Poker Homophobia

Some guys still think of poker as a man's game. A straight man's game. Women, while nice to look at, really can't compete because they lack the brute force that is so often required, and lisping fairies are similarly disqualified from getting much respect at the poker table.

This point of view. of course, is complete bullshit, but nevertheless an invisible cloud of homophobia often hangs over the green felt. At the poker room last night two guys started in at each other. Both had come from the hockey game which the local team just lost and both had been drinking and losing money - prime candidates for turning into frustrated idiots. One was wearing a cowboy hat, prompting that inevitable Brokeback Mountain comment which led to the predictable reply of "you wish" and things quickly spiraled down until management came over and moved one guy to a different table. I never see this kind of idiocy during the day, when the more serious poker players are around, but on weekends and evenings it is not uncommon.

The yahoos with the fag jokes are the idiots who really have no clue how the game of poker is played - they think it has something to do with manhood. They think drinking Jack Daniels will help them win.

They are fools.

Take their money.