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 …
To win a tournament and walk away a champion you need your big hands to hold up at the final table. You have to play well too – of course. And Kelly Minkin certainly did, but her big hands simply did not held up. When she had queens another player …
Will 2015 be the year where we finally crown our first female WPT champion? Here at PokerWomenNews we certainly think so. In the course of two weeks we have seen two women final table a WPT event. On January 31st Esther Taylor-Brady made the final table of WPT Borgata – finishing …
On January 31 Esther Taylor-Brady, know as E-Tay, was at the six-handed final table of the World Poker Tour Borgata. We caught up with E-Tay to hear more about her final table experience and to get her take on some of the hands she played. It’s been more than a …
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 …