Who is better at Poker: Men or Women?

Across the world poker has become one of the most popular card games on the planet. People from all walks of life play poker for fun, money or even make a career out of it. The beauty about poker is that anyone can play it so finding new opponents is not difficult. That said I often wonder who makes the best players; Men or Women?

Both sexes have attributes that a good poker player needs but which sex would have the most success if any if the two sexes were pitted against each other.

Firstly let’s look at men; most men will think that they will make better poker players than women, particularly the men on a certain UK poker site according to a recent study, as generally across the world most of the well known poker players are men. That said, this is no definitive answer to the question as the reason for this is that more men show interest in poker than women, hence the large number of men who play it. Although there is higher percentage of men who play, this doesn’t mean that the quality of play is any good. Poker is a game that requires concentration throughout the whole process. This is an attribute of the game that plays in to women’s hands, as we all know women have a longer concentration span than a man.

As mentioned above women have the ability to concentrate more than a man and also are able to remember more detailed information, so often can find it easier to play poker. Generally speaking, men also have the tendency to be more reckless with their bets whilst women tend to go with caution and wait for the right moment to place larger bets when the risk is lower.

In conclusion, men and women are fundamentally different when tackling the game playing of poker, but both sexes could learn from each other to gain maximum success. The perfect combination would be for a player to have a woman’s restraint but have the recklessness of a man when needed on the higher paying stakes. Both sexes have shown that they can master the game with ease but if you require further game playing assistance visit www.pokerstars.com.uk  as they have an online poker school available to all.