So poker isn’t a man’s game anymore, let’s entertain that notion for moment. Who is the leader on the money list again? Nevermind that, we’ll come back to that later, let’s begin with the basics, basically, poker is a male dominated game. Check. Basically, not many female players up until recently played poker, and even still not many were very competitive. Read more.
This article isn’t going to defend the notion that poker isn’t a man’s game anymore, because it really never was in my opinion. To be a man’s game, the game must have something in it to make inherently geared towards the male sex. Let me elaborate. For example, the game of Football, now, that’s a man’s game. Why? Because inherent in the game is bone crushing physical contact and while there is a large skill component to the game, a very large and perhaps the largest component of the game is pure unadulterated, raw, earthshaking brut strength. So yes, a sport or game can be dominated by men, but that doesn’t make it a man’s game. Take baseball for example, a sport dominated by men, but because of the high skill component, it is reasonable to assume that there could one day be a woman baseball player. She’d probably play second base and hit for average, but it is conceivable. It would never happen. But the point is, poker is a skill game, you require nothing else but skill and concentration.
Do men really doubt their female counterparts at the poker table? Do men really think that a woman doesn’t have the killer instinct necessary to beat them? Probably. Lord only knows why. Just because a woman sits across from you, and she may have a really nice set of breasts and a beautiful smile, don’t think that when those cards are dealt she’s not dying inside to take your punk ass to the cleaners. I found that out the hard way. I got run up for about three hundy, and no I don’t feel good about it. She could have at least kissed me on the cheek before bending me over. Cute too. But that’s besides the point. The point is men have to start realizing that a female poker player can’t be taken for granted these days. I know, there’s female champions on TV all the time, but it’s the ones you don’t know about that will bite you. And yes, the best player in the world and leader of the money list is a man, the man, but how long before a woman takes that spot?
You see, anyone can play online poker, and there are women who log way more hours than you do, believe it or not. Furthermore, the game is growing on the female sex, they’re savvy, deceptive and cot-dammit they can be downright vicious. So look out dudes, it’s a whole new game. And should you be embarrassed if you lose to a woman? Probably not, but under the man code, you damn skippy, so step up your game fellas, otherwise those cleavage shots and pretty faces will be the last thing you remember before you lost your shirt…That was my favorite button up too…
