Interesting stories like Vanessa Kade’s deliver a message of hope to aspiring female players – that you can make it big in the game, regardless of your gender.

Kade emerged victorious during the PokerStars’ Sunday Million 15 th anniversary event, her biggest win yet, taking home $1.5 million. After GGPoker ditched her, owing to comments she made against Bilzerian, Americas Cardroom (ACR) saw Kade’s potential and signed her as a member of Team ACR Pros, putting her name alongside poker icon Chris Moneymaker. Vanessa Kade’s recent spat with GGPoker and Dan Bilzerian has become a major turning point in her poker career. Gender bias, discrimination, and other negative experiences have been responsible for holding them back from pursuing a career in poker. Most of the coverage recently on social media regarding women in poker have been regarding the struggles they go through when playing the game. We celebrated international women’s day in March and the spotlight has been on the topic of women in poker this month.

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