The Lady Across the Table-Introduction Thread

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Originally Posted by JMurder3

I believe what she's referring to is an area where a lot of smoke permeates, which is the center bowl area (the part with the higher ceiling) because it drifts down. She's not saying that people can actually smoke in the poker room, just that it is very present & noticeable, especially for those who strongly dislike cigarette smoke.

Right. That low-ceiling area you got to from the escalator from the non-smoking area of the slotmachines. The way the ventilation worked, it was always smoke-free. Quiet.

sigh

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Originally Posted by venice10

If they had any money, they could solve the problem by having the air pressure of the poker room slightly higher than Asian room and have it stay out. But that's the engineer in me talking.

Right? That's what I told the mealy-mouth floor person who said, "There's nothing we can do about it." I hate it when people treat me like I'm stupid.

[skydiver8]

haha, glad to see they started this forum! I was watching the thread in ATF for a while, and then kinda forgot about it until now!

Anyway, I'm Andi, I live in San Diego, and yes, i am a skydiver. I have a degree in Aeronautical engineering that i don't use, a masters in electrical engineering that i also don't use, and I spent 10 years in the military. Being currently jobless, I have plenty of time to play poker while mooching off my loving husband, who has a great job. I'm 35, so a bit on the older end of the online spectrum, i'd guess.

As for poker, I started becoming interested about 2 years ago, when some friends asked me to play and i realized how BAD i was, and how fascinating the game was to a math geek like me. So being a geek, i immediately hopped online, downloaded pokerstars, and started playing, while searching the web for forums about poker. Of course, I found 2p2.

I donked around online for a while, nursing a $50 bankroll in the penny NLHE games, and learned enough to be break even at best. When I first ventured out into the local indian casinos, i fell in love with live poker. For some reason, I find it way easier to concentrate when I play live. Case in point, i'm currently on the bubble of a 4.40 180-man SnG at stars, and yet i'm posting here...

Anyway, fast foward to April of 2010, where i somehow luckboxed my way into winning a WSOP ME satellite at a local place. That's when i decided to work on my tournament game, and i've kind of transitioned from cash to tournaments since then.

Needless to say, the ME was the experience of a lifetime, and of course showed me how much i still have to learn. I busted out at about 10 pm on day 2, after being dealt an absolutely brutal table draw (oh hai, you're at the orange section feature table with a former POY, last year november niner, and some hot young internet pros! have fun, donkey!)

Good to meet you all, and if you watch the section of last year's ME coverage and you see them talking to Tom Schneider about how he has his wife recorded on his phone...you'll see me laughing in the background! At least I still had chips at that point =/

[Tilterific]

Hello everyone! At first I thought it was goofy to have a women's forum but so far I've enjoyed reading the posts.

I'm in the "older" group (over 39 but that's all I'll say on that ). Started playing in 2000 in Oregon, now live in AZ. Married to a poker pro - not one you'd know unless you live in AZ because he refuses to travel - but his game allowed me to quit my engineering job after our kids were born and now I play about 30 hours a week live in AZ. Mostly LHE but I'm considering a move to the spread limit games they have here. When I first started playing I played almost exclusively live MTTs but I'm so out of the NLHE groove I don't want to leave the comfort of my high-variance limit existence.

Looking forward to getting to know you all

[perfect johnny]

Hi!

First things first, despite the name, I'm actually a woman; my name is Nicole. I'm 29 and I've recently moved from Vermont to Texas. I've been creepin' on 2+2 for a while, and I thought this forum would be a great place to make an introduction and move forward with my poker career. I've been semi-grinding small stakes SNGs for the past year and a half to see how much I like it. Turns out quite a bit. I'm planning to branch out a little and try some new stuff, and I look forward to seeing how this forum progresses.

[MNOWAX]

Hi, My name is Mike, and I guess I just want to introduce myself to everyone here, just so that if I post you know who I am. I am male, however unlike most guys out there, I was taught a good portion of my poker skills from women. It has allowed me a lot of tactics in terms of reading and tells. Sadly, though, the female poker players in my family do don't play live B&M due to the horrid things that men say to them on online poker sites.

I mainly play live tournaments, and low stakes cash games. Anytime I can, I will play ANYTHING other than NL hold'em. My best game is HORSE. I see some names out there that I have seen before on other forums in 2+2, so it will be nice to talk with every one of you.

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Originally Posted by MNOWAX

Sadly, though, the female poker players in my family do don't play live B&M due to the horrid things that men say to them on online poker sites. .

Hi, Mike. Please tell your women that in live play, men usually behave themselves. Not always, but it's often quite pleasant at the table. I hope they'll post here.

I also like HORSE and games not NLHE. I do like PLO, though.

maggie

[smody121]

Originally Posted by IplayinLA

Very long time lurker - I created an account just to respond

Regular cash game LA player, rarely play online other than the Sunday 1/4 mil sometimes. Will also play some tournaments, but 5/10 and 5/5 NL cash are my usual games.

I don't see too many women in the games that I play but would definitely be interested in meeting up with other women cash game players. I have quite a passion for the game and think about strategy all the time. I have also made every mistake in the book along the way and depending on whom you ask I am either the worst donk ever seen, a passive fish or a tough bully, which is just the way I like it.

I've been around quite a while, anyone who has spent any time @ Commerce/Hustler/Bike would likely recognize me on sight.

How old are you? I think I knew (of) almost every regular who played at Commerce or Hawaiian Gardens between 08 and 10.

[IplayinLA]

Originally Posted by smody121

How old are you? I think I knew (of) almost every regular who played at Commerce or Hawaiian Gardens between 08 and 10.

41 but have been told I don't look it... Rarely go to HG, last 6 weeks have been playing 5-5 @ Hustler.

[CocteauTwin]

Hi, I'm Cocteautwin, I have a vagina. I've been playing poker for 2 years. I'm grinding the micro stakes- 10NL and worked my way from 2NL. I'm a donk but I'm trying hard to improve. I play tournies now and then as well. GL all.

[AAmaz0n]

It's occurred to me that a lot of the folks in this forum joined a lot later than most of my posts, so that things about me that I think are common knowledge on 2+2 maybe aren't to the newer folks. I was much more active around '05 and '06 than the last few years. I mostly hung around the z00 and OOT of all places.

So a lot of folks haven't seen my old Klingon avatar (I do speak the language just a bit), or know that I was once a heavy Rocky Horror Picture Show junkie (around 240 shows), or that I played in a lot of the ladies events in SoCal around the turn of the century (I met both Barbara Enright and Suzie Issacs by knocking them out). There are some old trip reports about my strange journey into the 2005 WSOP ME still in the archives somewhere.

Also,for instance it took me a while to dig up my threads about "Ask me about the LGBT community" ( because I've been each of those!) and getting to marry my wife just before Prop 8 passed in California.

So i can get married now in California

Ask me about the LGBT community

I don't so much care so much if folks know or not, but someone is bound to bring it up on this forum at some point, and I would rather put it out there first.

I had forgotten how much the Duck had posted in the latter thread till I reread it now, hope I get to buy her a drink sometime for chiming in.

Slainte'

Shauna

[Protential]

Originally Posted by AAmaz0n

It's occurred to me that a lot of the folks in this forum joined a lot later than most of my posts, so that things about me that I think are common knowledge on 2+2 maybe aren't to the newer folks. I was much more active around '05 and '06 than the last few years. I mostly hung around the z00 and OOT of all places.

So a lot of folks haven't seen my old Klingon avatar (I do speak the language just a bit), or know that I was once a heavy Rocky Horror Picture Show junkie (around 240 shows), or that I played in a lot of the ladies events in SoCal around the turn of the century (I met both Barbara Enright and Suzie Issacs by knocking them out). There are some old trip reports about my strange journey into the 2005 WSOP ME still in the archives somewhere.

Also,for instance it took me a while to dig up my threads about "Ask me about the LGBT community" ( because I've been each of those!) and getting to marry my wife just before Prop 8 passed in California.

So i can get married now in California

Ask me about the LGBT community

I don't so much care so much if folks know or not, but someone is bound to bring it up on this forum at some point, and I would rather put it out there first.

I had forgotten how much the Duck had posted in the latter thread till I reread it now, hope I get to buy her a drink sometime for chiming in.

Slainte'

Shauna

yay another GLBT person.... ^.^

[CKBWoP]

Originally Posted by Protential

yay another GLBT person.... ^.^

The world needs more for the GLBT community IMO

[Protential]

Originally Posted by CKBWoP

The world needs more for the GLBT community IMO

[pezbaby]

Hi. I'm Emily, a Las Vegas local. I play a lot of 1/2, but sometimes take shots at 2/5 and 1/2 PLO....occasionally play tournaments, but really, I don't have the patience and heart for them. I've been playing live for about 5 years and it's more of an obsession than a hobby. I love this game.

I don't know what else to say. I tilt easily and sometimes I'm in a bad mood because of it, but most of them time I'm totally cool and approachable....and much for the LGBTQ community. (That's how I learned to write it because I graduated from Smith College. Some things just stick.)