High Stakes Poker

Tom Dwan: Anything but Ordinary

Tom Dwan busted onto the poker scene with an uncanny ability to read his opponents. He has only been playing poker for 6 years, but his instincts and skills are that of a seasoned pro. Wise beyond his years is the best way to describe this upcoming force in the poker world. At only 23 years of age, this gutsy poker star has already won and lost more money than most people will make in their lifetimes.

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Tom Dwan has learned some important lessons early in his career about how to manage a bank roll. He has actually lost more than $1 million on two different occasions. Although this would be a huge setback for most players, the ability of Dwan to bounce back when adversity was staring him in the face shows the true characteristics of a world class poker player.

Dwan got his start playing internet poker under the name “Durrrr” The fearless youngster said he choose this nickname to put his opponents on tilt after losing a big pot to him. Now it has become his nickname at the live tournaments where he is quickly turning into a force to be reckoned with. He is unique from many other online poker prodigies because Dwan has brought his game to the live tables and has not lost a step.

He was once just another faceless dominator of the internet poker ranks, but ever since his 21st birthday, this poker whiz has been cleaning up in the world’s biggest tourneys. Dwan already has 2 cashes in the World Series of Poker and he is gearing up to have another big year in 2010. He considers his strength to be heads up Texas Hold’em and he is not scared to prove himself against the best players in the game.

The courageous Dwan has so much confidence in his heads up skills that he issued an open challenge to anyone in the world that wants to play heads up for $1 million dollars. His terms are simple, 50,000 hands of online poker with the stakes of $200/$400 blinds. He told his opponent that if they are winning after the 50,000 hands he will pay out $1.5 million and if he is winning, the other player is only responsible to pay $500,000. He has sparked a lot of interest from the likes of Phil Ivey and David Benyamine. The only person Dwan is not willing to play against is follow young poker star Phil Galfond.

With an ego like Tom Dwan possesses and the wiliness to back it up at anytime makes this young player a real threat at the poker table. There is no doubt that Dwan will be creating a lot of noise come the 2010 poker season and he might get some of the best players in the world shouting DURRRR!