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Originally Posted by jscott
Radical Lefties want to destroy women competitions and sports. So with this whole "men can be women" thing, they are getting exactly what they want.
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And that has absolutely nothing to do with this thread.
The guy was not trans, he was not LGBT, He does not identify as a female. There is nothing about liberals or conservatives in the article.
He is one, of several males, that across the years has insisted on being able to play in the women's tournament. The article does not state the reason he wanted to play in the game but in the past it has been done to fight discrimination and just to troll the women, it appears.
But that wouldn't fit into your close minded bigotry towards everything liberal that you choose to get offended by, now would it?
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Of course, men have entered women’s poker tournaments before.
In 2007, former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco made headlines when he and five other men demanded to be allowed to play in a ladies event at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.
In 2009, Abraham Korotki won a $300 buy-in ladies event at the Borgata in Atlantic City. In that case, Korotki pledged a portion of his $20,982 to cancer research in honor of the woman he defeated heads-up, who was also battling breast cancer at the time.
Shaun Deeb infamously dressed in drag while competing in the World Series of Poker Ladies Championship in 2011, stating that he would also donate his winnings to charity.
After seeing 11 men enter the tournament overall, the series responded by raising the buy-in to $10,000 while giving ladies a 90 percent discount to $1,000. It was a move designed to get around state anti-discrimination laws.
Despite the 10x buy-in, Tony Roberto played in the event in 2017 after losing a prop bet.
A man by the name of Tom Hammers also entered the tournament in 2021, earmarking any winnings to charity. He did not cash, however, and would have had to finish in eighth place or better in order to profit.
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