Annie Duke Interview Controversy regarding Ladies WSOP event.

[CincyLady]

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Are you saying they played well during the event and then badly at the final table because they were on TV? Not likely.

Of course I'm not talking about Katja and Vanessa who have both played in other events (you know, the ones where everyone can play) and been successfull. I think their only error was playing the final table the way they normally would and not recognizing that these women were going to play as few hands as possible and wait for others to bust. But it's hard for good players to sit back and do that so they kept mixing it up and unfortunately busted out.

A few years ago I took a surfing lesson and as I was walking down to the water, another woman was coming back from her lesson. I asked her if she had gotten up and she said "no, I didn't try". I remember thinking "what a wimp". She was in 5 feet of water! What was she afraid of? That's how I think about women that ONLY play in women's events and there are lots of them. What are they afraid of???? And why would they want to put limits on their tournament experience?

The argument is always that the women will start in the womens only events and then move on to others but few have done that here. There are still very few women playing in regular tournaments but the women's events sell out everytime.

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I was just saying that it might of been a factor, the TV aspect of it. I have heard of some guys who've froze up as well in that kind of situation, when they knew they were on TV.

As for getting more women into mixed events, and how the the women's event sell out all the time ... just one word there ... money.

Traditionally women's events are much cheaper than mixed events, and I've heard it time and time again from women where they want to move up (to mixed events) but they can't afford the entry fees for mixed events.

Think what you like, but as a woman I've seen it, even today men are on average paid more than women are for doing the exact same job. Perhaps it's because men tend to be more vocal when it comes to money than women do (I read that someplace, and I can't remember where), I really don't know. I myself have had to stand up for my rights and force an employer to pay me the same as the guy doing the SAME job right along side of me (I'm a Telecommunications technician). This is still happening as I had to encourage a friend of mine to go to HR and force the issue herself just last year when it happened to her at the company she was working at.

Hence why I think if we are to see more women in the ME, we need to make it affordable and one way that can be done is that Harrah's needs to adopt a corporate policy of in every Harrah's property that has a card room, to have affordable (IE: Under say $250 for the entry fee) weekly MIXED satellites for the WSOP ME (preferably on like a Saturday), much like their property, Ceasers Indiana does.

This will not only benefit men (as they too can satellite into the ME from their home casino), but also the women who want to move up to the next level.

JMHO, FWIW ...

P.S. As for Vanessa and Katja, they were indeed very good, as well as very experienced players, and I've played against Vanessa myself before. Again, very very good players, period.