Poker Clonie Gowen
- Nationality:
- USA
- Age:
- 49 years
- Poker Earnings:
- $1.6 million
Clonie Gowen is never overlooked at the poker table. You can’t help but notice her as soon as she walks into the poker room. The tall blonde is a deadly combination of devastating good looks and excellent poker skills. With any famous poker player, there’s a great story behind her name. Clonie Gowen net worth is. $200,000 Clonie Gowen Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Cycalona 'Clonie' Gowen (born November 6, 1971) is an American professional poker player, based in Dallas, Texas.
Clonie Gowen was born Cycalona Gowen in a raging storm during 1971. She has not slowed down since.
At the poker table, she is a force to be reckoned with, yet she is a gracious winner. Her formative years prepared her well for competitive situations.
She grew up in Kiowa, Oklahoma, winning the title of Miss Teen McAlister, Oklahoma in her fifteenth year. Her teen years were spent in Corsica, Texas.
In high school, she was intensely involved in sports. She was a powerhouse on her varsity basketball team. She also participated strongly in such events as the high jump as far as the state level.
Clonie was born during a storm in Kiowa, Oklahoma, which is probably the reason behind her name ‘Cycalona’
Stepping into Poker
Clonie learned to play poker from her boyfriend’s father. After she divorced from her first husband, she was living in Dallas and started going to Shreveport, Louisiana to play poker on weekends.
She found that she was having a good deal of success and before long, she was doing well enough to quit her job at a travel agency. She had gotten to have some adventurous vacations through the agency, but she was ready to move on and work full-time as a poker pro.
Clonie burst onto the poker scene and became one of the best Female poker players during the early stage of the poker boom
Costa Rica: Poker Launch Pad
Clonie went to Costa Rica in 2002 to go scuba diving. Little did she know that it would be a start of a higher level of poker winnings for her. When she heard that the World Poker Tour was having a tournament with a $500 buy-in, she was amazed. She asked herself, “Why not?”
Apparently, the answer was that there was no reason at all not to enter. Gowen played in that tournament, her first major one. She not only played well, but she finished in 10th position. It only whetted her appetite for more.
In 2003, Clonie Gowen was on hand for the Season 2 World Poker Tour Ladies’ Night. She played proficiently and came out on top. After winning this event, she was well on her way to poker stardom and due to her looks was a draw for the TV camera’s who were following the sport of poker more and more as it’s popularity grew.
Clonie’s beauty followed her into the poker world where fans certainly took an interest in her, as this tongue in cheek video shows
Other winning performances by Gowen include a 7th place in the $2,000 No Limit Hold ‘Em Ultimate Challenge tournament and 3rd place at the FullTiltPoker championship at The Wynn, Las Vegas. She also participated in the Poker After Dark TV series and won first place during Ladies’ Week for a purse of $120,000.
Clonie Gowen's Major Title Record
- WSOP Bracelets
- 0
- EPT Wins
- 0
- WPT Wins
- 1
Clonie Gowen has been a guest commentator for events such as the Ultimate Poker Challenge. She has been a regular commentator for Bluff Magazine at the World Series of Poker. She is also on the board of directors of the United States Poker Association.
She has also hosted many tournaments and charity events and started a school to teach poker. Her theory is that players need to be well-trained to play poker with the concept that it is their money on the table.
The Team Full Tilt Dispute
Clonie was an original member of Team Full Tilt but this ceased when she fell out with other former owners Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer over a 1% ownership she claimed to have been promised in Full Tilt Poker, which ended up being thrown out at court, leaving Gowen with nothing.
Clonie was an early member of Team Full Tilt and was promised shares in the company but was left with nothing after a messy court case
She is rarely seen playing poker nowadays and is rumoured to have moved to Australia with her new husband to start a new life.
Although you will not find Clonie playing poker at Full Tilt Poker any more, you will still find the other famous professional players there where you can sit down and play with them or just watch and learn from the best.
| Clonie Gowen | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Sachse, Texas |
| Born | November 6, 1971 (age 49) |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 9 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 459th, 2005 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 0 (+1) |
| Final table(s) | 0 (+1) |
| Money finish(es) | 6 (+1) |
| Information accurate as of 18 September 2014. | |
Cycalona 'Clonie' Gowen (born November 6, 1971)[1] is an American professional poker player, based in Dallas, Texas.
Early life[edit]
Gowen was born in Florida, and grew up in Kiowa, Oklahoma. Her first name was inspired by the fact that she was born while a tornado (cyclone) moved through the region. She won Miss Teen McAlester, Oklahoma, at age 15, and as a teenager moved to Corsicana, Texas. She was a member of the varsity basketball team and placed seventh in state high jump.
Poker[edit]
Gowen was introduced to poker by her boyfriend's father, and started playing while living in Dallas, driving to Shreveport, Louisiana, on the weekends. She finished tenth in a World Poker Tour (WPT) event in late 2002, before gaining national recognition in 2003, winning the televised WPT Ladies' Night event. Over the next five years, Gowen added ten more top-40 finishes in WPT and World Series of Poker events. She has not been active in tournament events since a high finish in the 2009 Aussie Millions in January 2009.
Gowen served as a guest commentator for the Ultimate Poker Challenge, The Gaming Club World Poker Championship and the 888.com Women's Poker UK Open. She was a regular columnist for All In magazine. She frequently hosted tournaments and charity events and was a partner in a poker school.
In 2007 and 2008, Gowen played in five different episodes/games of the first four seasons of Poker After Dark, a production of gaming company Full Tilt Poker, airing on NBC as a series of televised cash poker games. Gowen won the most money at three of the games and finished with second most in a fourth game. Gowen was an inaugural member of 'Team Full Tilt', a group of professional poker players sponsored by, and promoting, the Full Tilt Poker online site. In early November 2008, a few weeks before season five of Poker After Dark began taping, Gowen was released by Full Tilt Poker, and was not invited to the final three seasons of the Poker After Dark series.[2]
In late November 2008, Gowen filed a lawsuit against a company associated with Full Tilt Poker.[2] Filed in a Nevada court against software company Tiltware LLC, the suit sought damages of $40 million for breach of contract regarding a 1% ownership share, among other things.[2][3] The suit was dismissed by a trial court, but later partly reinstated on appeal—though no final outcome has been publicized as of 2014.[4]
As of 2014, having not returned to tournament play since a few weeks after filing her 2008 lawsuit, Gowen's total live tournament winnings stand at nearly $1,640,000.[5]
Notes[edit]
Clonie Gowen Poker Player
- ^WPT profileArchived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ abcNewell, Jennifer (November 17, 2008). 'Clonie Gowen Files $40 Million Lawsuit Against Full Tilt Poker'. PokerWorks.com. Retrieved November 18, 2008.
- ^Pokernews.com: Clonie Gowen Files Lawsuit Against Full Tilt Poker
- ^Las Vegas Sun: Appeals court ruling a partial victory for professional poker player
- ^Hendon Mob Database: Clonie Gowen