/tags/t.j.-cloutier/ Recent content in T.J. Cloutier on Poker Game Free T.J. Cloutier en-US chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) Thu, 07 Dec 2023 01:25:45 +0000 /poker-players/hall-of-fame/202312/t-j-cloutier/ Thu, 07 Dec 2023 01:25:45 +0000chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) /poker-players/hall-of-fame/202312/t-j-cloutier/ <h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>T.J. Cloutier had been a great, well-rounded athlete upon entering college at the University at California at Berkeley with a scholarship to play both football and basketball. When things got rough for his family, Cloutier was forced to drop out of school and settle for a job to do his part. This lasted until he was drafted into the army and sent to fight for the country. It was with this tour of duty that T.J. discovered poker. After his duties were fulfilled, Cloutier didnt jump right into playing poker professionally. Instead, he went back to his passion of football and found a spot on the Montreal Allouettes in the Canadian Football League. Later traded to the Toronto Argonauts, Cloutier continued to play football until a knee injury cut his career short. Soon after, T.J. moved to Texas and his poker career really began to kick off. Working in Texas on an oil rig, Cloutier started to play poker more and more in his spare time. Soon enough, T.J. would realize that he could make more money playing poker full time and quit his job. Inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006, T.J. has authored books on both No-Limit and Pot-Limit Holdem as well as Omaha. His career tournament earnings total $10,444,516 with $4,710,417 of that coming at the WSOP.</p> /poker-players/hall-of-fame/t-j-cloutier/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:30:59 +0000chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) /poker-players/hall-of-fame/t-j-cloutier/ <h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>T.J. Cloutier had been a great, well-rounded athlete upon entering college at the University at California at Berkeley with a scholarship to play both football and basketball. When things got rough for his family, Cloutier was forced to drop out of school and settle for a job to do his part. This lasted until he was drafted into the army and sent to fight for the country. It was with this tour of duty that T.J. discovered poker.</p>