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Message: [QUOTE="TetraMinbet, post: 2382787, member: 117978"] I believe poker is a male dominated game. Men are used to running it all. Things might be different now, but last time I played a live tourney around ten years ago the guys treated me like I should be barefoot and pregnant and nowhere near a cardroom. They tried to run over me and I busted out a couple of them and didn't hit first but did cash. This probably turns a lot of women off to poker They have a tendency to shutup after you take out their buddies, but sometimes it seems like a major obstacle to overcome especially if one has a lot of social anxiety to begin with. Probably the only reason I cashed in that tourney was because they were even worse than me and really had nothing going for them but drunken belligerent trash talk. Also, I think more women than men are in situations personally where they get run over by a spouse or partner. If your everyday life is a constant battle to begin with, it's not going to be any easier making a stand in poker. You can't succeed in poker without making some kind of a stand. Getting run over by family or work peeps can make me really tilty. I'll go play in the wrong state of mind-if I beat up on someone who ran me over I feel better but if I can't control my emotion I'd better stay away BC I will lose. Playing poker still has kind of a stigma to it, especially for a woman and god forbid you beat the wrong people. Taking down a major pot in a game with people from work can get you in trouble. You don't mean any harm-you just love the game-but work peeps think you're trying to hustle everyone. I do believe women might get better reads due to intuition, but I'm sitting here thinking I'd better learn the math because I feel like the more emotion you take out of it, the more of an edge you would have. Logic beats emotion every time. I believe women are VERY successful at poker. There just aren't that many of them. [/QUOTE]

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