Today’s poker tip is about a misnomer regarding women in poker. Jennifer Tilly is one of the most stunning women on...well...hmmm..., well until we discover a dimension populated by Joanna Krupa clones, Jennifer Tilly is pretty much going to be the most stunning women just about anywhere she goes. As far as poker pros go, it is much more fun watching her play Texas Holdem them Greg Raymer or Todd Brunson, and she knows it. So when she wears the type of outfit that could resurrect puberty in the stodgiest old curmudgen, she is not doing it as part of a poker strategy, Jennifer is probably wearing that outfit for the camera. If she finds herself at a table with the aforementioned Raymer of Brunson, all they will be thinking about regarding her is getting their greedy little hands all over her stacks, and we don’t mean the ones under her top. In short, cleavage will not distract experienced poker players and poker pros.
I once talked to a female Texas Holdem player who swore up and down that “her girls” had more than once help her beat other players winning hands. There are a lot of women that have adopted the theory that men will be blinded by cleavage, and suddenly not play their best or lay down winning hands in order to gain favor with a busty player. The reality is that this sort of poker strategy rarely works. Of course there are those who will find themselves hypnotized by a low cut top, but in reality most moderately competent male poker players will not let what a women is wearing (or not wearing) influence how they behave during a hand of poker.
We are not telling women how to dress when playing poker, but what female players should take away from this poker tip is not to allow a shallow and erroneous stereotype that says a man’s IQ takes a nose dive in the presence of cleavage become part of your overall poker strategy.
