Gambling Man Wins Ladies Poker Event In Stateline, Nevada

Although they are called ladies events, the World Series of Poker does not limit the tournaments to just women. They encourage women-only competition, but they do not enforce that rule. That is part of the reason why Greg Sessler won a ladies event this weekend in Stateline, Nevada.

The other reason, according to Sessler, was that the ladies tournament was the only one that fit into the blind structure he was looking for in his one day at the casino. Sessler entered the ladies event along with three other men.

"Me playing in this tournament really had nothing to do with trying to take advantage of the ladies or thinking it was a softer field," said Sessler, "...I came here because I only had one day, and I really like the structures and the payout. This was the only tournament I could play."

The event was a circuit tournament that is connected with the World Series of Poker. Sessler won $9,932 for his win, and he was the only one of the four men to enter the tournament that placed in the money.

The WSOP issued a statement where they defended Sessler's right to play in the tournament. They did, however, stress in the statement that they would prefer that all poker players respect what the WSOP is trying to do with these ladies tournaments.

"While the WSOP makes a sincere effort to promote women in poker and offers quasi-exclusive tournaments designed to increase female participation in the game," said the WSOP, in a press release, "officials generally do not turn away those who want to play in the event, based solely on gender."

November 16, 2009
Posted By Tom Jones
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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