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Message: [QUOTE="DS3, post: 6428819, member: 407846"] I am going to have to politely disagree on the Liv Boeree front. No doubt she is popular amongst guys but therein lies the rub. She promotes herself rather than the game - the babe, the brainiac, the rocker -she wants to be a ‘personality’ and being a poker player was a stepping stone to celebrity (and just for the record I have asked before how/why Igor Kurganov was ever an ambassador) It is the poker sites right to choose who they want to hire as ambassadors but I’ve argued most of them appear ineffective (especially celebrities such as Kevin Hart). The idea of an ambassador is to grow the game and as the game does not seem to be growing in any dramatic fashion in recent years (particularly online, apart from the Covid bounce) then I argue the industry methods don’t seem to get much traction. I don’t believe I have ever hear or read a single comment about anyone being drawn to poker because of Liv Boeree, and that is my simple yardstick. And at this point Liv Boeree has barely been at a poker table for years has she? I believe there are a number of committed female poker players out there that would love an opportunity to dedicate themselves to the game for a period. If the major sites had the desire to locate, sponsor and promote them it could pay dividends. This is why I mentioned Samantha Abernathy as being hired by 888. Abernathy is also know for her looks but at least appears to have been actively playing and representing 888 at tournaments. That said I balk at the idea women poker players need to be ‘glamazons’. What I pray for is a woman to take down the WSOP main event. Trust me, that would be the closest thing to reproducing the Moneymaker effect since, well, Chris Moneymaker. [/QUOTE]

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