Scott Clements (poker player)

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Scott Clements
Scott Clements (2007)
Scott Clements (2007)
  Personal information  
Date of birth July 19, 1981
place of birth United StatesUnited States Mount Vernon
Nicknames
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BigRiskkyPokerStars, UltimateBet & bwin

Scott ClementsFull Tilt Poker

BigRiskkyypartypoker
place of residence United StatesUnited States Mount Vernon
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,505,312
Total prize money $ 8,171,598
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 3
Cashes 67
Best main event 18th ( 2010 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 10
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 3
Last updated: February 3, 2020

Scott Clements (born July 19, 1981 in Mount Vernon , Washington ) is a professional American poker player . He is three-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Personal

Clements worked as a mortgage broker before starting poker . He lives in Mount Vernon .

Poker career

Career

Clements played online from July 2006 to September 2015 under the nicknames BigRiskky ( PokerStars , UltimateBet and bwin ) , Scott Clements ( Full Tilt Poker ) and BigRiskkyy ( partypoker ) . He has tournament revenues of over 3.5 million US dollars . Since 2005, Clements has also participated in renowned live tournaments .

Clements was successful for the first time in July 2005 at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and finished in 529th place in the main event . 2006 he won the WSOP Tournament of a variant of Omaha Hi-Lo and received about 300,000 US dollars prize money and a bracelet . At the end of October 2006, Clements won the Canadian Poker Open in Niagara Falls and secured around 250,000 Canadian dollars . He won a Pot-Limit Omaha tournament at the 2007 WSOP , earning him his second bracelet and nearly $ 200,000. At the beginning of November 2007, Clements also won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour in Niagara Falls and received his highest prize money to date of the equivalent of more than $ 1.5 million. At the 2009 WSOP , he finished second in the Omaha Hi / Lo World Championship for around $ 275,000. A year later, Clements reached the eighth day of the tournament at the WSOP main event and was eliminated there in 18th place. For this he received prize money of almost $ 400,000. At the 2013 WSOP , he finished second in a Hold'em event that was paid for just under $ 300,000. In late June 2017 , Clements sat at the final table of the WSOP Pot Limit Omaha Championship and finished fourth for just under $ 280,000. At the 2019 WSOP , he won a Dealers Choice tournament and secured the main prize of around $ 145,000 alongside his third bracelet.

In total, Clements has made more than eight million dollars playing poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Clements cashed 67 times at the WSOP and won three bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2006 3000 Omaha Hi-Lo 352 301.175
2007 1500 Pot-Limit Omaha 578 194.206
2019 1500 Dealers Choice 470 144,957

Web links

Commons : Scott Clements  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scott Clements in the Global Poker Index database, accessed April 16, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b Scott Clements in the World Series of Poker database, accessed April 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ BigRiskky in the PocketFives database, accessed April 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b Scott Clements in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 16, 2017.
  5. ↑ 36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2005 ($ 10,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em - World Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ 37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006 ($ 3,000 Omaha Hi / Lo) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 16, 2017.
  7. ↑ North American Poker Championships (C $ 2,500 + 200 WPT Canadian Poker Open) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 16, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 16, 2017.
  9. ↑ North American Poker Championships (C $ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 16, 2017 (English).
  10. ↑ 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi / Lo) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 6, 2019.
  11. ↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 16, 2017.
  12. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed (Event # 11)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 6, 2019.
  13. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 10,000 Pot Limit Omaha - 8 Handed Championship (Event # 54)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 6, 2019.
  14. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 1,500 Dealers Choice - 6-Handed (Event # 10)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 6, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Clements, Scott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES BigRiskky (nickname); BigRiskkyy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Mount Vernon , Washington , United States