Uhl be alright. A ladies event blog, by Vicky Coren

[Rod]

Great writing but she is a journalist :-)

I can see what people are saying about the fact she is herself an experienced player and why is she playing the event, well she does say, it is because she enjoys it and having her there might actually attract more players. I'm sure she is pleasant and friendly at the table. Also she said her issue was the guy's attitude at the table not that he was playing a soft tournament (I am guessing most of us do this). Also if he had been nice about it they probably would have been fine with it. I don't think the article is hypocritical. If she had been complaining about him playing in a soft tournament then it would have been.

[RED-DOG]

I'd like to see her reaction to a 'Men Only' tournament.

[Tal]

I'd like to see her reaction to a 'Men Only' tournament.

That's almost what we have everywhere! Must be 97% men in >1k comps. That's one of the key points of the article.

Irrespective of whether there is a 'benefit' to it (casino employees event??), it is a nice feature, which proves that thereis interest from the fairer sex. We should celebrate the fact that it's an equal game that anyone can enjoy. Rather than it being discriminatory, I think it's embracing; it encourages recreational - shy - players in a male-dominated world to give it a go.

The better players are in it at least partly because they are supporting the event. They prob see it as a bracelet they can surely win but I'd argue the overriding factor is one of enjoyment rather than personal gain.

Don't see phil Ivey in there trying to get his bracelet bet going!

[mondatoo]

Tbf, are there many communities that are less intimidating than poker players, really ? Just seems like a load of bollocks to me.

[BangBang]

UHL is a complete Spanner for playing this tournament, for the sheer fact that the tournament is called "WSOP Ladies event" Imagine that on his Hendon Mob...

But on the flip side, Vicky did say that if he responded better and made a joke or was charming, maybe the fear that was projected at the table by his presence would have been diluted and he would have been accepted..

I've seen all the comments of why Vicky is a hypocrite playing this event and being a professional poker player etc etc etc... But the fact is that she is a lady and is playing an event designed for Ladies...

How would UHL feel if Vicky entered an Event that was designed for "Spanners" I'm sure he and his fellow tools would be annoyed...  

[Tal]

World Spanners Only Poker

Quality

[fizix87]

The worst thing about the annual debate/controversy about men entering the ladies event is that the people who claim to be taking the moral high ground also feel the need to humiliate and ridicule those men that do enter.



 

[RED-DOG]

I would enter a 'Ladies only' competition without compunction. (or contraception).

[BangBang]

I would enter a 'Ladies only' competition without compunction. (or contraception).

Well don't enter a speed mating event without the above...

[AndrewT]

I am going to scoop tons of gold medals at the local primary school's sports day this year.

[smashedagain]

A great piece, but so hypocritical.

Surely someone as bright as Vicky can see the irony.

I was sat at a table in the Irish open with a table of "ace faces" ( even Cos was there ) and Miss Coren had bust out early and came to tell her bad beat to Mr Bad Beat. "what am I to do now in Dublin on a bank holiday" she raged.
"There is a ladies event" I informed her.

[ ] err yeah that went down well.

[RED-DOG]

I am going to scoop tons of gold medals at the local primary school's sports day this year.

Ah, but the kiddies don't demand to compete against the adults.

If it were legal to enter the primary school's sports day events, and the prize money was the same as for that women's poker, there would be quite a few, er, shall we say, more mature entrants.

[Jon MW]

The worst thing about the annual debate/controversy about men entering the ladies event is that the people who claim to be taking the moral high ground also feel the need to humiliate and ridicule those men that do enter.

Why shouldn't they? Seems like the most appropriate response.

[Jon MW]

I am going to scoop tons of gold medals at the local primary school's sports day this year.

Ah, but the kiddies don't demand to compete against the adults.

If it were legal to enter the primary school's sports day events, and the prize money was the same as for that women's poker, there would be quite a few, er, shall we say, more mature entrants.

Vicky's blog covered that didn't it? The prize money and the bracelet are still available in the Ladies event - but you don't get hundreds of men entering.

[RED-DOG]

I am going to scoop tons of gold medals at the local primary school's sports day this year.

Ah, but the kiddies don't demand to compete against the adults.

If it were legal to enter the primary school's sports day events, and the prize money was the same as for that women's poker, there would be quite a few, er, shall we say, more mature entrants.

Vicky's blog covered that didn't it? The prize money and the bracelet are still available in the Ladies event - but you don't get hundreds of men entering.

I didn't say hundreds Jon, I said 'quite a few'.

Anyway, it would be nice to hear Mr Uhl's version of events.