Cake Poker returning Cloutier Bracelet
Posted by Curtom | January 28, 2010 | Posted in: Articles, News | Comments (2)It looks like all of the speculation was true. Long time poker professional T.J. Cloutier put his 2005 WSOP bracelet up for sale a couple of days ago in an effort to pick up a few dollars. This is a sad story indeed considering Cloutier has won millions of dollars in his poker career but it should be a lesson to the younger generation. No matter how well you run you always need to be preparing for the future and that means investing half of your winnings in something outside of poker when you make a large score. Fortunately for Cloutier Cake Poker, the purchaser of the bracelet, plans on returning the bracelet “to it’s rightful owner.”
My hope is that whatever troubles Cloutier may be experiencing he is able to somehow overcome. Kudos to Cake Poker for doing the right thing. Besides, what person in their right mind would wear a bracelet they didn’t earn?
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T. J. Cloutier is a great poker legend and a gentleman at the poker table. However, he is a degenerate gambler. The craps table is a magnet for him.
Cake Poker returning the publicly sold bracelet to him, will only give him the chance to PRIVATELY sell it next time.
Do you think this gesture by Cake Poker will heal T.J.?
Thanks for commenting Nik.
Yes, I have heard rumblings that his gambling habits circumvent all of his success stories because of a lack of discipline outside of poker. If any of that is true at his age it really is pretty bad. Older folks like T.J. really cannot afford to lose every dime they have if that is the case. Even Dwan is struggling right now because he doesn’t know when to stop and will not put money away. Unfortunately, many poker players are “gamblers” that cannot afford to do many of the activities they seem to enjoy. I wish T.J. the best and hope he can bounce back for his families sake.