Machismo at the Poker Table
Posted March 10th, 2010 byCategories: A Funny Farm, Casinos + Gambling, Hall Of Games
We live in a modern society that takes the authority away from men. Men are no longer honored for their innate abilities to lift, leap, and live off of the strength of their arm. They are part of corporate America, hidden behind office desks and encased in uncomfortable neck ties. When the work day is done, however, and the neck ties are loosened, many men are finding their masculine confidence again at the poker table.
Poker offers men a chance to live out the most ingrained of their masculine fantasies, to provide for those they love using their wits. They must outsmart the others at the table and conquer through a combination of intellect and natural ability. The poker table is the modern jungle. Here men can be men and fight using the available tools for utmost supremacy. It’ s obvious when you look at the rise of poker championships in recent years, and the celebrity status endowed on the winner, that men needed this boost of confidence. Poker fills a need for masculine self affirmation and strokes the male ego through dramatic pot wins. They needed to prove that they still have their basic caveman skills in a society that makes them stifle their desires to fit the common mold. The needed to prove that they still have the machismo to conquer.











