Poker site targets gay population and transexuals

Jenny Woo explores the advent of gay poker sites

Perhaps this came out of the broohaha surrounding Poker legend David Williams deviation into foot fetishes and much older women....or maybe not.  Poker sites are now targeting the gay population, which just happens to have more disposable income laying around than any other ethnic group.  Plus we can assume they're not exactly running around changing diapers all day.

Those hunky boys at WickedChopsPoker.com report on the new phenomenon.

Now for the record, we have no issues with homosexuality at all. We love gay people in a seriously non-gay kind of way. Gay people are part of the fabric of this country. Without gay people, we'd have far fewer hair stylists, interior decorators, boy banders, cities called San Francisco, and lisps.




Jenny Woo a friend to the gay community.
But ComeOutPoker--a site exclusively for gay people and trannies--claims there is a stiffly growing contingent of guys named "Bruce," Lance," "Geoffrey" and "Todd" in the poker world, approximating that there are "close to 3.6 million gay poker players in the U.S. alone."

But based on our purely unscientific study which consisted of asking people in our weekly home game, gay people make up a very small niche in the poker community. Like, really f**king small. Maybe more in the "handful" range than the "3.6 million" range.

And after thoroughly and exhaustively combing through every page of the ComeOutPoker website (and then clearing out our Internet history), the site doesn't seem so much about playing poker as it is about chatting it up with other gay people and trannies while you may or may not be playing poker.

Not sure if Snake and the Gang really conducted any in depth scientific studies here but my Jenny Woo findings suggests the number of gay poker players may be somewhere in between that 3.5 million figure and the "handful" WickedChopsPoker espouses.  After all, we are talking here about a game filled with queens and clubs for God's sake!

ComeOutPoker's biggest draw is probably its chat room.

The Pink Triangle - ComeOutPoker players that LOVE to chat!
It's easy to meet other ComeOutPoker players. Just look for the Pink Triangle by their screen names. That means they love to chat. Players without the Pink Triangle are shy, but you never know WHEN they'll ComeOut! It's always up to you, chat or no chat! ComeOutPoker.com ALWAYS guards your privacy.

Me thinks this is more a meat market than anything else.  But just think, if you go meet up with Mr. Right or Mr./Mrs. Right and can't get an erection...there's always that other common interest, Poker. 

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Jenny Woo, www.gambling911.com

Originally published September 20, 2006 12:45 pm ET