The Island Casino has a new ladies-only tournament on Thursday nights. It is only $20 so it never pays very much, but for $20, who cares? It give me a chance to practice and costs basically nothing.
Last night was the 3rd week. In week one, I busted out before the final table. Last week I took second place for a profit (after buy-in and dealer tip) of $100. Last night I took first place for a profit of $120. (There weren't as many players and we paid third place $30, but I can't complain.)
I do not know how I feel about ladies-only tournaments. On the one hand, I feel that I have an edge because it seems like most of them are just there for the cheap entertainment and/or girls night out and very few of them really care about playing a good game. For example, one lady called a rather large raise (pocket jacks) with a K-4 offsuit and flopped 2 pair and thought she was playing well. Ick.
On the other hand, I think playing in ladies-only tournaments is not good for women. I firmly believe that we play just as well (if not better) than most men and we should just storm the castle as it were and take the bull by the horns and never play ladies-only tournaments. I am torn. Any thoughts out there?
On a side note, in the Tuesday night deepstack (also at Islands) there were 40 players and only 4 of them were women. Three of those women were at the final table. When we got down to 4 players it was 50-50 men/women and we agreed to a 4-way split. Not bad ladies!!
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Congratulations on your many successes, like you say, you are butter. Regarding ladies only tournaments, I think they are fine, and do give you an edge as there are lots of mediocre women players. There are many top ranked women players in the world of poker and they certainly possess the same skills as men. (not just a "politically correct" statement). And, for every clueless woman player there is a corresponding clueless guy.
Another comment on the small buyin tournaments. I agree with you that it is fine to play in these as you cannot get hurt financially (think one big bet in the 2/20 game), but there is the time factor involved, plus the fact that you will only cash in x out of y tournaments. I recently cashed in 5 straight online tournaments, but made very little money due to low buyins. The fruit is much lower hanging in low buyins due to the quality of the player. The bigger buyins are tougher, but pay much better (try the Sunday a.m. Moose $60 tournament). It brings out the better players.
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