i believe that the theory on women playing bad poker is close to the same theory that they can't drive.in my opinion there is a lot of women that cannot play just because nobody has taught them well, or lack of experience, which can be said for a man too. people just notice a women sitting at the table more and so they watch their play more, catching the mistakes. but at the same table they did not catch the 9 other people's mistakes nearly as much.some women can drive, some can't, some women can play poker, some can't, but they are all competing in a man's game.