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Opinion: Cate Hall on Poker’s Woman Problem

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 …

E-Tay Donates 1% of WSOP Winnings to PokerWomenNews

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 …

PokerWomenNews Celebrates its First Anniversary – a Personal Confession

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, …

Patty Baumier: Ladies Events Contradict the Spirit of Poker

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 …

Katie ”hotjenny314” Dozier: What Happened to the PokerStars Women Community?

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 …

European Poker Awards: We Nominate Victoria Coren for Best Tournament Performance

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 …

European Poker Awards. Our Nominees for Rising Star: Eleanor Gudger and Luciana Manolea

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 …

Vanessa Rousso No Longer a Member of Team PokerStars Pro

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 …