D-Hustle Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 most poker players are like me, broke. What's T.J. Cloutier going to do with 4 dimes? quite sad. http://www.pokernewsdaily.com/tj-cloutier-wsop-bracelet-sells-for-4006-on-ebay-7806/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eberetta1 Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Not a good sign selling your trophy. I always thought as a kid it would be cool to buy it, then when the person won another tourney, they would come back and pay you triple what you took it off their hands for. This article says bracelets from Stu or Phil would be a find, a bracelet by Cloutier would be like buying some used pair of Richard Simmons leggings. Hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDaddy Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 times are tough for everyone. i like TJ though any more back story on him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHHEAD Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 His passion for craps has him crippled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDaddy Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 i liked the episode with him and hellmuth. some guy was talking about his hand and he told phil you better tell em. they gonna give you a pentaly for that shit. TJ is old school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDaddy Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 His passion for craps has him crippled.he must not be a dice setter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickadee Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 He is well known as a table games player and it looks like it has crippled him. But am wondering why bump a news article that's 4 years old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maron Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 times are tough for everyone. i like TJ though any more back story on him? [ATTACH=CONFIG]n14376[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybagadonuts Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 TJ is a huge dice degen and the high stakes poker world passed him by many years ago. Of course he is broke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maron Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Funny how Ivey when he no longer plays on his Full Tilt Company is down over $5 Million on the Stars and Tilt revamped platform Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigley Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 time for TG to find a real job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokerjoe Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 TJ might be the most legendary of degens. Old story goes that he was once asked what would he do if he won the Main Event, for millions, of course. He said he'd pay back the people he owed. He was asked, what would he do with the rest? He said, the rest would have to wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronald Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 I believe Cloutier is a former CFL player, not unlike Fremont regular DONNIE GREENE, who is friends with poster FISHHAWK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickadee Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 TJ might be the most legendary of degens. Old story goes that he was once asked what would he do if he won the Main Event, for millions, of course. He said he'd pay back the people he owed. He was asked, what would he do with the rest? He said, the rest would have to wait. Pretty sure that was Thor Hansen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokerjoe Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Pretty sure that was Thor Hansen. Actually I first heard it attributed to Eskimo, but later, old Vegas guys told me it was TJs. But it isn't a provable thing. I just remember hearing it said in about 1987, of Eskimo, and then within about a year, as I said, hearing that it was "properly" attributed to TJ. Don't matter none. At this point it's best assumed apocryphal. But you can tell me how you're "pretty sure" it's Thor Hansen's considering I don't remember ever even hearing his name until maybe ten years after first hearing that quote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickadee Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Most of the poker media attribute the quote to thor hansen because he said it after a tournament win. Just googling the phrase turns up articles about thor hansen hence the "pretty sure". I had to google it myself since I couldn't remember where I first heard the quote. It may very well have been eskimo or TJ that said it originally but i couldn't find anything or anyone sourcing it to them. So just relax PJ, and don't take it as affront to your poker wisdom, I'm just pointing out it could have been any number of people including all previously mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Hustle Posted September 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 TJ might be the most legendary of degens. he's #1 on the list. phil ivey #2. http://www.bestpokersites.org/blog/five-biggest-degenerates-poker-world/180/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 TJ might be the most legendary of degens. Old story goes that he was once asked what would he do if he won the Main Event' date=' for millions, of course. He said he'd pay back the people he owed. He was asked, what would he do with the rest? He said, the rest would have to wait.[/quote'] I remember reading once a European play originally made that classic statement . I also know Gus Hanson said it once causing a roar of laughter after his million-dollar score . I never heard it attributed to TJ but it certainly applies . Below is an article where it is attributed to another poker player So there you have it, a quick column on nicknames and where they came from. To end, I’ll leave you with a quick interview from Eric Drache, famous professional player and long-time poker room manager. A reporter asked him what he would ever do if he won “The Big One†(The World Series of Poker), to which Drache replied: “I’d pay off some debts.†Then the reporter asked him what he’d do with the rest. His deadpan response was a classic: “They would have to wait.†Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Was unable to edit, just read chick and other comments. Thor I believe is the correct fellow, I couldn't recall the name . He is a legend across the pond but I was drawing a blank tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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