man, & no, I'm not being sarcy. But I just baulk at PR-corporate-speak stuff. I have my own little mind & brain, & I can work out for myself whether someone is "pretty" or not, without being told. It's like telling us Dolly Parton is buxom - we kinda know that already......

I have a view on Ladies Only Tourneys, & can live with them, notwithstanding the usual "sexist" hoohah, & I'm as proud as punch that Bev, Jen & Maria did so well. But when I get an e-Mail telling me I ought to watch a poker Touirney because the players are "the prettiest", well, come on!

For the avoidance of doubt. Great TV, great play, great players. Like many of us, I know Bev, Jen & Maria very well. They'd LOVE to be called the great players that they genuinely are. As to being called pretty.....

Aye, I get your point. On second reading it doesn't sound so good I guess Though, I guess if Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and some other Hollywood A-listers played a Men Only poker tourney, Warren would press release it with "not to say one of the most handsome poker fields ever assembled" or some such nonsense. I don't really see Warren's comment as being particularly sexist - besides it's kind of true. I could watch Bronwyn Campell play poker any day lol

Each to their own I guess. Personally, I'd rather Mr Lush reminded us what a great player Bev is, show us or mention Jen's Poker CV - it's awesome, by any standards - or mention that Maria has played (roughly) Seven TV Tourneys, & had 2 wins, 3 seconds & two thirds, which is astonishing. Instead of which, we get told about some two-bit Yankee B-List movie actresses, while the poker prowess of Bev, Jen & Maria - & Kara & many others - get's forgotten. Because he needed to tell us they were "the prettiest"!

Stll, this thread will remind everyone to watch the show. And see Jen & Maria in Poker.co.uk apparel. It's not pretty, but it's successful......