TJ has his Cake, and eats it

[TightEnd]

Recently it was reported that TJ Cloutier’s bracelet, won in the 2005 WSOP $5,000 NLHE event, was up for sale on eBay.

A pawn shop in Texas was selling the prize, stating they received it from TJ himself.

Cake Poker, one of the top five largest online poker networks, has bought the bracelet at the Buy It Now price of $2,500.

Cake are giving it back to Cloutier.


“As much as we would love to have a WSOP bracelet, or even award it to one of our cherished poker players, we can’t, in good conscience, keep it from the man who rightfully won it; which is why we’ve decided to return it to TJ Cloutier… just as soon as we’re done having some fun with it,” stated the company.

[George2Loose]

TJ busto then? Done it all on craps? How long before it's back on ebay. Could be a nice little earner for TJ if cake keep buying it for him

[kinboshi]

TJ is constantly busto isn't he? 

Not a very pleasant man either in my experience.

[AndrewT]

TJ is constantly busto isn't he? 

Not a very pleasant man either in my experience.

TJ is the epitome of the old-school degen poker player.

[DaveShoelace]

Would have been so much cooler if they had a tournament with the bracelet as an added value prize, people will forget about this publicity stunt in a few days but they would have got lots of much needed traffic if they had made it a prize in a tourney.

[bolt pp]

I'd tell them to stick it up their arse condescending c***s, that's a seriously lowlife scumbag cheap internet publicity move

[Claw75]

Would have been so much cooler if they had a tournament with the bracelet as an added value prize, people will forget about this publicity stunt in a few days but they would have got lots of much needed traffic if they had made it a prize in a tourney.

presumably they are hoping the 'fun' they are planning to have with it will keep them in the spotlight for a while.

[Longy]

Over/Under on when TJ sells it to a pawn shop again, I will set the line at 2 weeks. No one surely believes that TJ will value this, when he hasn't got enough money to put on the craps table.

[bolt pp]

whats that got to do with anything, it's his buissness and his property, he won it let him do what he wants with it, the guys 70 odd years oldd ffs what do you want him to do go to G.A? lol

[Cottonbud]

Yeah I saw this, I posted it on another forum last week or so ago. Couldn't believe it. Think thats nice they bought it and are giving him it back. No one else deserves it and its not the same to have something someone else won!

[kinboshi]

Yeah I saw this, I posted it on another forum last week or so ago. Couldn't believe it. Think thats nice they bought it and are giving him it back. No one else deserves it and its not the same to have something someone else won!

If he sells it, then the person who buys it deserves to have it no?

[DaveShoelace]

TJ certainly doesn't deserve it

[gatso]

I won some money playing poker once but I don't have it anymore cos I swapped it with tesco for some sandwiches. I'm hoping they're going to give me it back though cos I won it so noone else really deserves it

[Cottonbud]

A WSOP Bracelet is hardly the same as money, how can you put the two in the same context. A WSOP bracelet should be priceless to anyone that wins them. It's a sad state of affairs to have to sell your own WSOP bracelet to fund your gambling addiction.

[kinboshi]

A WSOP Bracelet is hardly the same as money, how can you put the two in the same context. A WSOP bracelet should be priceless to anyone that wins them. It's a sad state of affairs to have to sell your own WSOP bracelet to fund your gambling addiction.

Bracelet or the prize money?  Which one would you prefer?  I know which would mean more to me, and I know which would mean more to TJ now...