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Message: [QUOTE="Luvepoker, post: 6429566, member: 307971"] As a man who was raised by 3 great women I do look at things different than most. My grandmothers really did a lot to make me into the man I am today with my mom of course. As the father of an incredable young lady and a son I do what I can to pass on the values I have learned . I think this article could apply to some men as well but this does really point out some of the issues the women face. Most time the women are the full time car givers to the children and the children come 1st. I actually do this with mine and understand the issue. My sons Soccer game, My daughters clarinet lessons amounts other things are a priority over my poker playing. Some of the things that I have missed playing poker over are, I would rather go to a father daughter dance, tournament Soccer games and prom dress shopping stopped me from playing in poker tournament this year alone. Most of the guys I know wont give up a WSOP circit event to go dress shopping but I did and loved every second of it. Of course how many dads have daughters and there friend who wan a dad to come? I do and I am blessed to have this. As for money, I get it. We dont have a lot but when many make less than there counter parts males is does make it hard to play the live game. By making less it will leave them less opportunities to play live. As for marketing to women, how often do you see poker spokeswomen or sponsored female pros? Yes there are some but really how ofton do you see them. If you ask for a female name in poker many will say Lynn Gilmartin or Maria Ho. Mostt know they for there commentary. Many know Maria plays but how many men know Lynn Gilmartin has won a EPT event? Yes she plays poke but most dont know it. If the game had more marketing to women you may see more of them play. When I think back to the home game days when we have 14 or 15 playing there were really 3 or 4 good players inn the group. 3 of the 4 best in my opinion were the ladys. Only 1 plays live. Imagine if more played. One thing I thing would help would be more lady's events at the WSOP. The one event is nice but I cant help but wonder if they added a few more with different variants of the game if it would give more lady a opportunity to play at the WSOP that will in turn get them more comfortable playing live to play more open events and expanding the player pools in other events. Sadly Debi I have see it at the tables. I was thrilled and lucky to play against one top Brazilian pro when I was with team Cardschat in 2019. Here name is Vivian Salbest. The comments from a few of the males at the tables was not nice. I would pass on what they said but doubt it would be allowable. One make a comment about what he would like to do with her. Honestly I would have been escorted out of the Rio if someone said these things to my daughter. I did recognized her and think I was the only one who had a clue who she was. She ignore them and just play her game but she and I did chat a little. She even apologized sucking out on me. The only other person at the table who was respectful to her was another lady who sat next to me. She was actually a really talented and nice poker pro. Why would you think that is so? While some items in the article can apply to both men and women there is an issue. I have played with several lady's in the home games and they admit playing live is not really possible at time. Most never get invited to the home games as well. While I agree women wont match the amount of men overall, I do believe you could easily see 35 to 45 % of the players being female if not for all the obstacles. They may not be to you and many men wont see these as obsticals but they are there. Most women make less than men. If you dont have the funds to play that's a issue. Children, many will be offended if the lady goes to play poker but if a guy goes there is no issue. I have seen this 1st hand. As a dad who kids come 1st, I dont get to play live as I want. I can see there point here. That is good and I welcome them to. The problem is there are men who dont and when they show up can be rude and abusive to them. Yes the men will do this to each other as well but I have seen multable men ganging up on the women and that is an issue. [/QUOTE]

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