Another Man Wins Ladies Poker Tournament

The World Series of Poker circuit stopped at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe hotel and casino in Nevada to host poker tournaments and one in particular was the Ladies Poker Championship. The tournament was for ladies to compete in but twenty two year old student Greg Sessler entered the tournament and took down the win with a pair of Queens.

This is the second time a male poker player has entered a ladies poker tournament and won in the past few months. One wonders how a male can win a women’s event, well the World Series of Poker stated their thoughts on the subject in a recent press release. It stated:

“The WSOP isn’t a political organization and can’t be expected to get involved in debates about sexism, discrimination, or other polarizing issues which may be applicable to poker tournaments. While the WSOP makes a sincere effort to promote women in poker and offers quasi-exclusive tournaments designed to increase female participation in the game, officials generally do not turn away those who want to play in the event, based solely on gender.”

So the ladies tournament had ninety six players competing which included four males. The buy-in for the event was $300 and Sessler was the only male to finish in the money, which went to the top nine players. Sessler commented in a WSOP press release why he decided to enter the ladies tournament.

HE stated: “me playing in this tournament really had nothing to do with taking advantage of the ladies or thinking it was a softer field. If Jennifer Harmon would have come and played in the ladies event, she would have been much tougher competition than me. I came here because I only had one day, and really like the structures and the payout (of the women’s event). This was the only tournament I could play.”

Final Payouts for the event:

Greg Sessler (Danville, California) – $9,932
Mimi Kalem (Cameron Park, California) – $5,308
Corinn Ignatieff (Templeton, California) – $3,715
Candy Alexander (Cameron Park, California) – $2,626
Linda Peverini (Clovis, California) – $2,100
Tera Brown (Austin, Texas) – $1,592
Persia Bonella (Castro Valley, California) – $1,229
Rebecca Burnside (San Francisco, California) – $894
Rose Erhart (Ione, California) – $629

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