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[The Zero Boss: I'm what you read when the kids aren't looking.] Debbie Burkhead makes the case in her article "Why Have Ladies-Only Tournaments?" that too many women are "intimidated" by a room full of male poker players. Burkhead further argues that ladies-only tournaments will attract more women to the game, thus increasing the paltry 10% female representation seen in professional poker today.

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http://www.oddjack.com [Oddjack, the Gambling Guide] poker bloggers: Debbie Burkhead, via Women’s Poker Club: Not all women are intimidated by their male counterparts, but a large majority feel uneasy and unwelcome when they sit down at a poker table with mostly men. Let’s face it ladies, we are the minority and always will be, but that is no reason not to participate in a sport in which we are just as capable.

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