Each year at the WSOP is held a tournament specially reserved for women: the Ladies Event. But, in practice, even if this tournament is named "tournament for women", it does not prevent a man to register. Obviously that gesture completely lack class, but over the years, it has not prevented some men to register.
The Committee of the WSOP had thought to exclude men from the tournament, but under the laws of Nevada, it would be discriminatory and sexist, a little as if we held a tournament restricted to whites, blacks or Asians.
To prevent other men their comic as in past years, the WSOP have decided to create a new formula: a tournament with a $ 10,000 buy-in with a reduction of $ 9000 if you're a woman!
So the tournament remains still the 'event ladies' and women are encouraged to play, but, if you're a stubborn man, and you decide to play the tournament when, you will have to pay a buy-in of $ 10,000 instead of $ 1000 as women, of which discourage the most stubborn.
The tournament which will be played June 28 will be a championship of Hold'em no limit.
In recent years, several men who enrolled in the tournament reserved for women, went there mainly to speak with them and make their show, often disguised as a woman!
It will be interesting to see this year if this new strategy will be successful or not.
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