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[QUOTE="CallmeFloppy, post: 5742297, member: 134973"]
Personally I do not believe that one gender has an advantage over at having individual skill at poker.  There are numerous, incredibly skilled women in poker who have won many events, bracelets, titles, etc. I believe the main reason we see so few women at the tables is due to the number of people playing.

I do however, and would like women's opinion on this, wonder if women are at a disadvantage when sitting in a live game.

As we stated, poker is a male dominated activity in terms of participants.   Poker is a game of people and observing.   When something is different, for whatever reason, we tend to consciously and subconsciously, pay more attention to it.   For example, if I show you a picture of 10 blue orbs and 1 red orb, your eyes are likely to naturally focus on that one red orb.

So I wonder, are women therefore at a disadvantage because other players are more likely to pay attention to their actions and have the ability to pick up on a tell or tendency than they would on another male player?  I am not saying women are more likely to give off a tell then men, but could this possibly increased focus on them, make for an unfair playing field?
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