Ladies NL Event

[TheMainEvent]

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Last year, 201 ladies played in the limit hold'em ladies avent. This year, the tournament was changed to no-limit, and there are around 500 entries.

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Does anyone else find this astounding? This is almost as many entrants as most of the open events.

[Kevmath]

It is only $1,000, and being women only, it helps bring them in, because of the "intimidation" of the male player.

Kevin...

[ed8383]

they let women play in the wsop now?? oh well I was against it but what can we do..

[Sponger15SB]

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It is only $1,000, and being women only, it helps bring them in, because of the "intimidation" of the male player.

Kevin...

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The only thing that sucks is the good women are playing in the PLO event instead of this.

[Rekwob]

i dont think it sucks, i think it shows that the concept of a womens event is outdated and should be dropped really.

[Brad22]

Is a bracelet awarded for this event? If so, how is it qualified in the poker world?

[ed8383]

the world class male poker players would probably win the ladies event with their eyes closed if they played.

[istewart]

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Is a bracelet awarded for this event? If so, how is it qualified in the poker world?

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First place prize is 10K play money chips on PokerStars.

[Russ McGinley]

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they let women play in the wsop now?? oh well I was against it but what can we do..

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They really ought to dress them in all-white like kitchen appliances.

[Scooterdoo]

It's true that the concept of "women" events is kind of out dated. Today I was playing a $525 satillite during the women's event. A woman who was just busted played with us and we were discussing this a bit. All of the men agreed that we don't have any preconceived opinions when a woman sits at a poker table with us. They are just like anyone else at this point. Some are good, some are not very good. There are many, many fantastic women players. In the $2.5k events the prior two days there were tons of women playing.