The Johnson Filter
As more and more women were taking to the felt, I was beginning to worry that our gender edge was in jeapordy. But as I read a recent post on 2+2, I was able to rest easy again. Damn. Thank goodness a lot of guys still view a woman’s ability to play poker with a johnson filter over their lens.
The subject of the thread was Kathy Liebert. Words like “annoying,” “too tight a player,” “ugly,” “Shrek 4,” “arrogant,” “smug,” etc permeated the thread. I was so pleased. Not that I agreed with one word. I’m just glad that when these guys sit down with a woman pro like Kathy - they aren’t thinking about the fact that she grossed over $250K this year (with the year less than half over) or that she’s earned just shy of $4 million in her lifetime.
Someone went on to post an unflattering picture of Kathy. OK. Let’s have someone take pictures of you all day at work. Would they all make the cover of InStyle? I’ve taken thousands of pictures of pros and, other than Patrik Antonius, I’ve caught them all at unflattering moments. You should see my butt crack collection!
Unfortunately there was at least one post that said,” I don’t think that most women would consider Mike Matusow a hunk. And remember how fat Doyle Brunson used to be? Nor will the Brenes brothers be swimsuit models any time soon. As to annoying chatter or not shutting up, you’ve got to be kidding. Ever heard of Matusow, Hellmuth, Brenes, Negranu, Tony (I’ll take your money and your children will starve) G., etc? If you’re male, weigh over 300 pounds, and are enjoying this, perhaps women should put your picture on here with disgusting comments. I thought that poker players were supposed to be intelligent.” Remind me not to sit at their table; far too rational.
And arrogant. There isn’t a pro that I’ve talked to for any length of time that hasn’t told me how great a player they were. And many of them without near the track record of Liebert. Hey! You better have some confidence in your game if you’re plunking down your livleihood on the felt.
All in all, I was quite pleased with the thread. I suspect if Kathy read it, she was too.
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May 28th, 2007 at 10:53 am
I once had a player at the table tell me I reminded him of KL. I’m not sure if he meant it as a compliment - but I said thank you anyway!
May 28th, 2007 at 11:57 am
I had the briefest of conversations with Kathy Liebert as we walked in opposite directions in a hotel walkway. She probably had not been awake long, may have been jet-lagged and had probably just thrown on sweats to make sure she had registered for tournament.
She was pleasant and friendly but it was not a day she was playing and we were nowhere near a poker table.
I am certain if Kathy had ever busted me out of a tournament or stacked me in a cash game I might have a worse opinion of her.
But I hope I would have to lose on a bead beat suckout for me to denigrate her play
May 30th, 2007 at 9:09 am
I get a kick when sometimes at the end of a live session, if I’ve done well, some guy at the table well say “You played well” but with a healthy dose of condescension and patronization. I smile, say thank-you, then rack up the chips I have in my stack that came from his stack and happily cash out.