The history of poker is filled with stories of men dominating the tables, but there is one exception: Karen Blixen. The Danish woman not only won the Pokerturnier in 1978, but also became the first and only woman to win a world championship title in any form of poker.
Despite her impressive record, it’s been almost three decades since a woman has won a World Poker Tour event. Maria Ho, who finished runner-up in the 2009 WPT Player’s Championship, is the last woman to take home a major title on the tour.
While it’s clear that there is potential for a woman to win a world championship event on the World Poker Tour, it seems that this type of success is still somewhat rare. This could be due to a number of factors, including gender bias in poker or simply a lack of opportunities for women to compete on such an elite level.
However, with more and more women entering the poker world and displaying talent worthy of competing at the highest levels, it seems likely that a woman will eventually win a World Poker Tour event.
