How long till a black guy wins the WSOP?

[Blarg]

Okay, we've had talk here about Asian stereotypes and how they apply at the poker table -- both people saying how they try to use their conclusions to take advantage of Asians and how Asians try to use preconceptions to increase their own earn.

How about blacks, though? Does anyone feel or know they play any differently against blacks? And does anyone feel that there's some kind of reason behind it?

We've had a very consistent run of white people winning the WSOP, aside from the Chinese(I think) Men the Master winning twice and who was it, Matloubi(?) winning once -- Arabic maybe? Dunno. So is that all but three times white people won?

Things change -- but when?

[Sundevils21]

What year did Men win it?

[Sundevils21]

are you talking about <font color="blue">any </font> WSOP braclet?
if so, I know that Phil Ivey has a couple.

[thirddan]

men has never won the main event, but scotty nguyen did...

if its any bracelet, paul darden has won also...

[Blarg]

Ah I thought Men had won it. Strange.

But anyway, I mean the main event -- the one with all the trillions and jillions in it, where you get the free license to post about your win rate over 10k hands on 2+2 forums if you win.

[bwana devil]

fyi:

your use of "black" as a noun sounds racist. Are you from the US? I am assuming so. If so, what state? I am assuming the South.

I am sure you don't care, but I am at least spreading the message to other countries.

[Duke]

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What year did Men win it?

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All of them.

~D

[daryn]

who cares? when the field is 90% white, or close to it, obviously the chances of a black guy winning will be small.

[Blarg]

Of course. But there's a compound thing I'm wondering. First, if anyone is going to own up to ideas about black players, and second, if anyone has anything to say about when poker is going to spread more into the black community. There used to be a casino called the Crystal Casino right in Compton in L.A., a black neighborhood, and even so most of the people you saw there were white. I still think that the imbalance of poker's popularity is remarkable, in that it seems to be a white man's game a little too much, especialluy considering the huge influx of Latinos into so many states, and the presence of blacks for many decades in every state in the union.

I'm curious about this being seen as a "white man's game." In the Commerce in L.A., so many Chinese stick to the Chinese games, which basically get zero publicity outside the Chinese community. If poker is to expand, its being potentially branded as a "white man's game" could be a big handicap, and that could be a loss to poker on a scale almost impossible to imagine, as gambling is endemic in many parts of the world, and if poker spreads, say, through lands iwth a largely Chinese populace, poker could become easily the most popular game in the world, with potentially no competition. Yet if it remains predominately thought of as a white man's game, it doesn't matter if the rest of the world gets wired and gets richer, poker won't get any bigger even as literally billions get access to it. What a crazy shame that would be.

[Blarg]

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fyi:

your use of "black" as a noun sounds racist. Are you from the US? I am assuming so. If so, what state? I am assuming the South.

I am sure you don't care, but I am at least spreading the message to other countries.

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fyi: This is easily one of the stupidest posts I've ever seen in my life. Have you ever met any black people? Don't be scared.

I've lived with and around black people for most of my life, including extraordinarily close relationships, and have never met one who didn't describe himself as black. I've also never met one who objected to being called black.

Stop trying to congratulate yourself on political correctness and crap on whoever you hope might be vulnerable to your vulture-like tactics in the process. And stop trying to "save" people from your ivory tower. Get a real life. Good God, you need one. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.