Poker Stats and women

I urge you to read the entire article, great poker stories and the sisters are doing it for themselves.....Gambling News: "Poker is on a roll. Cheap $1 tournaments with million-dollar cash prizes are proving so tempting that poker has become our fastest-growing hobby, while online-to-live success stories are doing their bit to sell the rags-to-riches dream. Surprisingly the UK provides 80% of Europe's poker, while Ladbrokes.com, which draws in around 350,000 players per hour, estimates that women accounted for 20% of its players last year....

with nearly 300 poker websites to choose from, more than 1.5 million regular players, and nearly £100,000m being wagered every day, there's always a game to be had...

Mercier, 29, has put time and effort into becoming more aggressive at the table over the years: eyeballing opponents, staring them down and generally unnerving them so much that they throw in their hand.

This petite, 5ft-2in French Canadian says her appearance also works in her favour as some male players underestimate her bite. And so ruffled are they at the thought of being beaten by her, they make rash moves that leave her raking in all their chips.

Gary Jones, poker pro and commentator at the British Poker Open, says that anyone who underestimates a woman's ability to be aggressive does so at their peril..

The one thing women don't tend to bring to the table, says Jones, is their ego. "So many poker players play off the back that it's almost a personal affront to their manhood if you bluff them out of a pot. I don't think a woman's like that. When she comes to the table she's there to play and she's there to win. She doesn't care if you bluff her out as long as she plays a good game. A bloke on the other hand can take it very personally. It's a bit like driving or having sex, it's one of those things that men aren't prepared to admit they're bad at...

Xuyen "Bad Girl" Pham is another formidable player, whose game has earned her both a nickname and a much sought-after sponsorship deal. As one of Xuyen's opponents wrote: "Across the table from me is a woman wearing a T-shirt that reads: 'Pham "Badgirl" Xuyen [sic], Pot Limit Hold 'Em World Champion, Is Proudly Sponsored By William Hill Bookmakers.' This is not a T-shirt one ideally wants to see across the poker table."

"I am a housewife. I have three kids I have to look after," says Pham. Yet with just two years of professional poker-playing under her belt, she scooped the World Poker Championship last year, pocketing €250,000. When not playing live, Pham, 36, from Hemel Hempstead, plays online from 8pm to 5 or 6am, then gets up to do the school run before heading off to bed..

Pham's chief ambition now is to win the prestigious World Series diamond bracelet - poker's equivalent to the World Cup - hideously ugly to look at but effective at putting the fear of God into other players. And as for treating herself when her winnings roll in, she says: "I can't drive, so I can't buy cars. I don't have holidays as I travel so much with poker and go back to Vietnam every two years to see my parents, so I buy diamonds set in white gold. They call me the diamond collector."

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Check out yesterdays ....just about normal service at the moment but mama dearest is descending for lunch so no time for plans I had...bah humbug! Baby is getting over the op but still have results to come next week. Him himself indoors is even more of a grinch...nuff said

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"Gambling Housewife best bet Wednesday 20th Dec 05: 2.50 Wolves Star Fern 5 points win 7/2*"

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Whata week, baby is still poorly after lymph gland removal and off to docs myself now so just a quick blog update....Gambling Housewife Free Racing Tips from Best Free Tipsters UK Horse Racing Selections: "Each Way Winner Wednesday Soeur Fontenail 6/1 Winning Exacta �28.70

Gambling Housewife best bet Thurs ***** Southwell 1.00 5 pt win 15/8*

Updated: Thursdays Exacta, best free tipsters selection, Teletext Nap. NB, Stan Steer, free placepot"

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Tough days

Have still been backing a few winners but short of time to do all the "to dos" for GAmbling Housewife". My poorly baby (27) had a lymph gland removed yesterday for biopsy and is really not very well at all. T'other half has gone on a full on Xmas Grinch campaign claiming to be very disgruntled because he thinks she should pay a tenner more a week for her lodge....no comment!

Anyway, normalish service should resume today...Gambling Housewife Free Racing Tips from Best Free Tipsters UK Horse Racing Selections: "Gambling Housewife best bet Saturday: WON Trance 2:10 Southwell 5 points win 6/4 "

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Mondays best exacta just won already, visit the site for the rest of todays racing tips.....Gambling Housewife Free Racing Tips from Best Free Tipsters UK Horse Racing Selections: "Update Sunday WINNERS Best free tipsters WON Solerina 2.05 F'house 5 points win 6/4 best each way WON Iktitaf 1.05 Fairyhouse 8/1

SATURDAY WINNERS Euro American 12.40 Weth 9/1 The Cool Guy 3.35 Hay 5 point win @ 10/11"

A few good priced winners

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"SATURDAY WINNERS Euro American 12.40 Weth 9/1 The Cool Guy 3.35 Hay 5 point win @ 10/11

UPDATE: WON 11/4 Gambling Housewife best bet Friday: Ocean of Dreams 1.55 Wolve"

Sadly I did v poorly in the Vegas poker game - partly because I have bad back and was too tired, ah well, I still live to play another day...

Mega payday yesterday Gambling Housewife Free Racing Tips 14/1 winner

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Assoon 3/1
Ball Games 1 Catt 8/1
Soeur Fontenail 2.40 Plump 14/1
also Comical Games 3rd

20p ew lucky 15 paid �186.48

Advised �1 each way double - Ball Games 1 Catt 8/1 Soeur Fontenail PAID �131.84

The 2 bets above cost just �8 and returned �318.12 - a very tidy profit.....