Who Is Tom Dwan
Tom Dwan net worth is
$12 Million
It is well known that Tom 'durrrr' Dwan has been avoiding Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates at the online tables for years, even though the two players have a challenge in progress. Cates claims that Dwan is crazy and impossible to work with, while Tom prefers staying quiet about the whole issue. Now a poster on the 2+2 forums claims that paying jungleman his $1.5 million is the least of Dwan's problems. Tom Dwan net worth proofs that he is a poker pro with enough grit to maintain his bankroll and net worth in the face of the volatile environment of the poker community. Tom had once lost $20 million pot at an event in Macau. However, even though he had lost some.
Tom Dwan Wiki Biography
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Thomas Dwan Jr, was born on 30 July 1986, in Edison, New Jersey, USA, and is a professional poker player, probably best known for appearing on such TV programs as “Million Dollar Cash Game”, “National Heads-Up Poker Championship’ and “High Stakes Poker”. However, Tom is really known in the poker game for his successful performances in tournaments. Usually Tom plays online and is known by his screen name “durrr”. As Tom is still relatively young for a poker player, he is very likely to become even more acclaimed and popular.
So just how rich is Tom Dwan, as of late 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Tom’s net worth is over $12 million, for the most part earned from his successful career as a poker player, which began in the game 15 years ago, when he was in his late teens, so there is a high chance that Tom Dwan’s net worth will grow, as he continues playing poker.
Tom Dwan Net Worth $12 Million
There is virtually no public information regarding Tom’supbringing and schooling, but he began playing poker when he was 17 years old. He used the money he got for his birthday to play online poker at “Paradise Poker”. At first he lost some money, but as soon as he focused more he started winning. Soon Tom began playing cash games and won several of them, and so his net worth began growing as he became more experienced. That is why Tom even decided to drop out of college in order to focus more on his career as a professional poker player. Of course, not everything was perfect,and to give an idea of his ups and downs, according to experts, Dwan won over $312,00 in 2007 on Full Tilt Poker and $5.41 million in 2008. However, Dwan then admitted to losing over $2 million in a four-month period, but recovered it within a year. In early 2009, Dwan lost more than $3.5 million, but again recovered in just six months. However, in late 2009, Tom lost around approximately $2 million to Phil Ivey andIlari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, and $5 million to Viktor Blom.
In a 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) event held in the US, Dwan reached the final table in the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event finishing in 8th place, earning $54,144, and shortly after again finished in 8th, this time in the $5,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw with Rebuys event, earning $45,110.
More recently, in 2016 he concentrated almost exclusively on private games, but in 2017 at the Macau Billionaire’s Poker 2017 Spring Challenge, Tom Dwan lost the final against Belarus player Mikita Badziakouski, but still walked away with the runner-up prize of $275,000. Furthermore, Tom holds the record for the largest pot won in a televised live game, when he won more than $1.1 million during the “Million Dollar Cash Game”. As of August 2017, his total live tournament winnings are officially known to exceed $2,900,000.
As to his personal life, well, there aren’t even any rumours regarding romantic liaisons – it seems that traveling the world playing poker leaves little time for Tom to engage in such assignations. He is still based in Edison, New Jersey.
| Full Name | Tom Dwan |
| Net Worth | $12 Million |
| Date Of Birth | July 30, 1986 |
| Place Of Birth | Edison, New Jersey, United States |
| Profession | Professional poker player, Member of Team Full Tilt Poker |
| Education | Boston University |
| Nationality | American |
| Nicknames | Thomas Dwan |
| https://twitter.com/tomdwan | |
| https://www.instagram.com/officialtomdwan/?hl=en | |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm2943353 |
| TV Shows | National Heads-Up Poker Championship (2005-2011), Full Tilt Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge (since 2010), H.O.R.S.E. Championship, World Poker Tour's 2007 World Poker Finals (No Limit Hold 'em Championship Event), 2008 WPT Borgata Winter Open (No Limit Hold 'em event), 2010 World Series of Poker, Po... |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dropped out of Boston University to play poker full time. |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 World Series of Poker | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| 2009 World Series of Poker | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Poker After Dark | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| National Heads-Up Poker Championship | 2008 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| High Stakes Poker | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
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Could the long dormant Durrrr Challenge resume this year?
Dan “jungleman” Cates sure hopes so, as he was up about $1.2 million against Tom “durrrr” Dwan when the challenge slowed to a snail’s pace and was later put on ice several years ago. Only about 40 percent of the required 50,000 hands have been played.
The game was $200-$400 no-limit hold’em.
About six years ago, Dwan offered the high-stakes community a chance to play him in a heads-up contest in which the winner would earn a bonus. Dwan would win an extra $500,000 if he finished up by at least $1. If Dwan ended in the hole, he would fork over $1.5 million to his opponent.
The challenge was endorsed by Full Tilt Poker and held on the site.
Last month, the Durrrr Challenge was back in the news after Doug Polk, another top heads-up no-limit hold’em pro, called the contest “one of the most massive scams in poker history.”
“I totally understand where [Doug] is coming from,” Cates told Card Player. However, the Maryland native is still confident that there will be an amicable conclusion to the match.
“I’m not happy how it has gone, but I am trying to resolve things with Tom,” Cates said. “[Dwan] has been somewhat cooperative. He’s been in a bit of trouble and I guess gambled beyond his means or something. He’s been busy with some pretty big stuff lately. I hope that we get it resolved this year. I don’t think it was a scam or ever intended on being one.”
Dwan hasn’t cashed in a major tournament since 2014. In late 2013, Dwan said that he had suffered his worst poker session ever, and there was rumor that it was to the tune of about $4 million. According to online poker tracking site HighstakesDB, Dwan hasn’t played a hand of high stakes poker over the internet since around that time.
Late 2013 was also the last time Cates and Dwan played a session.
Cates said last year that Dwan had lost a live poker hand worth more than $20 million, though it’s not certain if the pot was from the day Dwan had his “biggest loss ever.”
According to Cates, the aftermath of online poker’s Black Friday in April 2011 has also played a role in the challenge going inactive, but he doesn’t think it’s a good reason.
“I do think the challenge should be completed by now,” he said.
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“I’m working with Tom to either finish it this year or get a bunch of hands done this year, or just have it resolved this year. He’s still agreeing to pay me some penalties, and I guess if he doesn’t want to do that he’ll have to forfeit or something like that.”
What Is Tom Dwan Doing Now
Last week, Dwan tweeted for the first time since May 2015, though it wasn’t about the Durrrr Challenge. Dwan said that it seems people have been impersonating him on Facebook.