{"id":22209,"date":"2023-05-04T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestsportsbettingflorida.com\/?p=22209"},"modified":"2023-05-04T13:55:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:55:15","slug":"florida-man-wins-ladies-only-poker-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestsportsbettingflorida.com\/news\/2023\/05\/04\/florida-man-wins-ladies-only-poker-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Man Wins Ladies Only Poker Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
David Hughes, a bearded 70-year-old man from Deltona, Florida, entered and won a traditional Ladies’ $250 buy-in poker event, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. The player caused a lot of noise on social media when pictures from the event were shared online.<\/p>\n
David, whose best performance in the World Poker Tour was finishing 9th at the Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open back in 2021, entered the ladies-only tournament to the surprise and shock of everyone on Saturday night. The event occurred across the hall from the $3500 Seminole Hardrock Poker Open Tournament.<\/p>\n\n
Seeing a man at the women’s poker tournament sparked mixed reactions from fans and players on social media. Some fans took it lightly, while others were not so happy.<\/p>\n
Ebony Kenny, one of the 83 ladies at the tournament, took the matter into her own hands. Ebony placed a $300 bounty on David, which several other players and onlookers later matched. The total bounty reached over $2100, equal to the third-place prize. Funnily enough, Hughes also chipped in $100 to the entire bounty pool!<\/p>\n
“While we appreciate the dead money, I really wish men would get what these events stand for. So I put a $300 bounty on his head and Tamra & Noah Piderit matched it. Let’s get him.”, Ebony said in her tweet.<\/p>\n
The question on everyone’s mind was how a fully bearded man entered a ladies’ tournament. The answer would be that Floridian casinos are not allowed to prohibit men from playing in ladies’ exclusive events.<\/p>\n