Abi Titmuss

[tikay]

I must just add, & it's well known, backed by the facts, that I'm a big supporter - & Shareholder - of Ladbrokes.

But gimmicky female poker players - sorry. We have plenty of superb lady players, & they must be well hacked off at this development.

[Laxie]

'seriously', 'Abi', and 'poker' in the same sentence?  I'm on life tilt for the rest of the day. 

[Woodsey]

Some extra dead money for all of you playing you should be pleased?

[Claw75]

it's her fault I can't have my nice long blonde hair any more.  after two blokes in one week said I reminded them of Abi Titmuss it was chopped off and dyed brown within days.

hmmm, maybe they weren't talking about my looks after all.......

[Dingdell]

I must just add, & it's well known, backed by the facts, that I'm a big supporter - & Shareholder - of Ladbrokes.

But gimmicky female poker players - sorry. We have plenty of superb lady players, & they must be well hacked off at this development.

I see it more as adding value to the game, the good players will out eventually and her sponsorship just adds more money to the prize pool doesn't it? I was very anti womens only games but I'm beininning to see the value in them...

[booder]

I would use a celebrity who is more of a 'girl's girl'

don't think you'd get a celebrity who is more of a girl's girl than Abi   

[cbass]

I, too, Tikay, as an occasionally sponsored by Laddies player, have to tread carefully.  I have to say, when I heard the announcement, my heart sank.  I was, at the time, vacuuming the stairs (my day job), and the dog wasn't sure what had hit him when I dropped the Dyson.

I agree with all comments and would add:  I have been defending Ladies Only tournaments (particularly the ELC as I like the format) for 2 years.  I truly believe they give women who would not normally join in live poker a chance to be comfortable in that arena and to wet their toes with a friendly but competitive bunch.  However, the other side of the coin is that Laddies must do their bit to encourage women, and using Abi simply doesn't do that.  I'm sure she's a very nice woman and if she can play poker of course she should be in the competition, but the boys get plenty of tits and ass already, shouldn't Laddies be giving the girls a bit of respect and encouragement?  

One suspects that Laddies were more interested in blanket coverage for the site than women's poker with this decision.

[Colchester Kev]

Seriously, people, I'd very much like your comments on Ladbrokes using Abi Titmuss to promote a Ladies' Poker competition.

Bev, regardless of what people think, good women poker players will play these events because of the added value and edge that they have, the fact that the hosts use some old trollop to promote it, thus degrading ALL female poker players will not put many off ... and thats a damn shame, If top female poker players made a stand against this crap, the organisers may think twice about doing it.

[snoopy1239]

Seriously, people, I'd very much like your comments on Ladbrokes using Abi Titmuss to promote a Ladies' Poker competition.

poker sites have been using t**s to promote their sites for years, just look at the pokerstars line up for the last 5 years or so...........

True, we've got Kev and TightEnd. Fact.

[77dave]

California State Law has just been passed which makes womens only comps illegal in that state.

Im neither for or against such comps but im sure many other states in the US will follow suit.

Saying that Nevada does ignore everyone else and does what it wants to do itself anyway.

[DUNK619]

people saying added value there is a chance shes good you know.

[TightEnd]

Next, John Leslie used to promote the EPT to Television X viewers

[kinboshi]

Is this why TJ got the SkyPoker job?  Sex sells I guess...

[KingPoker]

It's an offence to women poker players!

But IMO so are Ladies only comps, but im not starting this one up again!

[Indestructable]

When I saw Leilani a while back she was off to the states, so guess they wanted to line someone else up to fill he place. One saving grace is that it isn't Danni Wag-Lloyd.
This is obviously going to do nothing to attract ladies to the game, but no doubt will attract more blokes to watch the show and will make the press which i guess it is all about.