Man Wins Borgata Open Ladies Event
Posted on September 23, 2009
Filed Under General
Almost every cardroom/casino in the world puts on a special poker tournament geared towards female players. These events are designed to help introduce girls into the world of tournament poker and give them a ladies-only (in theory) atmosphere. However, many of these same cardrooms have had to remove any gender restrictions on these games, due to gender-discrimination complaints filed, oddly enough, by men. At best, these cardrooms can only politely request that men refrain from entering these special tournaments, but they cannot stop them from entering. As a result, a man ended up the “ladies-only†event at the Borgata Poker Open.
The guy, Abraham Korotki of New Jersey, decided to enter the tournament after quickly being eliminated in another Borgata Open event the same day. “I got tired of going home early,†said Korotki, who had just been knocked out of event No. 6 when he decided to register. “I hadn’t had enough poker time.â€
Korotki battled his way through a field of 269 female opponents before getting heads up with the chip lead against Nicole Rowe. A few hands later Korotki with his pocket tens got all-in against Rowe’s A-9, which held, giving Korotki the victory. For his efforts, Korotki netted $20,982 in prize money for first 1st place, which he accepted amongst dirty looks from spectators.
I don’t really know how to feel about the whole situation personally. I understand that it’s wrong to promote gender-discrimination in a poker tournament, I mean just imagine if a casino try to hold and enforce a “mens-only†event. But since the male poker population so heavily outnumbers the female portion, I got to believe that it should be ok to give girls a separate event of their own. Us guys obviously can’t complain about not having enough tournaments to enter, they’re everywhere, so why go and enter a “ladies-only†event? I would feel really uncomfortable at every table I sat at throughout the tournament and would then elevate my feelings to the level of complete scumbag if I actually won the tournament.
Oh well, enjoy your $20,000, Abraham.
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