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All About Poker from the Coach - 2004-01-08
Men and women differ in a lot more than just looks. Their brains are a little different. And, of course, there are vast cultural differences. In this column, I would like to write a bit about how approach and performance in poker are influenced by those differences. I am sure this column will be viewed by some as somewhat controversial, but I am merely attempting to tell the truth as I see it.

To get a wider perspective, I would like to use my background as an all-around game player (bridge, backgammon, and particularly chess) to show the differences between the sexes in other mental games. There are lots of similarities in how women are viewed in each of these competitive arenas. I have met and competed against many of the best lady players in the world in all of them.
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Champion of the Year: Chip Jett is the Man - 2004-01-08
What an ending we saw in 2003! Going into the last qualifying event of the year - Bellagio’s Five Diamond Poker Classic $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em championship - a total of 13 players could have earned the “Champion of the Year” award. I controlled my own destiny with the lead at 1,070 points, and trust me, I don’t have any problem with winning my own award!

With 50 players remaining in the tournament (we started with 314), Erik Seidel controlled his own destiny with 1,005 points; plus, he had chips and momentum on his side. You see, Erik had managed to finish seventh and first respectively in the previous two events he played, $2,500 limit hold’em and $2,500 pot-limit Omaha. After day one of the four-day championship event, one of the chip leaders was, not surprisingly, Erik. I believed in him, and was going to bet on him to finish first or second, but he told me on day No. 3, “Don’t bet on me … ” Uh, OK.
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