“Women are the largest growing demographic, poker industry officials say. Drawn by poker in cyberspace and on television, a growing number of women are clashing with the opposite sex on the poker felt. There’s even a bimonthly magazine -Woman Poker Player.
Last year, the World Championship Ladies Event at the WSOP drew 1,128 players – up from 601 in 2005.
As Violette says, poker is no longer a man’s game.
“When I first started, almost all the time I was the only woman playing at the table,” said Violette, who won a 2004 seven-stud high-low split tournament for her WSOP bracelet. “Now it could very easily be three women at the table. Poker has nothing to do with being male or female.”
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