Lynne Ji calls out Orleans player for bad behavior toward her friend, but is there more to the story?

[Dan Druff]

Lynee Ji is a young woman who showed up in the poker community over the last few years.

She has been criticized for some immature/bad takes regarding poker, including one statement that it's okay to cheat in poker as long as you don't expect to remain part of the community long term. (She deleted that tweet, after massive backlash.)

Tonight she shamed a male player at an Orleans tournament, who had an altercation with her female friend. Apparently Lynne was not present for this, and was going by thirdhand information. She did not name the player (presumably she didn't know it), but did post a picture of him.

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https://twitter.com/helloitslynne/status/1736178543007330361

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https://twitter.com/helloitslynne/status/1736178669176176680

Predictably, some people immediately assumed the guy was a misogynistic asshole, and posted angry messages in support of Lynne's friend:

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https://twitter.com/bernstylz/status/1736238711497785826

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https://twitter.com/helloitslynne/status/1736188340112916739

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https://twitter.com/helloitslynne/status/1736189164490817989

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https://twitter.com/eastcoastariel/status/1736206725554827326

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https://twitter.com/JBPVFM/status/1736184367137902786



However, several others were rubbed the wrong way by Lynne's call-out, including those who had played with the guy before and never seen any signs of misogyny or out-of-line behavior from him....

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https://twitter.com/helloitslynne/status/1736181470220447884

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https://twitter.com/helloitslynne/status/1736213738406191236

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https://twitter.com/JBillsPok3r/status/1736238530500886934



And then others who were either present or had knowledge of the situation posted some clarity:

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https://twitter.com/helloitslynne/status/1736213512039608448

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https://twitter.com/GsMonies/status/1736257397398884399




Bottom line:

Since this is a thirdhand report, nobody can really say what did or didn't happen there, unless they were at the table. However, even if it happened exactly as reported (which I highly doubt, given the counter-reports from people seen above), there's no evidence it was a case of misogyny. I've received verbal abuse and bad behavior from opponents at the table many times, from both men and women. None of these incidents had anything to do with my gender or their gender. Altercations can happen at the table between males and females without it being about any kind of misogyny or sexism. Indeed, the complaints seemed to be about her behavior at the table (slow, not showing her hand when required, etc), and nothing gender-related.

While there is indeed real mistreatment of women at the poker table at the hands of men sometimes, this does not to appear to be such a case, and it seems to be framed that way in order to unfairly shame a player who was simply unhappy with the way Lynne's friend was acting.

In fact, the fact that Lynne concedes that her friend refused to show her all-in hand as required by all tournament rules (which is either bad sportsmanship or an angle shoot) indicates that her friend was probably the asshole here, not this guy. I hate when people try to avoid showing their hand as rules require. Very obnoxious. If you can't play within tournament rules, don't play them at all. I don't have an issue with dude retrieving the hand from the muck if her friend was trying to avoid showing it as required. "Carlos Figgy" above also indicated that her friend had a chronic issue that day with avoiding tabling losing or likely losing hands.

This reminds me of Veronica Brill's post over the summer of 2022, when she posted the seat and table number of a male player calling her "derogatory names", when in reality it was just a guy angry that she kept showing her hands to the player next to her.

[ftpjesus]

Druff, Ive read the thread too. The counter reports are nothing but people claiming theyve played with him and hes never said shit or acted like that with them. I might add all of those who said that were guys also. Some players will talk shit to a chick and never dream of doing to a guy for fear the guy might put a boot up their ass in the parking lot eventually or hell just take the 86 and KTFO on the spot. Dude looks like a spaghetti noodle who doesnt have the balls to say shit to another guy but I could see him having some passive aggressive issues with women potentially (potential Incel) Its all conjecture I get it. But reality is if he really did reach into the pile thats a no no and the floor shouldve been called at least for that and a warning issued. Why that didnt happen makes me a little curious.

[Small_Banana]

Her tits are on display at fapello
https://fapello.com/helloitslynne/

[Dan Druff]

Druff, Ive read the thread too. The counter reports are nothing but people claiming theyve played with him and hes never said shit or acted like that with them. I might add all of those who said that were guys also. Some players will talk shit to a chick and never dream of doing to a guy for fear the guy might put a boot up their ass in the parking lot eventually or hell just take the 86 and KTFO on the spot. Dude looks like a spaghetti noodle who doesnt have the balls to say shit to another guy but I could see him having some passive aggressive issues with women potentially (potential Incel) Its all conjecture I get it. But reality is if he really did reach into the pile thats a no no and the floor shouldve been called at least for that and a warning issued. Why that didnt happen makes me a little curious.

Did you see the two people who gave conflicting reports? One was there, the other had a friend who dealt at that table.

If someone is supposed to show their hand and intentionally mucks it, of course it's okay for a player to reach into the muck and grab it. Why should the offending player get away with hiding their cards, when the rules state the table should be able to see them?

[hesterandeldridge]

as "carlos figg" here , i wont say who the dealer was , but those events she was talking about came up, the problem is if someone is doing tilting behavior and manages to tilt someone , when its a female who does it , it will come off as sexist most of the time , because when we lash out at other players, i dont think we pick on the gender, but its the player who tilted us.

the thing is the orleans . 55k is not the wynn 10k and tanking and not showing when you need to or mucking your all in hand will tilt some players.

[turdzilla]

River to the sea type

https://fapello.su/helloitslynne-lynne-ji-3/

[Dive_Bar_Dave]

nice pics.

[Sloppy Joe]

Great to see Druff back in full force after getting Jaffe'd.

Thoughtfully evaluating the behavior of young, better known neurotypical women and just owning the reputation without giving any fucks.

Needs to be a video series like Tough Conversations, perhaps srsly can lend a hand on production.

[dmndkutr]

Deleted the tweet

[hesterandeldridge]

so what gives on the deletion? no explanation? will she say her friend wanted it gone ?

like at least update something with 100+ replies

[Dan Druff]

so what gives on the deletion? no explanation? will she say her friend wanted it gone ?

like at least update something with 100+ replies

Should've saved it. Lynne is a notorious tweet deleter.