Several weeks ago, before abandoning productive life for the glorious summer camp known as the World Series of Poker, I began writing an article about the phenomenon of sexism in the poker community. At the time, I simply assumed it would be uncontroversial to start from the premise that sexism …
As PokerWomenNews at the moment has no sponsorship deals or advertisement contracts every donation to the site counts. Before the 2015 World Series of Poker kicked off, poker pro Esther Taylor-Brady (aka E-Tay) generously promised to donate 1% of her earnings this summer to PokerWomenNews. In April 2015 she wrote …
In April last year, I launched my blog about women in poker. It was a culmination of my interest in poker, which began back in 2007, when a friend of mine invited me to join a home game with six or seven other women. I had never played poker before, …
Not at lot of poker players had heard of Twitch before 2014, but when the livestreaming video games platform introduced poker among its services in late 2014, it exploded. Jason Sommerville became the public face of Twitch and drew thousands of followers to his broadcasts, where they could watch him …
Last night the European Poker Awards took place in Malta, where the EPT Malta is currently in full swing. 13 prizes were awarded and among them Best Player and Best Female Player of the Year. It was no surprise that Ole Schemion and Liv Boeree took home the awards in …
Much have been said about women-only tournaments lately. It’s a subject surrounded with a lot of controversy. At EPT Deauville 22 male players entered the Ladies Event, which prompted Victoria Coren to say: “Those are not 22 men, those are 22 idiots!”. And just a couple of days ago Katie …
In an open letter to the world’s largest poker site posted on February 21st on her blog, poker pro Katie Dozier shares her concern that PokerStars has downgraded its focus on women in poker. For some time now it’s been evident that the former thriving PokerStars Women community has suffered …
On March 25th 2015 the 14th edition of the European Poker Awards will be held at Portomaso Marina Hilton Hotel, St. Julians, Malta. Featured awards – 13 overall – include GPI player of the year, GPI female player of the year, rising star, best tournament performance, event of the year, media person …
On March 25th 2015 the 14th edition of the European Poker Awards will be held at Portomaso Marina Hilton Hotel, St. Julians, Malta. Featured awards – 13 overall – include GPI player of the year, GPI female player of the year, rising star, best tournament performance, event of the year, media …
American poker player Vanessa Rousso was a member of Team PokerStars Pro for 9 years. She was signed just after she finished in 7th place at the $25,000 WPT Championship in 2006. But now Vanessa Rousso and PokerStars have parted ways. F5Poker.com was the first media to notice that the successful …