Clonie Gowen(credit: Wikipedia)
As the final table of the Gold Strike Casino gets underway on Tuesday afternoon, Clonie Gowen will hold the chip lead. The former Miss Teen Oklahoma, who now makes her home in Dallas, TX, has 359k of the big ones. She leads the pack with more than 80,000 chips than her closest rival, Michael ‘Carwash’ Schneider of Covington, Georgia. At stake is the first place prize of $183,224 and the title. Gowen, a former WPT Ladies Night champion, is poised to claim the top spot in this event as well.
Joining Gowen, a former Maxim covergirl, and Schneider at the final table are: Kirby Brewer of St. Louis, MO (251,500), Brandon Jarrett of Cartersville, GA (173,000), BJ McBrayer of Tuscaloosa, AL (159,000), Justin Allen of Dallas, TX (141,000), Jim Peanick of St. Charles, MO (124,500), Barry Hatcher of Baton Rouge, LA (122,000) and Blake Huff of Beebe, AR (66,500).
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