Thomas James “T.J.” Cloutier was born in Albany, California, on October 23, 1939. Cloutier started his professional poker career in 1976. The Rise
Cloutier had an illustrious career winning six WSOP bracelets and is the sole player to win events in all three variants of Omaha: Limit High, Pot Limit High, and Limit 8-or-Better High-low Split in WSOP history. Cloutier also has final-tabled. In addition, he is the only player to be runners-up in the WSOP Main Event twice.
In 2006, Cloutier’s name was in the history book as he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame . He was also voted twice as the Cardplayer’s player of the year in 1998 and 2002.
Cloutier has also authored numerous poker books, and he even co-authored the Championship Hold ’em book with Tom McEvoy.
Cloutier has $10,444,516 live career earnings , more than $4,675,00 coming from WSOP events and placing him on 93rd position on the Hendon Mob All Time Money List. Unlike most top poker pros, Cloutier has never won more than six figures in a single event, and his earnings are a result of his career longevity. Cloutier’s WSOP Bracelets:
Year
Event
Winnings
1987
$1,000 Omaha Hi
$72,000
1994 $1,500 Limit Omaha 8 or Better $135,000 1994 $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em $163,000 1998 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi $136,000 2004 $1,500 Seven-Card Razz $90,500 2005 $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em $657,100 The Fall Aside from being a good poker player, Cloutier was a notorious craps gambler who did not know when to quit; he struggled with a craps gambling addiction, which ruined him financially.Terrance Chan, a fellow poker player Cloutier in 2006, wrote on his blog: ” T.J. has lost more money at craps than possibly any human being alive. Obviously, he’s just a poor craps player, and one should bet against him, not with him.”Cloutier’s financial struggle was evident when his WSOP bracelet, which he won in a $5000 No-Limit Hold ’em event in 2005, was put up in an online auction by the Plano Pawn Shop and sold for $4.0006 on […]
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