Scott Clements

Scott Clements is a professional poker player who made his first live-event cash in 2005. In the first 7 years, Scott cashed 90 times, made 53 final tables, won 16 events, won a pair of gold bracelets, and earned close to $5 million. During that time he was also a very successful online poker player, earning over $1.6 million.

Scott was born on July 19, 1981 in Mount Vernon, Washington. Growing up in Mount Vernon, he excelled at sports, especially baseball, and thrived on competition. Over the next few years, he attended 6 colleges, where he was introduced to poker when he hosted a friend’s poker games in his garage. He quit school to open a mortgage company with a partner, but when the parent company closed the doors, Scott turned his full attention to poker.

Scott started playing online as “BigRiskky,” and quickly became a well known internet pro on 7 different poker sites, with several scores to his credit. Some of his recent accomplishments online were on PokerStars, where he finished runner-up in a 2011 WCOOP event for $26,065, and won a PCA qualifier for $15,780. As a member of the Full Tilt Pro team, he played as “Scott_Clements” and took down a 2011 FTOPS event for $290,500 at Full Tilt Poker.

Scott’s first live-event cash was in 2005, when he finished 33rd to earn $1,471 in $1,000 NLHE at the Las Vegas Poker Festival. The next month, he cashed twice at the Harrah\’s Lake Tahoe Poker Festival, winning the $1,000 NLHE for $45,745. His other cash that year was at the WSOP, where he made the money in the Main Event.

Scott’s next cash was at the 2006 WSOP, where he cashed twice, winning his first gold bracelet and $301,175 when he took down the $3,000 Omaha-8 event. After cashing twice at the Bellagio Cup, and 3 times at the WSOP Circuit Harrah\’s Lake Tahoe, he won his first WPT event at the Canadian Poker Open North American Poker Championships, when he took down the C$2,500 NLHE to earn C$250,027. The next month, he finished the year by cashing at the British Columbia Poker Championships.

To start 2007, Scott finished 8th in the $7,800 WPT NLHE Championship Event to earn $51,873 at the PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure (PCA). He cashed at the Great Canadian Freezeout, and twice at the Five Star World Poker Classic, finishing runner-up in the $2,500 NLHE to earn $163,205. After cashing at the Johnny Chan Poker Classic, he was at the WSOP where he cashed 5 times.

At the 2007 WSOP, Scott cashed in 3 $1,500 NLHE events, with his best finish being 5th for $112,997. For taking down the $1,500 PLO event, he won $194,206 and his 2nd gold bracelet, before making the money in the $5,000 NLHE event. To end the year, Scott cashed at the Wild West Shoot-out Calgary, and won the WPT Championship Event at the North American Poker Championship in Niagara Falls to earn $1,505,312.

In 2008, Scott cashed 11 times, starting with a pair of cashes at the WPT Five Star World Poker Classic, where he won the $5,000 NLHE for $206,280. At the WSOP, he cashed 4 times, including finishing 9th for $22,172 in the $1,500 Omaha-8, and finishing 7th in the $2,000 Omaha-8 to earn $36,232. To end the year, Scott cashed twice at the Festa Al Lago Classic, finishing 3rd for $40,605 in the $5,000 NLHE, and finishing 19th in the WPT Championship to earn $42,630. His last cash was at the WSOP Circuit event Harvey\’s Lake Tahoe, where he came in 9th in the Championship Event to earn $13,444.

Scott’s first cash in 2009 was at the Southern Poker Championship, where he finished 3rd in the $5,000 PLO Championship to earn $31,965. At the WPT Celebrity Invitational, he earned $15,000 for 4th, won the $1,000 Omaha-8 for $32,252 at Wynn Classic, and cashed at the Five Star World Poker Classic. At the WSOP, he cashed 3 times, finishing runner-up for $275,946 in the Championship Omaha-8, and finishing 3rd in the $5,000 PLO-8 to earn $101,063.

For the last half of 2009, Scott cashed 3 times at the Bellagio Cup, once at the Festa al Lago, and finished 7th in the C$2,500 NLHE at the CPT River Rock British Columbia Poker Championships to earn C$58,464. He ended the year by cashing in 4 events and finishing 6th in 3 of them at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, earning $17,550 in the $1,000 NLHE, collecting $15,035 in the $5,000 HORSE, and earning $13,324 in the $1,500 NLHE.

In 2010, when Scott attended an event, he usually cashed multiple times. His first pair of cashes were at the PCA, where he won the Triple Stud event. At the Southern Poker Championship, he cashed 3 times, winning the $5,000 PLO Championship for $55,775. He cashed twice at the L.A. Poker Classic, and 3 times at the Wynn Classic, where he was runner-up for $23,527 in the $500 NLHE, and won the $500 Omaha-8 to earn $16,777. At the Five Star World Poker Classic, he cashed twice, winning both the $500 NLHE for $12,657 and the $1,000 NLHE for $14,022.

At the 2010 WSOP, Scott cashed 3 times, which included finishing 18th in the Main Event for $396,967. His next cashes were at the Bellagio Cup, the Canadian Open Poker Championship, The River Guaranteed Poker Series, and a pair of cashes at the Festa Al Lago, where he won the $1,000 NLHE to earn $51,000.

Scott cashed 17 times in 2011, starting with a runner-up finish in the $1,100 NLHE at the Tulalip Poker Pro Challenge to earn $54,100. He followed up by winning the $1,000 NLHE for $37,073 at the Five Star World Poker Classic, and cashing 3 times at the WSOP. In Reno at the Pot of Gold, he finished runner-up for $31,644 in the $1,000 NLHE Main Event, cashed at the Legends of Poker, and made the money 3 times at the Festa Al Lago, finishing runner-up in the $500 NLHE to earn $16,112. After cashing at the BC Poker Championships, he won the $2,500 NLHE at the Deep Stack Extravaganza to collect $145,775.

To finish 2011, Scott cashed 3 times at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, which included making the money in the WPT Main Event. His last pair of cashes were in December, when he made the money twice in Epic Poker League events, finishing runner-up for $22,420 in the $2,000 NLHE Turbo, and taking 5th in the $20,000 NLHE Mix-Max Main Event to earn $89,680.

Scott’s first cash in 2012 was at the WSOP Circuit event at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, where he finished 5th in the $1,080 NLHE to earn $13,816.

In 2007, Scott got married. His wife Courtney attends some live events with him, helping him maintain a healthy lifestyle while traveling and playing poker. When Scott is away from poker, he spends time with Courtney and their expanding family. He likes to stay active by working out, playing basketball, and playing golf.