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Clonie Gowan is an American poker pro who has also won the distinction of being Miss Teen Oklahoma. She has an unusual nickname – Cycalona that she earned due to her birth during a storm in Florida!

Most of Clonie’s schooling was done in Kiowa, Oklahoma and not many people know that this pro poker babe was also a good basketball player during school days. She started off in poker at a very young age – Clonie was only 15 when she got to know about poker games held in Louisiana over the weekend and she made it a point to drive down from Dallas for this. This was way back in 1986.

Now Clonie lives in Dallas with her two kids and actively runs a travel agency as well as concentrates on a fulltime professional poker career.

Among Clonie Gowen’s biggest achievements are her first WSOP win during the Costa Rica classic event (2002) where she secured a spot for herself in the top ten list. In 2003, she won the Ladies Night event arranged by the WPT. But not content to sit back on past honors, Clonie went on to participate and win in the Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond Poker Classic, a Las Vegas crowd puller event held in 2008 where she won tenth position, raking in money in excess of $86,000 as part of her proud winnings!

Though Clonie is still to get herself a coveted WSOP bracelet her 9 finishes in money for the WSOP keep her charged up for the big dream. Her 5 in the money finish during different WPT events also help keep Clonie motivated to finish in the final three or better still, the number one position someday. But till then, Clonie is happy to be featured in the hit TV series presented by NBC called ‘Poker after Dark’ where she’s been placed at first position three times over taken home $120,000 in total winnings!

So far, Clonie’s pro poker career has ensured her total wins greater than $2.2 million that she has earned from 35 tournaments. Her Pro League 1 group rank is 3870, which many of her critics acknowledge is due to her highly competitive streak at the tables where her logical application of winning strategies helps her inherent spunk to add on poker wins.

Clonie is just as active on PockerStar.net and focused on online poker forums and takes part in several discussions about the game, winning fans and attention outside the poker table, too. This regular interaction with fellow poker players and newbies with Clonie sharing tips and experienced advice with them helped Clonie get her personal website and linked poker blog lots of visitors and increase her web presence. She also talks about her many on road experiences that help keep her a real person and truly connected with the huge poker community out in the online world.

An upbeat and good-looking guest commentator, Clonie appears attractive and up for the game in events like Ultimate Poker Challenge as well as the European World Poker Championship. She also had a short stint with FullTillPoker.net as part of a panel of experts but later parted ways due to some payment issues with the website. Her other interests like in scuba diving and hiking while her poker inspirations include pros like Babe Thaler, Lee Markholt and Barry Greenstein.