my life advice would be to not use poker analogies in real life :)

So what's the moral of the story here? Girls are like poker and you need to bluff them into thinking you have the best hand; then you have to go "all in" (giggle) with the best of it but in the end you are the one getting fu**ed by them (girls/poker)? Seems about right.

Hmmm, no jokes about suckouts and backdoors yet.

Sometimes poker is like having a bipolar girlfriend.  

This is as sexist as I can get.

A thread degrading women, cool.

What's a woman?

odds on your average poker nerd having the slightest clue about anything in regards to women = very slim. try going out and talking to one.

Women and man are actually really similair, we just react and project our insecurities in different ways. In the end we are all human beings who want and crave certain things. 

ZenFish Bro, words are cool and can make us sound super intelligent, but you are being a little dramatic here. Sensationalising my very reasonable and friendly statement is probably not worth your time either. I didn't go looking for anything at all, I'm not some crazy feminist who searches male dominated internet forums for hints of sexism and misogny to battle upon. This isn't a political crusade. Just a friendly kiwi gal that grinds 45s & 180s who just joined RIO. would love more women to be involved in our beloved game. Whether you deem it worthy or not, If I feel the need to speak up about something I will, I'm a strong woman with the same posting rights as yours :)

ash: while there are undoubtably members of RIO who fit both categories, it is important not to confuse ignorance with malignance. 

the online poker world happens to intersect greatly with that broad swathe of callow, LED-tanned young men whose experience with women and consequent sexual values derive largely from the internet and popular culture. 

suffice to say, its hard to get either decent values or a clue out of a steady diet of video games, internet porn and violent cinema/TV. 

as for the question of whether it is right for you to feel offended/disrespected by these wonky values and attendant dysfunctional behaviours, the answer is, obviously: yes.

as for your right to speak up against them, again i can only emphatically affirm it.

...but you're not going to get thru to anyone. you will just trigger the masculine hivemind. to what end ? to affirm your right to speak out against masturbatory youths who dont know enough to respect women ? duly affirmed. .....but now what ? :) wish i knew the answer, honestly ... 

Fwiw I'm not offended by this stuff, personally. I'm a hard nosed and fairly resilient woman (possibly why I am drawn to poker) and have never been bothered by the slightly sexist or misogynistic attitude taken on by the online community. Other women however, are slightly more sensitive than I am (trying to be really diplomatic here hahahaha). I find it funny and I don't take things like this personally at all and can see them for what they are, a silly joke. Other girls however, possibly not so much. I do happen to think this is why a lot of women are discouraged from getting so heavily involved in online poker, with men constantly making jokes at their expense or critiquing some possible physical attributes they may have. Who likes pointy elbows though amirite?
However stupid it we all know it may be to let anything without any direct impact on your life upset you, we need more women in poker. Sensitive ones, or assholes like me :)
I'm just trying to promote a community that encourages woman that aren't so resilient to this kind of environment. Sometimes its nice to see the world from a broader perspective :)

I dont get why we need to get more anything into the poker world except fish right, we here for the monies and the potential to more relative freedom that those monies provide right. We then use those monies in the world outside of poker where we try to achieve happiness there. And that part of the world of worlds is full of diversity includin men women kids non-kids bunnies all the good stuffz.

i'd rather play against dudes with something to prove than women ! women arent competitive enough to get pissed off when i take their yankee dollars

women are like in touch with their emotions and stuff. i make my money from people who don't know how to deal with their feelings, haha

Ceayeeash,

As another woman around felt i needed to say a word or 2 , im not sure u gonna like teh advice tho

There are few things to get adjusted in men communities, when there is no ill meaning. Men drooling over sex is one of them. Now i do understand it is sort of yuck, but its honest and its what thez want and wish for, and in a way it is not behaviour to be corrected.

If someone implies something offencive of woman, like that thez re stupid or alike, id gladly join ur crusade

Meanwhile, just adjust and let them drool, i simply skip the post where there is boys talking of sex

In a way, i like our worlds to be separated in some things,  il stay away from their sex talks as i do expect to be left with mz girls pzjama parties nails and shopping etc

As long as there is no ill content implying something really offensive for us as human beings , im ok,

so, my advice to you is just leave them drool and giggle on it

The title of this thread sounds like a quote of Mae West, she said 

Mae West: "Good sex is like good bridge,if you don't have a good partner, you'd beter had a good hand"

some images of GTO :D 

I've always been impressed how even the most recreational of female poker players have a strong intuition of how men behave and are able to read them fairly well without much thought. Underestimating their nonverbal communication skills is not recommended. 

jajajajajaajj, well said Daz.

Don't chase girls. Be a man, stick to your values and have good, beautiful woman chase you

Vicky Coren ? 

EPT10 Sanremo: Salute Victoria Coren Mitchell - the EPT's first two-time champion

Respect.