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'''Thomas Dwan''' (born July 30, 1986 in [[Edison, New Jersey]])<ref name="WSOP"> {{cite web|url=http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/news/article.asp?newsid=2033 |title=Betting on 21: Tom Dwan Leads the Way |accessdate=2008-12-12 |last=Bradley |first=Lance |date=2008-05-29 |work=Bluff Media |publisher=worldseriesofpoker.com }}</ref> is an American professional [[poker]] player who regularly plays [[Online poker|online]] in the biggest No-Limit [[Texas hold 'em]] and Pot-Limit [[Omaha hold 'em|Omaha]] games, primarily on [[Full Tilt Poker]], where he plays under the screen name '''"durrrr"'''. In early November 2009, Dwan signed with Full Tilt and became a member of [[Full Tilt Poker#Team Full Tilt|Team Full Tilt]].<ref name="tft"> {{cite web|url= http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/full-tilt-poker-signs-tom-durrrr-dwan-to-team-full-tilt-7509.htm |title=Full Tilt Poker Adds Tom "durrrr" Dwan to Team Full Tilt|accessdate=2009-11-09|date=2009-11-09|publisher=Poker News}}</ref>
'''Thomas Dwan''' (born July 30, 1986 in [[Edison, New Jersey]])<ref name="WSOP"> {{cite web|url=http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/news/article.asp?newsid=2033 |title=Betting on 21: Tom Dwan Leads the Way |accessdate=2008-12-12 |last=Bradley |first=Lance |date=2008-05-29 |work=Bluff Media |publisher=worldseriesofpoker.com }}</ref> is an American professional [[poker]] player who regularly plays [[Online poker|online]] in the biggest No-Limit [[Texas hold 'em]] and Pot-Limit [[Omaha hold 'em|Omaha]] games, primarily on [[Full Tilt Poker]], where he plays under the screen name '''"durrrr"'''. In early November 2009, Dwan signed with Full Tilt and became a member of [[Full Tilt Poker#Team Full Tilt|Team Full Tilt]].<ref name="tft"> {{cite web|url= http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/full-tilt-poker-signs-tom-durrrr-dwan-to-team-full-tilt-7509.htm |title=Full Tilt Poker Adds Tom "durrrr" Dwan to Team Full Tilt|accessdate=2009-11-09|date=2009-11-09|publisher=Poker News}}</ref>


Dwan has cashed [[Glossary of poker terms#Sit|in the money]] in live [[Poker tournament|tournaments]] and has appeared on [[NBC]]'s [[National Heads-Up Poker Championship]], the fourth season of [[Poker After Dark]]<ref name="NBCPAD4"> {{cite web|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/24173656/ |title=Poker After Dark's 4th season ready |accessdate=2008-04-23 |last=Oehring |first=Dennis |date=2008-04-17 |work=NBCsports.MSNBC.com |publisher=NBC Universal }}</ref>, the third and fourth seasons of Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game, and the fifth season of [[GSN]]'s [[High Stakes Poker]] in which he won the show's largest cash pot to date -- the pot totaled $919,600 versus [[Barry Greenstein]]. He attended [[Boston University]] as an English major, before dropping out to pursue poker full time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/34441-tom-dwan/bio |title=Tom Dwan - Bio |accessdate=2008-04-23 |work=CardPlayer.com }}</ref>
Dwan has cashed [[Glossary of poker terms#Sit|in the money]] in live [[Poker tournament|tournaments]] and has appeared on [[NBC]]'s [[National Heads-Up Poker Championship]], the fourth season of [[Poker After Dark]]<ref name="NBCPAD4"> {{cite web|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/24173656/ |title=Poker After Dark's 4th season ready |accessdate=2008-04-23 |last=Oehring |first=Dennis |date=2008-04-17 |work=NBCsports.MSNBC.com |publisher=NBC Universal }}</ref>, the third and fourth seasons of Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game, and the fifth season of [[GSN]]'s [[High Stakes Poker]]. He attended [[Boston University]] as an English major, before dropping out to pursue poker full time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/34441-tom-dwan/bio |title=Tom Dwan - Bio |accessdate=2008-04-23 |work=CardPlayer.com }}</ref>


== Poker ==
== Poker ==
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Dwan participated in the 2008 NBC [[National Heads-Up Poker Championship]] where in his first match he defeated [[Phil Hellmuth]] in the third hand of play when Dwan's pocket tens cracked Hellmuth's pocket aces when Dwan made a set on the turn. Dwan was eliminated in next round when he was defeated by [[Mike Matusow]].<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/11001/nbc-national-heads-up-championship-day-2 |title=NBC National Heads-Up Championship Day 2 |accessdate=2008-04-23 |last=LUCCHESI |first=RYAN |date=2008-03-01 |work=CardPlayer.com }}</ref> At the 2008 Five-Star World Poker Classic (the $25,500 WPT Championship) Dwan finished in ninth place, earning $184,670.<ref name="P5live-HAT"> {{cite web|url=http://www.pocketfiveslive.com/hat-bet-durrrr-9th-71/ |title=Hat Bet is Over, Durrrr 9th |accessdate=2008-04-25 |first=Court |date=2008-04-24 |work=PocketFivesLIVE.com }}</ref><ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/live_updates/14236/18885?page=2 |title=Hands #37-38: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan Eliminated in 9th Place |accessdate=2008-04-25 |work=WPT Enterprises, Inc. |publisher=CardPlayer.com }}</ref>
Dwan participated in the 2008 NBC [[National Heads-Up Poker Championship]] where in his first match he defeated [[Phil Hellmuth]] in the third hand of play when Dwan's pocket tens cracked Hellmuth's pocket aces when Dwan made a set on the turn. Dwan was eliminated in next round when he was defeated by [[Mike Matusow]].<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/11001/nbc-national-heads-up-championship-day-2 |title=NBC National Heads-Up Championship Day 2 |accessdate=2008-04-23 |last=LUCCHESI |first=RYAN |date=2008-03-01 |work=CardPlayer.com }}</ref> At the 2008 Five-Star World Poker Classic (the $25,500 WPT Championship) Dwan finished in ninth place, earning $184,670.<ref name="P5live-HAT"> {{cite web|url=http://www.pocketfiveslive.com/hat-bet-durrrr-9th-71/ |title=Hat Bet is Over, Durrrr 9th |accessdate=2008-04-25 |first=Court |date=2008-04-24 |work=PocketFivesLIVE.com }}</ref><ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/live_updates/14236/18885?page=2 |title=Hands #37-38: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan Eliminated in 9th Place |accessdate=2008-04-25 |work=WPT Enterprises, Inc. |publisher=CardPlayer.com }}</ref>

Dwan holds the record for the largest pot won in a recorded live game at over $1.1m, which occurred during the fourth season of Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game. This record broke the previous record of over $919,000 also won by Dwan in the fifth season of High Stakes Poker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tomdwan.com/about |title=Tom Dwan - About |accessdate=2009-02-10 |work=tomdwan.com }}</ref>


As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,100,000.<ref name="stats">{{cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=50670|title=Tom Dwan - Stats|publisher=The Hendon Mob|author=Butt, Robert|accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>
As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,100,000.<ref name="stats">{{cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=50670|title=Tom Dwan - Stats|publisher=The Hendon Mob|author=Butt, Robert|accessdate=2008-04-23}}</ref>

Revision as of 15:03, 10 February 2010

Tom Dwan
Nickname(s)durrrr
ResidenceEdison, New Jersey
Born (1986-07-30) July 30, 1986 (age 38)
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)None
Money finish(es)2
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		None
World Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)1
Money finish(es)2
European Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)None
Money finish(es)1

Thomas Dwan (born July 30, 1986 in Edison, New Jersey)[1] is an American professional poker player who regularly plays online in the biggest No-Limit Texas hold 'em and Pot-Limit Omaha games, primarily on Full Tilt Poker, where he plays under the screen name "durrrr". In early November 2009, Dwan signed with Full Tilt and became a member of Team Full Tilt.[2]

Dwan has cashed in the money in live tournaments and has appeared on NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship, the fourth season of Poker After Dark[3], the third and fourth seasons of Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game, and the fifth season of GSN's High Stakes Poker. He attended Boston University as an English major, before dropping out to pursue poker full time.[4]

Poker

Online poker

In March 2004 at the age of 17, Dwan began playing online poker at Paradise Poker with a $50 bankroll his father had given him for his 17th birthday. He believed the alias durrrr would put players on tilt if they lost to him. Dwan initially focused on $6 sit-and-go's and ended up losing $35. With his last $15 he continued to focus on these sit-and-gos until he was able to turn profit. After finding he could beat these games he turned to cash games where he built his bankroll starting at low stakes and slowly climbed his way to largest games found online. After beating multiplayer cash games Dwan switched his focus to playing heads up No Limit hold 'em with other professionals such as Frederick Halling at the 10/20 stakes. He challenged Prahlad Friedman at the 25/50 stakes and lost to him for several months forcing him to drop to lower stakes before coming back again and again until he was able to beat Friedman.[5]

Losses

According to HighStakesDB.com, a site that tracks high-stakes online poker action, Tom Dwan earned $312,000 on Full Tilt in 2007 and $5.41 million in 2008,[6] even though he had gone through several large swings during his career. Before the 2007 World Series of Poker Dwan claims to have lost $2 million of his $3 million bankroll at the time over the span of 4 months.[5] He was able to recover from this loss in a year. In January of 2009 Dwan lost more than $3.5 million which he managed to recover after 6 months of sessions. However, from late October to November 2009, Dwan suffered his largest downswing losing approximately $2 million to Phil Ivey and Ilari Sahamies, and $5 million to newcomer Isildur1.[7]

In mid November 2009, a player from Sweden using the online name "Isildur1" challenged Dwan to a series of heads up No Limit Holdem cash games. Isildur1's foray into online high stakes cash games began in late October where he initially incurred a loss of $1.1 million to Patrik Antonius, Brian Townsend, and other high stakes players. However, by the beginning of November Isildur1 managed to recover his losses and challenged Dwan to a heads up marathon playing six tables at a time with over a million dollars total in play. By the end of the week long marathon Isildur1 had gone on the largest run in the history of online poker winning approximately $5 million from Dwan prompting Dwan to issue a live challenge to play Isildur1 at the Full Tilt Poker Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge.[8]

At the end of 2009, HighStakesDB.com reported that Dwan had lost $4.35 million in 2009, putting his cumulative online poker winnings at Full Tilt since January 2007 at approximately $1.4 million.[9] HighStakesDB.com also reported that after stepping down in limits following his massive losing sessions against Isildur1, Dwan won $2.7 million in December 2009.[10]

Million dollar challenge

In January 2009 Dwan issued a $1,000,000 challenge to play online anybody excluding Phil Galfond, who plays under the tag OMGClayAiken, heads up for 50,000 hands 4-tabling 200/400 or higher No Limit Holdem or Pot Limit Omaha. If his opponent is ahead after 50,000 hands, Dwan agreed to give them an additional $1,500,000. If Dwan is ahead he will get an additional $500,000.[11][12][13] Phil Ivey has said that he is willing to accept the challenge.[14] David Benyamine told CardPlayer magazine that he is still considering taking the challenge.[13] Patrik Antonius officially accepted the challenge and is Dwan's first opponent.[15] Regarding his challengers, Dwan has said, "I think all of them actually are better over-all poker players than me -- by quite a bit; I happen to think in this one area, I might have a little edge -- and we'll see if I do." [16][17][11]

Live poker

When Dwan was 19 in September 2005, he cashed in his first live tournament, where he finished 12th in the £3,000 no limit Texas hold 'em Main Event of the European Poker Tour's second season held in London, earning £7,000 ($12,398). His next cash wasn't until he was 21 years old at the World Poker Tour's 2007 World Poker Finals, $9,700 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event, where he finished 4th earning $324,244.[18] In January 2008, Dwan at the Aussie Millions A$3,000 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys event finished second winning A$103,200 ($90,716) and later coming in 62nd place in the A$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event winning A$25,000 ($21,976).[18] Dwan finished second to James Michael Sowers at the 2008 WPT Borgata Winter Open in the preliminary $5,000 No Limit Hold'em event, earning $226,100.[18][19]

Dwan participated in the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship where in his first match he defeated Phil Hellmuth in the third hand of play when Dwan's pocket tens cracked Hellmuth's pocket aces when Dwan made a set on the turn. Dwan was eliminated in next round when he was defeated by Mike Matusow.[20] At the 2008 Five-Star World Poker Classic (the $25,500 WPT Championship) Dwan finished in ninth place, earning $184,670.[21][22]

Dwan holds the record for the largest pot won in a recorded live game at over $1.1m, which occurred during the fourth season of Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game. This record broke the previous record of over $919,000 also won by Dwan in the fifth season of High Stakes Poker.[23]

As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,100,000.[24]

World Series of Poker

Dwan cashed twice in the first year that he was eligible to play in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event held in the United States. In his first cash, Dwan made the final table in the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event at the 2008 World Series of Poker finishing in 8th place, earning $54,144. He then nearly made another in a seven person final table when he finished again 8th place, this time in the $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw with Rebuys event, earning $45,110.[18]

Notes

  1. ^ Bradley, Lance (2008-05-29). "Betting on 21: Tom Dwan Leads the Way". Bluff Media. worldseriesofpoker.com. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  2. ^ "Full Tilt Poker Adds Tom "durrrr" Dwan to Team Full Tilt". Poker News. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  3. ^ Oehring, Dennis (2008-04-17). "Poker After Dark's 4th season ready". NBCsports.MSNBC.com. NBC Universal. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  4. ^ "Tom Dwan - Bio". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  5. ^ a b Kristy Amett (2009-01-22). "The Won'durrrr'ful Life of Tom Dwan". Card Player.
  6. ^ "Player Profile Durrrr". HighStakesDB.com. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  7. ^ Gary Wise (2009-12-14). "A pause in the action". ESPN.
  8. ^ "Tom Dwan issues live challenge to Isildur1". Poker Listings. 2009-11-13.
  9. ^ "Player Profile Durrrr". HighStakesDB.com. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  10. ^ "Baard" (2009-12-28). "Year-end summary for durrrr". HighStakesDB.com. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  11. ^ a b Polson, Sarah (2009-01-06). "durrrr issues million-dollar challenge". pokerlistings.com. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  12. ^ "Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan Million Dollar Challenge". ThePlayr.com. 2009-01-03. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  13. ^ a b Murphy, Steve (2009-01-06). "Ivey Accepts Durrrr's Poker Challenge". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  14. ^ Greenstein, Barry (2009-01-06). "Durrrr's Challenge". pokerroad.com. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  15. ^ Murphy, Stephen (2009-01-07). "Patrik Antonius Officially Accepts Durrrr's Poker Offer". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
  16. ^ "Durrrr's Heads Up Challenge". cardplayer.com. 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  17. ^ Bradley, Lance (2009-01-06). "Tom Dwan Issues the Million Dollar Challenge". bluffmagazine.com. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  18. ^ a b c d Butt, Robert. "Tom Dwan - results". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  19. ^ "Mike "SowersUNCC" Sowers Takes Down $5k Borgata Winter Poker Open Event for $399,000". Poker-King.com. 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  20. ^ LUCCHESI, RYAN (2008-03-01). "NBC National Heads-Up Championship Day 2". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  21. ^ "Hat Bet is Over, Durrrr 9th". PocketFivesLIVE.com. 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-04-25. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  22. ^ "Hands #37-38: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan Eliminated in 9th Place". WPT Enterprises, Inc. CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
  23. ^ "Tom Dwan - About". tomdwan.com. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  24. ^ Butt, Robert. "Tom Dwan - Stats". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
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