T.J. Cloutier Pawns WSOP Bracelet
The headline sounds like the lead-in to a bad joke about T.J. Cloutier‘s craps habit, but in this case it’s the literal truth. Word leaked out on various poker forums and poker rooms about an eBay listing from a pawnshop in Plano, TX that was auctioning of T.J. Cloutier’s WSOP bracelet from his win in a 2005 $5,000 NLHE WSOP event. In subsequent interviews the pawnshop confirmed that they’d bought the bracelet (along with another championship bracelet from a non-WSOP event) directly from Cloutier, but they wouldn’t say how much they paid him for it.
Cloutier’s WSOP bracelet was originally listed at $2,500, but it eventually attracted 12 bids, with the winner ultimately paying $4,006 for it. No details have surfaced yet on who purchased it, although discussion on some forums floated the possibility a poker pro friend of Cloutier’s buying it and returning it to him. At which point he might very well pawn it again, considering the fact that anyone who’d pawn a WSOP bracelet is likely facing some serious cash flow issues.
It makes us wonder if T.J. knows about some of the poker bonus offers out there for sites like Pacific Poker and others. Grinding signup bonuses isn’t sexy, but neither is pawning off WSOP bracelets and having the whole world (ourselves included) make jokes about you and the perils of craps and other pit games.
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