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Season Nine of the long running television show “World Poker Tour” begins taping today at Bellagio in Las Vegas with a $10,000 buy-in and a potential $1,000,000 first place prize. The Bellagio Cup VI will mark the 123rd open tournament in the WPT’s eight year existence as well as the 179th and 180th televised episodes when the high stakes battle airs as a two-parter in early 2011.

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You’ve no doubt heard by now that Liv Boeree took down that European Poker Tour San Remo event yesterday, coming out on top of a huge field of 1,240 players to claim the €1,250,000 first prize. Lot of folks excited about it. Boeree becomes the third woman to win an EPT Main Event, following Vicky Coren (EPT London 2006) and Sandra Naujoks (EPT Dortmund 2009).

Boeree’s win also comes on the heels of Vanessa Selbst’s NAPT Mohegan Sun victory less than two weeks ago. And a month before that, Annie Duke took down the NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship — not an “open” event, but still one in which men had only prevailed in the past.

Some object to assigning too much importance to women winning events such as these, arguing that doing so reinforces the significance of a player’s sex and thus suggests another kind of inequality in the way one views women players as opposed to men.

There’s something to that argument, I suppose. But still, it is hard not to recognize the uniqueness of women succeeding in these big buy-in, “big bet” tourneys, especially given the small number of women entering them as compared to men.

By the way, even before Selbst’s win at the NAPT Mohegan Sun, Jen Newell and I chose the topic of women & no-limit hold’em tourneys for our April “He Said/She Said” columns over at Woman Poker Player. There we were separately responding to a chapter in James McManus’s Cowboys Full in which he offers a few thoughts about why men seem “biologically inclined to sign up for” NLHE tourneys.

As we were working on our articles, Selbst won her NAPT title, and so we both ended up making reference to her win. You can see what else we said about McManus’s ideers here: He Said / She Said.

Last week I also wrote a post here called “Women and the WSOP.” There I mentioned how even though 12 different women had won open WSOP events, none had done so in a NLHE event (aside from Annette Obrestad’s 2007 WSOPE Main Event title). In that post I included a list of women who had won WSOP bracelets in open events, with Vera Richmond being the first to do so back in 1982 in the $1,000 buy-in Ace-to-Five Draw event.

Curiously, when people discuss this topic many tend to overlook Richmond’s victory and cite Barbara Enright’s 1996 bracelet in the $2,500 pot-limit hold’em event as the first by a woman in an open-field WSOP tourney. In fact, when it comes to poker history, Richmond is probably better known not for her WSOP bracelet but for her involvement in that story in which Amarillo Slim Preston allegedly said he’d cut his own throat if a woman ever won the WSOP Main Event — another story the accuracy of which sometimes gets skewed.

According to the story, at the 1973 WSOP Main Event, Richmond — who according to this had to have been the first woman ever to play in the Main Event — enjoyed the chip lead for a time, and during a break took the opportunity to tell Preston she intended to win the sucker. Preston (the reigning champ) responded by telling Richmond that if she were to win the tourney, she could cut his throat with a “dull knife.”

The exchange later got retold in such a way as to suggest Preston had threatened to cut his own throat, and that his threat referred to any woman winning the event (not just Richmond). Preston himself later would exploit the apocryphal version of the story, such as in 2000 when both Annie Duke and Kathy Liebert made deep runs in the Main Event, as recounted by McManus in Positively Fifth Street.

(EDIT [added 1:00 p.m.]: Actually there are other problems with this story, including the fact that Richmond didn’t play in the 1973 event at all. Hat tip to Kevmath here, who points us to an article by Susie Isaacs that suggests Barbara Freer was the first woman to play in the WSOP ME in 1978.)

That was about all I recalled about Vera Richmond, too, other than the fact that she always gets described as a “brusque cosmetics heiress” in histories and on the web. There was, however, a reference to Richmond not too long ago on the Gamblers Book Shop podcast (episode 63, 3/19/2010).

There guest Linda Johnson — the third woman to win a WSOP in an open event (1997, $1,500 Razz) — noted how Richmond “never got credit for her win,” referring to what I mentioned earlier about how Enright tends to be more readily cited as the first woman to win an open WSOP event.

Host Howard Schwartz asked Johnson why that was the case. “Well, she wasn’t very popular,” answered Johnson. “She was kind of mean and nasty… spoke like a truck driver, and nobody liked her. And so when she won her event, she never got credit for it, which isn’t right because plenty of asshole men have won and they are in the record books.”

Kind of interesting — and not that surprising — how the story of the first woman to win a WSOP open event appears to involve ideas of traditional “gender roles” as well as (in the Amarillo Slim story) men showing some resistance to the idea of women playing and succeeding.

Times have changed, certainly. The general enthusiasm about Boeree’s win yesterday — from both men and women — is evidence of that.

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Was following that NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship over the weekend in which Annie Duke ended up surviving six heads-up matches, including winning two of three against Erik Seidel in the finals, to capture the $500,000 first prize. I said on Friday that despite the relatively fast, made-for-TV structures for most of the matches — as well as the inherent luck involved in any given heads-up match — “anyone who manages to win… will have accomplished something noteworthy.”

That Duke won will probably further fuel debates over the relative significance of the event in terms of its measure of poker skill. Of course, anything involving Duke tends further to fuel debates in the poker world.

The fact is, besides now being known by many as a reality TV star, Duke is a highly accomplished poker player. Just looking at her WSOP record, it’s kind of amazing. She has 38 total cashes for over $1.12 million (I think the WSOP site is missing one, her cash in the 1995 Main Event), 15 final tables, three runner-ups, and one bracelet (the $2,000 Omaha/8 event in 2004). All in open events, incidentally, and in a wide variety of games (no-limit hold’em, limit hold’em, Omaha/8, stud, stud/8, and pot-limit Omaha).

Of course, Duke’s biggest win in terms of career earnings was that $2 million score for winning the 2004 Tournament of Champions event, which, like the NBC Heads-Up event, was a tourney she was invited to play. In fact, only ten players were invited, and while Duke outlasted a genuinely tough field (Hellmuth, Lederer, Chan, Raymer, Brunson, Negreanu, Ivey, Cloutier, and Reese), some have downplayed the significance of her having so significantly boosted her total career tourney winnings in this single-table freeroll.

So I think there is probably a bit of prejudice already in place to downgrade Duke’s triumph this weekend. Interestingly, two articles turned up on Sunday — before Duke had won — that differently addressed the significance of the event. One was a piece over on Casino City Times by Gary Trask with the headline “NBC Heads-Up event held in high regard by poker pros.” The other was a blog post by Daniel Negreanu in which he rated the “World’s Top Ten Toughest Tournaments.”

At first glance, the articles may appear to share a common focus — namely, to highlight those tourneys the top players hold in “high regard” as genuine achievements if one wins. Indeed, Negreanu’s article does provide a somewhat thorough ranking of tourneys’ “toughness” according to three primary criteria: strength of field, structure, and field size. While his list certainly invites debate — e.g., ranking the WSOP Main Event as the sixth-toughest tourney and putting a couple of yet-to-be-played events at the top of his list — it is clear Negreanu is focusing mainly on how well the events test players’ tourney skills.

The Casino City Times article rather focuses on other factors affecting players’ “high regard” — namely the enjoyment they get from participating, the fun of competing (and earning bragging rights with friends/colleagues), and the intangible benefits of succeeding in a high-profile, televised event.

Trask quotes Phil Gordon noting how “we all want to play in it” and how “the fact that it’s a heads-up, one-on-one match really brings the whole ego thing into the equation.” However, Gordon recognizes how the tourney may rate lower on a “toughness” scale such as the one Negreanu put together. “[W]e all realize that when it comes right down to it, this is a crapshoot,” says Gordon. “There’s just so much luck involved in a one-time heads-up match.”

Negreanu does mention at the end of his list how the NBC Heads-Up event’s fast structure necessarily eliminates it from consideration as one of the “toughest” tourneys. But the question remains of how to rate the achievement of someone who does win the event. As an NBC Heads-Up champ, Duke joins a list of other highly accomplished players — Hellmuth, Forrest, Wasicka, Ferguson, and Seed. Each enjoyed some good fortune along the way to win their titles, but such is true for all tourney winners to some degree.

I’ll stick to the idea that winning it is “something noteworthy,” though doubt Duke’s win will necessarily up the NBC Heads-Up event’s status as an especially “tough” test for players.

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NAPT official sponsor, PokerStars.net and Mohegan Sun have unveiled the schedule and events for the third leg of the first annual North American Poker Tour set to run between March and April at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut.

The NAPT Mohegan Sun will offer players 38 poker events running from March 27th to April 13th, 2010. Some of the highlights in the tournament’s schedule includes a $5,000 buy-in Main Event and a $10,000 buy-in Bounty Shootout event, both of which will be produced for future broadcast on ESPN2.

Multi-step satellite qualifying tournaments for the North American Poker Tour Main Event are currently underway in the Mohegan Sun Poker Room until the start of the tournament. Both $230.00 “Step 1″ satellites and $1,050 “Step 2″ satellites will run every day until the day of the event to make participation in the Main Event accessible to all players.

The NAPT Mohegan Sun schedule is as follows:

• Event 1: March 27th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Deep Stack” $550.00 + $50.00
• Event 2: March 27th at 5:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 1 Super Satellite to Step 2 NAPT Main Event Super” $210.00 + $20.00
• Event 3: March 28th at 10:00am, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Shootout” Flight A $170.00 + $30.00
• Event 3: March 28th at 1:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Shootout” Flight B $170.00 + $30.00
• Event 3: March 28th at 4:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Shootout” Finals
• Event 4: March 28th at 5:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 2 Super Satellite to NAPT Main Event” $1,000 + $50.00
• Event 5: March 29th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em $360.00 + $40.00
• Event 6: March 29th at 5:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “200+100+40 Bounty
• Event 7: March 29th at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em Step 1 Super Satellite to Step 2 NAPT Main Event Super” $210.00 + $20.00
• Event 8: March 30th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Re-Entry (Unlimited through Level 3)” $270.00 + $30.00
• Event 9: March 30th at 5:00pm, Omaha 8 or Better $270.00 + $30.00
• Event 10: March 30th at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 1 Super Satellite to Step 2 NAPT Main Event Super” $210.00 + $20.00
• Event 11: March 31st at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Re-Entry” (Limit 1 Re-Entry) $360.00 + $40.00
• Event 12: March 31st at 5:00pm, Seven Card Stud “Hi Only” $270.00 + $30.00
• Event 13: March 31st at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 1 Super Satellite to Step 2 NAPT Main Event Super” $210.00 + $20.00
• Event 14: April 1st at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “$260+$200+$40 Bounty
• Event 15: April 1st at 5:00pm, “Pot Limit Omaha Hi” $270.00 + $30.00
• Event 16: April 1st at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 2 Super Satellite to NAPT Main Event” $1,000 + $50.00
• Event 17: April 2nd at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Deep Stack” Day 1 $920.00 + $80.00
• Event 18: April 2nd at 5:00pm, H.O.S.E. $270.00 + $30.00
• Event 19: April 2nd at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 2 Super Satellite to NAPT Main Event” $1,000 + $50.00
• Event 20: April 3rd at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Survivor (1 in 10 wins $3,000)” $300.00 + $40.00
• Event 21: April 3rd at 4:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 1 Super Satellite to Step 2 NAPT Main Event Super” $210.00 + $20.00
• Event 22: April 3rd at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 2 Super Satellite to NAPT Main Event” $1,000 + $50.00
• Event 23: April 5th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Re-Load” $300.00 + $40.00
• Event 24: April 5th at 5:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “$100+$100+$30 Bounty Turbo Event”
• Event 25: April 5th at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 2 Super Satellite to NAPT Main Event” $1,000 + $50.00
• Event 26: April 6th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “$400+$200+$50 PokerStars Bounty Hunter”
• Event 27: April 6th at 3:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Super Satellite to Main Event” $500.00 + $30.00
• Event 28: April 6th at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 2 Super Satellite to NAPT Main Event” $1,000 + $50.00
• Event 29: April 7th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Main Event” Day 1 $4,700 + $300.00 (Main Event will run through April 11th)
• Event 30: April 7th at 6:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Turbo” $200.00 + $30.00
• Event 31: April 8th at 4:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em Day 1 $2,000 + $150.00
• Event 32: April 8th at 6:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Turbo” $200.00 + $30.00
• Event 33: April 9th at 2:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “$200,000 Guarantee” Day 1 $1,000 + $100.00
• Event 34: April 10th at 11:00am, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Ladies Only” $300.00 + $30.00
• Event 35: April 10th at 6:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Re-Entry- Super Satellite to $10,000 Bounty Shootout” (Event 36) $1,000 + $50.00
• Event 36: April 11th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Bounty Shootout” Day 1 $10,000 + $300.00 (Day 2 will be held on April 12th)
• Event 37: April 11th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em $500.00 + $50.00
• Event 38: April 11th at 4:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Super Satellite NAPT #4″ $500.00 + $30.00

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Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman has refused an invitation to meet with Presiden Barak Obama when he arrives to Sin City to campaign for Nevada Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Reid. Goodman was invited by the White House to meet the president on his arrival to Las Vegas on Thursday night and join him at a town hall event scheduled for Friday.

Goodman spokesman Jace Radke said the mayor would consider the invitation if Obama promised to apologize for comments made last week suggesting that people saving money for college shouldn’t spend in it partying in Las Vegas. Several days after his remark, Obama sent a letter to Nevada Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid defending his position and explaining that he never said anything anything negative about Las Vegas. However, that was the second time that President Obama uses Las Vegas as an example of excessive spending.  Last year, Obama said that corporations and banks shouldn’t be using federal bailout funds to pay for trips to Las Vegas, the Super Bowl or corporate jets, which according to several tourism and casino officials, caused a negative impact on the number of meetings and conventions held at Las Vegas hotels.

The comments caused surprise and anger among several business sectors affected by the economic meltdown. According to Goodman, Obama’s words are discouraging visitors from coming to Las Vegas and will further depress the local economy, which is heavily dependent on the gambling, entertainment and hospitality industry.

“An apology won’t be acceptable this time. I don’t know where his vendetta comes from, but we’re not going to let him make his bones by lambasting Las Vegas.” Goodman said at a press conference held early this month.

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