Blog Minx

Hello, I’m still here! I went away spontaneously and and didn’t time-stamp any posts, and my server went down to boot. Sorry about that.

I was away on a whirlwind trip to the Grand Canyon that included a night in Vegas. I’d been to Vegas before, so knew what to expect. I’m not a big gambler, or even a little gambler. A few yanks on the slot machine and some chips tossed on a roulette table are about all I’m good for.

But while there I read an article about a woman who has become a millionaire from playing poker! A multi-millionaire, in fact. I did a search and found a brief bio here. She was a psychology student but when her poker-pro brother saw her knack with the cards he encouraged her to move to Vegas and play tournaments. I guess psychology is a key part of poker playing.

So, millions from poker… does that make gambling a form of investment? I might have to sharpen my skills. My father taught me poker at a young age (using toothpicks instead of money) so I know what a Royal Straight Flush is, and how to look pleased when I have a crap hand etc.

But one thing in the article I read struck me; she mentioned that in a recent tournament with 8000 competitors, only 200 or so were female. She said many women were not confident enough to play with the ‘big boys’ and would often participate in women-only tournaments, which she supported but found frustrating because poker should be a gender-equal game.

I think blogging’s a pretty gender-equal game, although I still haven’t encountered a John Chow-ette.