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CelebPoker welcomes female players

LONDON, England -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Recently released statistics suggest that women are, comfortably, the largest growing demographic in poker making up 35% of the global playing community. Attracted to this beautiful game through blanket television coverage, aggressive marketing techniques and internet accessibility, an increasing number of women are going 'head to head' with the opposite sex on the poker felt… and coming out on top.

CelebPoker is experiencing this boom first-hand with a huge amount of female player's signing up, and competing fiercely, for a coveted place in their exclusive Team CelebPoker. Team CelebPoker provides the unique opportunity for ANY CelebPoker player to represent CelebPoker.com at a major European poker tournament.

At CelebPoker we are welcoming an unprecedented number of female players and actively encouraging more and more to get involved. Poker is an entertaining, exciting and engaging pastime. Team CelebPoker has become a favorite for many female players from all over the world Linda Donovan, CelebPoker.com Room Manager, thinks it's great that both sexes are battling it to win a coveted place on the Team:

"At CelebPoker we are welcoming an unprecedented number of female players and actively encouraging more and more to get involved. Poker is an entertaining, exciting and engaging pastime. Team CelebPoker has become a favorite for many female players from all over the world".

Players like Annie Duke, Kathy Liebert, Liz Lieu, Jennifer Harman and Cyndy Violette have blazed the trail and inspired women to get involved on the poker scene. They have helped disprove the myth that poker is a man's domain by consistently beating many of the top male professionals.

The growing in popularity amongst the female demographic is not, by any means, confined to live games either. Although the exact percentage of women playing online is difficult to judge, the figure is believed to be as high as 40%. Eventually, experts predict that the ratio of women to men playing poker will level out at 50:50 or maybe even tip slightly towards women.

Ms. Donovan continued, "If you walk into your local casino, you'll find mostly guys seated at the poker table. That's a fact!! And, for a lot of women, that can be a very intimidating. But playing poker online is a very different story… the general barriers to entry are so low which really appeals to women. We are delighted with the number of female players that are in the running for Team CelebPoker".

The success of women in this promotion, whilst exciting, is not wholly unexpected. Female players are known for being extremely intuitive and very patient at the tables. They also tend to be more accurate in reading people, monitoring and reacting effectively to situations and being a little bit devious when required. Statistics also show that they are generally far more careful with their actions and bet amounts.

Historically, women have been viewed as a weak link at a poker table but with more females playing poker online, and playing it successfully, this seems sure to become a thing of the past. Indeed, it would seem a good bet that a female will be representing Team CelebPoker at a major European Live Event in the very near future… and, no doubt, turning a few heads for all the right reasons in the process.

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