Dave Hughes is 70 years old, has a white beard down to his chest, and lives in Deltona, Florida. And he decided to enter the “Ladies No-Limit Hold’em” tournament at Seminole Hard Rock, a poker event designed exclusively for women. 🃏
Of the 83 registered players, 82 were women. Hughes was the only man at the table. No one could stop him: he reached the final, defeated Dayanna Ciabaton heads-up, and took home $5,555 in prize money, all because Florida laws do not allow casinos to bar men from this type of event.
Player Ebony Kenney put up a $300 bounty for whoever managed to eliminate him, which, with contributions from other outraged players, grew to more than $2,000. No one collected it. Abby Merk, who finished third, did not hold back her criticism on social media. Meanwhile, Hughes went home with the trophy, the money, and probably the best poker story of his life 😅