T.J. Cloutier

Name: T.J. Cloutier
Current Residence: Richardson, Texas
Birth Date: October 13, 1939
Birth Place: Albany, Calif., United States

T.J. Cloutier attended the University of California at Berkeley on a baseball and football athletic scholarship. He was later drafted into the army where he began to refine his poker game. Upon leaving the army, he played for the Montreal Allouettes in the Canadian Football League and was then traded to the Toronto Argonauts. Canadian football is at least as rough as the American game; T.J. had some experiences that, if not quite wild Texas... Read More >>

Trivia

Author of multiple poker books with Tom McEvoy, including Championship Pot-Limit and No-Limit Hold'em
Graduate of U.C. Berkeley
Played in the 1959 Rose Bowl
Played pro football with the Montreal Alouettes and the Toronto Argonauts
Travels to tournaments with Joy, his wife

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2009 WSOP, Event 11 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em	101st	$4,523
WPT Season 6, WPT World Championship	34th	$65,955
WPT Season 6, World Poker Open	21st	$12,060
WPT Season 6, World Poker Finals	12th	$72,955
WPT Season 6, Gulf Coast Poker Championship	21st	$14,017
2007 WSOP, Event 47, No-Limit Hold'em	17th	$25,593
2007 WSOP, Event 37, Pot-Limit Hold'em	11th	$10,902
2007 WSOP, Event 22, No-Limit Hold'em	23rd	$20,034
2007 Special, NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship	9th	$25,000
2006 WSOP, Event 37, No-Limit Hold'em	120th	$4,591
2006 WSOP, Event 27, No-Limit Hold'em	152nd	$2,902
2006 WSOP, Event 20, H.O.R.S.E.	5th	$480,480
2005 WSOP, Event 34, $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em	57th	$1,500
2005 WSOP, Event 13, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em	1st	$657,100
2005 WSOP, Event 11, $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em	44th	$2,980
WPT Specials, WPT Poker by the Book	5th	$0
2004 WSOP, Event 29, Limit Hold'em	9th	$20,020
2004 WSOP, Event 26, Seven Card Razz	1st	$90,500
2004 WSOP, Event 25, Pot-Limit Hold'em	15th	$8,720
WPT Season 2, Legends of Poker	3rd	$146,775
WPT Season 1, World Poker Challenge	6th	$18,934
2001 WSOP, Event 5, No-Limit Hold'em	2nd	$162,550
1993 WSOP, Event 20, No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball	3rd	$43,500
1994 WSOP, Event 15, $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em	1st	$163,000
1994 WSOP, Event 14, $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	1st	$135,000
1998 WSOP, Event 11, $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha	1st	$136,000
1987 WSOP, Event 3, Pot-Limit Omaha	1st	$72,000
2000 WSOP, World Series of Poker Main Event - 2000	2nd	$896,000
1989 WSOP, Event 2, Pot-Limit Omaha	2nd	$54,000
1995 WSOP, Event 20, Limit Seven-Card Stud	2nd	$88,550
1998 WSOP, World Series of Poker Main Event - 1998	3rd	$437,500
2002 WSOP, Event 19, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	3rd	$70,720
2003 WSOP, Event 13, Seven-Card Stud	3rd	$23,915
1996 WSOP, Event 20, Limit Seven-Card Stud	4th	$22,750
1999 WSOP, Event 5, Pot-Limit Omaha w/ rebuys	4th	$25,950
1988 WSOP, World Series of Poker Main Event - 1988	5th	$63,000
1987 WSOP, Event 11, No-Limit Hold'em	5th	$23,595
2003 WSOP, Event 22, No-Limit Hold'em	5th	$32,000
1996 WSOP, Event 9, Pot-Limit Omaha w/ rebuys	5th	$21,075
1998 WSOP, Event 8, Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	5th	$18,360
1989 WSOP, Event 4, Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys	6th	$20,700
1994 WSOP, Event 8, Pot-Limit Omaha	6th	$8,820
2002 WSOP, Event 2, Limit Hold'em	6th	$34,400
1990 WSOP, Event 13, No-Limit Hold'em	7th	$19,500
1992 WSOP, Event 8, Limit Hold'em	7th	$14,700
1996 WSOP, Event 16, Limit Hold'em	7th	$12,525
2000 WSOP, Event 18, Pot-Limit Hold'em	7th	$15,000
1992 WSOP, Event 15, Pot-Limit Hold'em	8th	$5,790
1996 WSOP, Event 22, Limit Hold'em	8th	$14,750
1997 WSOP, Event 18, Limit Seven-Card Stud	8th	$13,200
2001 WSOP, Event 23, Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	8th	$10,380
2003 WSOP, Event 11, No-Limit Hold'em	9th	$9,640
1993 WSOP, Event 19, Pot-Limit Hold'em	9th	$4,590
1999 WSOP, Event 3, Limit Hold'em	9th	$9,480
1989 WSOP, Event 1, Limit Omaha	10th	$2,715
2000 WSOP, Event 16, Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	10th	$4,800
1997 WSOP, Event 14, Limit Omaha Hi-Lo	11th	$4,356
1993 WSOP, Event 17, Limit Hold'em	12th	$4,470
1991 WSOP, Event 16, No-Limit Hold'em	15th	$4,680
2002 WSOP, Event 28, Limit Hold'em	17th	$4,120
1997 WSOP, Event 7, No-Limit Hold'em	24th	$4,260

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Player Statistics

Cashes	62
Total Winnings	$4,749,882
First Place Finishes	7
WSOP Bracelets	6

Player Analysis of T.J. Cloutier

Description

Conventional wisdom is that T.J.'s non-poker gambling has limited his monetary success.

T.J. often shows his good hands because he likes to give the image that he is always there. His philosophy is: if you never get called, you will end up with all of the chips.

T.J. has probably played in and won more major tournaments than any other person.

Best Game

Tournament No-Limit Hold'em

Weakness

A seven on the craps table at the wrong time

T.J. Cloutier's Score

5.7/10

Aggressiveness 6
Looseness 5
Limit 5
No-Limit 7
Side Games 3
Steam Control 4
Against Strong Players 6
Tournaments 7
Short-Handed 6
Against Weak Players 8

Amusing Anecdote

When T.J. and I first played together, we had discussed how I had played some No-Limit Hold'em in Houston in the '70s whereas he had played in Dallas. I moved in on someone with ace-king. The player called with a pair of queens and I won the race.

T.J. said, “I can see you learned to play in Houston. Those Houston players would come to Dallas and play that ace-king, but they'd always end up against a pair of aces. That's why we call that hand ‘Walking back to Houston.'”

Analysis brought to you by Barry Greenstein