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Originally Posted by whynow
let's say as many women as men played online poker cash games and also the number of online pro's was equal between sexes. would the men still strongly dominate the elite stakes (top 100 or would women do it? or would it be equal?
I voted for equal. Going by what happened at last year's WSOP, where two lady players literally bubbled the Main Event final table, you have to realize how significant an accomplishment that was - especially when you consider that what, (less than five percent?), of the entire WSOP field was female. When you have poker's most celebrated event and women players are going very deep - despite being massively outnumbered - that tells you the days of male domination are numbered. Unlike other forms of competition where physical strength and "big muscles" make the difference, in poker everybody's brain is approximately the same size. Men don't have an inherent advantage (over women) in that respect.
I have no idea what the male-to-female ratio is in online poker, but once the percentages begin evening out and women are playing in equal proportions to men, it's inevitable that women will win their fair share of the top prizes. Heck, they might even (slightly) outdo the men!