Clonie Gowen is one of the big guns behind the Web site FullTiltPoker.com (along with superstars like Phil Ivey and Howard Lederer), she established herself as a player not just in one tournament.
- 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.
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Poker Pro Clonie Gowen is certainly not happy with online poker room giant Full Tilt Poker and she proved that the other day by filing a lawsuit against Tiltware, LLC. and Full Tilt Poker. Here is the biggest breathe taker though, Clonie Gowen is asking for a large, very large sum of money totalling $40 million. Yes that is correct $40 million, if you need to take a second to take a nice big breathe then you can, I will wait. Well the reason for the filing is because Clonie Gowen is accusing Tiltware and Full Tilt Poker of breach of contracts, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing, Unjust Enrichment and Fraud.
The reason for the filing to the lawsuit because during alleged meetings between Tiltware Executives and Clonie Gowen came upon oral agreements that would allow Clonie to endorse the website. The only thing is Clonie Gowen is stating that there was no written contracts signed and most of the promises were made while talking on the telephone with the Tiltware Executives. Another piece of information to note that in the filing of the lawsuit some of the Full Tilt Poker pros were also listed. Poker pros such as Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Jennifer Harman, Mike Matusow, Allen Cunningham, Gus Hansen and Patrik Antonius.
A statement that was released by Tiltware, LLC. Executives is posted below.
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“Tiltware, LLC, has been made aware of the recent filing of a merit less lawsuit by a former Full Tilt Poker endorser — Ms. Cycalona Gowen. All claims have no merit and there are many inaccuracies improperly and unlawfully asserted by Ms. Gowen within her frivolous complaint. Tiltware LLC expects that this lawsuit will be dealt with accordingly by a competent court in due course.”
On the Cash Poker TV show Vanessa Rousso and Clonie Gowen faced off in a big pot that had an awkward ending. Was this an angleshoot? The #1tripz1 (aka 1trips. Poker Pro Clonie Gowen arrives at 2nd Annual AUFA Celebrity Poker Tournament at the Rio Hotel Casino on July 2 2008 in Las Vegas Nevada.
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Also Clonie Gowen is no longer associated with Full Tilt Poker and no longer has her red highlighted name and personal avatar on the online poker giant Full Tilt Poker.
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- Facebook: Clonie Gowen
- Twitter: @cgowan
- Website:www.cloniegowen.com
- Birthdate: 6th November 1971
- Birthplace: Florida
- Residence: Dallas, Texas
- Biggest Win: $437,775
- Total Winnings: $1,639,064
- Sponsored by: Ex Full Tilt Poker
Clonie is actually short for Cycalona, the name her parents gave her when she was born in the midst of a cyclonic storm that shook the windows of the delivery room where she was born. The wind remained in Clonie’s sails as she was growing up and swept her to impressive heights as she excelled at basketball and high jump whilst at school. Her confidence was further boosted when she earned the title of Miss Teen McAlester Oklahoma. At this time, through a boyfriend’s father, she was introduced to the game of poker and unwilling to regard it as a male domain, she began to get quite good.
After her first marriage failed, she started driving to Louisiana at weekends to build up a moderate bankroll in the casinos there but it was during a scuba diving holiday to Costa Rico in 2002 that she first showed her poker mettle. She came second in a World Poker Tour No Limit Hold’em event surviving, not only her opponents’ poker play but, a barrage of sexist comments also. This led to an invitation to a televised WPT ladies event in September 2003 and the victory she attained proved to be one of the most watched poker events of the new millennium.
Since that moment poker proved to be Clonie’s calling and she was present at most major events until early 2009, often participating but, increasingly working as a pundit offering expert analysis. Her poker views were in much demand and she was a regular contributor of articles for Bluff magazine plus Clonie was on the Directors’ Board for the United States Poker Association.
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Gowen is also an active charity worker and teacher at her own poker school. Away from the casino she enjoys spending time in the great outdoors, camping, hiking and scuba diving where she won’t be recognised. Being telegenic, and a two time winner on the TV show ‘Poker After Dark’, has led some to suggest that her fame outweighs her achievements.
After her major tournament victory in July 2008 at a Bellagio WPT event, she seemed to redress this imbalance and realise her full poker potential. She was a member of the Full Tilt Poker Pro team and was let go in 2008, she filed a $40 million lawsuit against them in November the same year. She claimed to have been promised a 1% share for promoting the company, the lawsuit was mostly dismissed in May 2012. Gowen’s attorneys have filed papers to continue the case over other issues that the judge did not dismiss. The fight goes on. Her troubles with Full Tilt may be the reason she has disappeared off the circuit. Some press reports say she married her fireman fiancée in Melbourne in November 2011.
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Clonie Gowen was holding J♦10♣ in a Las Vegas cash game and looking at a flop of J♣ 10♠ A♥. Vanessa Rousso, holding A♣ 4♠ had hit the top pair and made a bet of $1200 which Gowen called. The turn card of 5♦ produced more action with Gowen betting $2,500 followed by an inexplicable Rousso call, making her wager based on the assumption that Gowen, on the big blind, was making some sort of bluff.
The river card was an innocuous seeming 4♣ and Gowen put in her remaining cash, another $9,300. Rousso dithered for a moment before matching the bet and taking a pot that owed much more to luck than good play.
But Gowen, with no money left on her person, still had the desire to make up her bad beat deficit and borrowed more, showing her willing to not let a moment of misfortune get in the way of her game. Still, she had a face like thunder which was strangely apt given that she is named after a stormy weather system.
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Last updated May 2013
| 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]
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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]
- ^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