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Originally Posted by hotjenny314
Not sure if you were just kidding around, but takes a whole lot more than just a little bit of luck, even for the best players in the world. You start with 300 BBs. The starting stack would have ~ 43 ante-adjusted BBs at the end of day one.
I agree with OP, that there will be a female poker boom when a woman wins the ME. (Let's hope it is one of the wonderful women who post here that takes it down.) Perhaps the incentive for a female poker boom could make it lucrative for sites to offer more ladies-only sattys to the main to up the % of women in the field, and therefore the chances that a woman takes home the top prize.
Dear hj314:
I have a copy of your man's Sit-and-Go book - although I've never quite figured out how the ICM model works. (Math is not my strong suit.) I take your point about more than a "little luck" being required to win the Main Event. I suppose I should have said "more than a little luck" instead.
More "ladies-only" satellite qualifiers is an interesting idea. The major sites might take this idea a step further and offer a real incentive to lady players. To wit, if you have an account on our site, enter the Main Event and make the November Nine final table, you automatically receive a $1,000,000.00 "Final Table Bonus Award" for being female, a player on our site, and making the final table. (If a site really wanted to spice it up, they might offer a real incentive: "Congratulations for making the final table. Here's your million dollar bonus. Now, if you go all the way and actually win this tournament, we'll add another $5,000,000.00 to your winnings!") The enticement of such an incentive would certainly increase interest (and participation) among lady players - not to mention creating an influx of new lady players opening real money accounts. However, after thinking about this a bit, it occurs to me that some male players, (like maybe Shaun Deeb who fervently believes in equality), might protest "Foul" and "Not Fair!" and vehemently object to the unequal treatment. Since somebody will surely object, I suppose we'll have to shelve that idea.
Maybe some creative thinkers can figure out a way to encourage more female participation in the Main Event. I certainly hope we don't have to wait 50 years to see the first woman win the Big One. Barbara Enright demonstrated that it's possible for a good woman player to make the final table way back in 1995. That achievement by Barbara showed that this is an attainable goal. I would think the major sites would recognize the immense marketing value of having one of "their" lady players make the November Nine final table and (possibly) go on to make history.
Former DJ
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