Seat 1: Mathieu Clavet (940,000)
There’s not a whole lot of information out there on Mathieu Clavet. He came into Day 4 as the chip leader and that big stack he built up on the three days prior allowed him to rather easily weave his way to a televised final table appearance.
Clavet has three cashes on his live poker resume and they all come WSOP events. In 2009, he recorded two cashes and then one in 2010. The first two were an 18th-place finish in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed for $15,394 and a 16th-place finish in the $10,000 World Chmpionship Heads-Up for $38,424 where he lost his final match to eventual champion Leo Wolpert.
Clavet was interviewed during the 2009 WSOP by PrincePoker is a member of “Steez4Sheez”, which according to him “are a group of people who seek to make money and fun. Regarding the current lineup Steez4Sheez, we were already friends before playing poker. The members consist of (online monikers): Vluff, im # 1gangster, dab666, vinz00, jsbrassard, bibez and myself.”
Clavet was also asked during the interview what he thought of being called an “unkown player.” His response was, “I think the poker sites covering the event were too lazy to find my name because I have not gained fame in the poker world.” Well with those three WSOP cashes under his belt and now this televised final table, the poker world is going to soon find out all about Clavet.
Clavet comes into the day with 940,000 chips, slightly under average.