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Clonie Gowen is one of the top female players in the professional poker world today.

The name, “Clonie” is short for Cyclona, her birth name. She was born in Florida and, as the story goes, she was born in the middle of a storm. Clonie spent most of her childhood in Kiowa, Oklahoma. The beautiful Miss Gowen won a local Oklahoma beauty pageant by the time she was 15, but moved to Coriscana, Texas in her high school years. In high school, Clonie was an athlete, where she enjoyed the competition of basketball and track & field (high jump).

Clonie learned poker by taking weekend gambling trips to Shreveport and Bossier City in Louisiana, about a 2-and-a-half to three hour drive from Dallas. When she began playing tournament poker, Clonie began to have major success. Gowan is now one of the most recognized women poker players in the world.

For someone who only started playing poker in tournaments in 2002, Clonie Gowan has built a pretty solid gaming resume. She parlayed her money finish at the WPT Costa Rica Classic into a spot at the WPT Ladies Night event, where she established her bona fides as an elite level poker player. Since her strong showings in 2003, Clonie has been a presence on the poker circuit — and just as much in the online poker business.

Clonie Gowen Poker Moments

10th Place – 2003 – World Poker Tour Costa Rica Classic
1st Place – 2003 – World Poker Tour Ladies Night
7th Place – 2005 – $2,000 No-Limit Holdem Ultimate Poker Challenge
31st Place – 2005 – WPT Borgata Open ($15,000 winnings)
3rd Place – 2005 – Full Tilt Poker Championship – Wynn Las Vegas
3rd Place – 2006 – FullTiltPoker.Net Pro Showdown – Red Rock Casino
1st Place – Twice on NBC’s Poker After Dark, where she won $120,000 each time.
1st Place – Bellagio Cup No Limit Hold’em Event – $438,000

Also in 2008, Clonie Gowan finished in the money four times at the WSOP World Series of Poker. She appears to be in her poker prime and there’s every reason to assume Clonie Gowan will continue to post wins and near misses for the next several years.

Clonie Gowan- Poker Commentator

Clonie Gowen has served as a poker commentator for the European World Poker Championship held in Dublin, Ireland. She once performed the same function for the Ultimate Poker Challenge.

When not actively playing tournament poker, Clonie hosts charity poker events meant to help novice players learn the skills to master the poker tournament circuit. Along the same lines, Clonie is a member of the United States Poker Association Board of Directors. Gowan also writes regular poker columns for All In Magazine, one of the leading poker publications.

Clonie has two children these days and lives in Sachse, Texas, a suburb about 30 to 45 minutes from downtown Dallas. Because it’s illegal to play poker in the DFW area without driving an hour-and-a-half to Oklahoma or twice that time to Louisiana, Clonie mainly plays online poker when at home. A former member of the fulltilt.net poker team you can find poker tips by Clonie on FullTilt Poker’s “Learn from the Pros” video series.

Clonie Gowen Poker Tips- TELL-TALE signs

Clonie Gowen Naked? – Clonie Gowen Maxim

Clonie has not posed nude, however, she did make the cover of the June issue of Maxim in 2006. She did however, once have an orgasm on TV when playing against Gus Hansen.

Check our the Video- See(and Hear!) Clonie’s Orgasm – Clonie vs. Gus Hansen

Want to see Clonie play?
Click Here to see Jennifer Harman and Clonie Gowen on Poker After Dark Ladies Nite.
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