Tom (Durrrr) Dwan

Tom Dwan vs Jungleman (Durrrr Challenge 2)

noreply@blogger.com (Dominic) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:25:00 +0000

Tom Durrrr Dwan has laid the challenge once again to say that he can crush anyone is a heads up, no limit holdem game. This challenge was rapidly accepted by a man who goes by the online name of 'Jungleman'.

I remember first reading about this Jungleman when I was frequenting the 2+2 poker forums and he had a well running where heads up poker fans and more specifically, Jungleman fans could ask anything they wanted about him and his poker experience.

It was clear from how much attention this thread was getting that this guy was the real deal and some were even saying that perhaps he was the 'new kid on the block' with regards to heads up, no limit.

What I really liked to see was Junglemans philosophy moving up, where he stated that he only liked to move up once he knew he could beat all of the regular players at his current level which would really suggest that this guy actually wants to be the best and it's not just about making money.

Well if he wants to be considered as one of the best then this will really be a test as Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan is widely considered the best heads up player of recent times but like Ali had Frazier could Jungleman be Dwans nemesis?

So far these two heads up specialists are about 7000 hands in with Jungleman having by far the best of it at the moment results wise.

There are still 43,000 hands left to go so it's far too early to rule Durrrr out although it's going to be a tough, uphill struggle after getting off to a minus $700,000 start.

Tom Dwan Finishes Second In The WSOP

noreply@blogger.com (Dominic) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:14:00 +0000

Tom Durrrr Dwan (who as we all know is an online legend) came so close to his first WSOP win in the $1500 No Limit Holdem event number 11.

Now Tom Dwan doesn't play a huge amount of live tournaments but recently decided to make some massive prop bets with lots of other well known high stakes players that this summer he'd get his first bracelet.

Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu are among some of the high rollers that have apparently booked millions of dollars worth of action against Dwan being able to pull this off and when Tom Dwan made it to heads up against Simon Watt I can imagine there were some very nervous gamblers at the rail, praying for Watts to take it down.

Despite this crushing blow there are plenty of events left for Dwan to play in and until the dust settles, the high rollers that have bet against him will still have to sweat it out for a while longer.

Crush Heads Up Poker

noreply@blogger.com (Dominic) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:26:00 +0000

Everyone knows that Tom Dwans game of choice is heads up poker. He loves playing heads up as he feels that he has an edge against most players and what better way to exploit that.

Now this post isn't exactly about Tom Dwan but rather a poker training site that specialises in heads up poker (HUSNG's) and trains losing players to become solid winners very quickly. The site is called Tagpoker

The results of the students so far are truly remarkable seeing -30% fish on sharkscope turn into long term winning players in only a few short weeks after taking what's come to be known as the 'Apprentice Course'.

The best part of this training course as opposed to hundreds of other would be miracle secrets is the fact that you can see the students progress yourself and even talk with them in the Tagpoker student forum. The next best thing is the fact that you can get it for free. The lead instructor is also so confident of his teaching abilities and the results of his students that in some cases he actually stakes them to play micro stakes heads up games right from the word go. Unlike most staking deals, these guys let you not only keep your stake but keep all of your profits too.

I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen such a thing with my own eyes and although it's not associated with Tom Dwan, I hope it's something that this living legend would approve of.

Check out this amazing Head Up Poker training resource now at Tagpoker.co.uk

Durrrr Challenge Live In London

noreply@blogger.com (Dominic) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:53:00 +0000

Tom Durrr Dwan has announced that he will be taking his $1,000,000 challenge to the amazing city of London where he will face opponents live in a heads up match scheduled to either be played over 500 hands or until one of the two players goes bust.

The announcement came last month (July 09). The buy in in $500,000 each with blinds of $500/ $1000. The original Durrrr challenge was issued to the world back in February and top online pro Patrik Antonious quickly accepted the challenge.

The original $1,000,000 challenge that Dwan set out has yet to be concluded and momentum has firmly been lost along with much of the initial interest.

In the live version however the rule stating that no player can leave the table until the match is over and coupled with the fact that this poker challenge will be taking place at the same time as the WSOPE is in town, there will be a lot of coverage and publicity for Dwan.

It's rumoured that Tom Dwans first opponent will be a local, Londoner called Sammy George. Sammy plays in the high stakes cash games that can be found in London's most prestigious locations.

Regardless of the outcome of these matches, we certainly hope that this may reignite the challenge between Durrrr and Patrik Antonious and we will finally see a conclusion.

The Squeeze Play Bluff

noreply@blogger.com (Dominic) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:45:00 +0000

Most avid Tom Dwan fans love to watch him play because he's very quick to spot weakness in other players and capitalise on it by applying pressure. As much fun as it is to watch players like Tom Dwan run these big bluffs of TV, many newer players then go and try to replicate this genius themselves, without fully understanding the concepts behind why these players make the plays they do, WHEN they do.

So many new players can find themselves losing a lot of money by making very ill timed bluffs, in the wrong spots and/ or against the wrong player type.

Let's talk about one of my favorite bluffs that is simple and easy to employ, yet applies some serious pressure to your opposition. The squeeze play. Too many beginner players misunderstand bluffing and often use it at the wrong times. So today I'll talk about how to add this play into your arsenal.

What is a Squeeze Play?

The squeeze play is a simple bluff but a very powerful weapon when used at the right times. You are effectively going to be making a huge bluff pre flop with a non premium hand, looking to take the pot there and then. It's success relies on a few key factors all coming together at the same time.

Firstly you are much more likely to pull off a squeeze play if your image at the table is that of a tight, solid player, one who doesn't get out of line. What you're looking for pre flop is for a loose/ aggressive player to make an opening raise and another player to flat call his raise. Then at this point you make your large re raise looking for both players to fold.

Why does it work?

Well the idea is that you don't expect the loose, initial raiser to have a very strong hand all too often because he plays so many hands and the caller probably also doesn't have a monster or he would of likely re raised himself. When you raise the loose player not only probably doesn't have much of a hand but he has the additional problem of worrying about the third player left to act behind him. But what we are concentrating on here is that the loose player raised with a marginal hand and is now getting far more action than he wanted. The caller will likely fold too as he has already told us that he doesn't have a monster by flat calling the initial raise.

You will want to make a large raise to 4 or 5 times the size of the initial raise and if you find either of these players flat call you then they probably have a high pocket pair or AK, AQs type hand so beware post flop.

If you get called

This play is mainly a pre flop play but that's not to say you can't pick it up post flop. In re raised (three bet) pots you'll only need to bet around half the pot to pick it up after the flop. far too many beginner players spazz out and mash the pot button to try and get their opponents to fold. The truth is that the pot is so inflated already that they will call or fold the same frequency to a half pot bet than they will to a full pot so save yourself the extra money on your bluffs and when you actually do have a hand, it will still be easy to get all the money in by the river, even with a half pot flop bet.

For more poker lessons check out the Tagpoker Poker School where they have an array of poker training articles as well as some first class poker training videos.

Good luck at the tables and enjoy working this play into your arsenal.

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How Tom Dwan Built His Roll

noreply@blogger.com (Dominic) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:19:00 +0000

A lot of aspiring poker players (like myself) always wonder "how the hell did Tom Dwan build such a huge roll in such a short space of time?" Well the truth is that he played a tonne of poker, learnt all that he could from every resource possible and kept putting in the hours whilst working on his game.

So could anyone achieve what Dwan has? Honestly? I doubt it. Tom Dwan started off with a $50 deposit and started playing in single table tournaments (sit n go's) before turning his attention to cash games.

How to turn $50 into $10,000

However, I do think that with work and a game plan, anyone of average intelligence could roll a small, initial deposit of between $50-$100 up to $10,000 without too much trouble, but you must have a plan and stick to it!

Reasons that most people don't

Before we go any further I think we should look a a few of the main reasons that most players make a deposit and go busto rather than robusto.

Bankroll management

The amount of players that deposit $100 and then sit down in a 50c/$1 cash game is simply unreal. A lot of new players just don't understand about bankroll management and that variance is a real part of the game that has to be factored into their long term poker career.

So for example if you are going to start out with say $50 and you wanted to follow in Tom Dwans footsteps playing SNG's, a conservative bankroll management strategy would be 50 buy ins before you move up meaning that you'd start with the $1 games. Or if you really fancy yourself and are less concerned about going broke, you can play with 10% in a game, so you'd start in the $5 games.

Both of these options are extreme ends of the bankroll management but 10% is the max you should risk if you seriously want to have a chance at building a real roll. The main thing is the ability to move back down in stakes if (and when) you hit the wrong side of variance and run bad.

Learning how to play

Back when Tom Dwan started playing there were a lot less options open to him in the way of poker education than there are now. Sites like Cardrunners and Stox Poker (poker training sites) simply didn't exist.

Tom Dwan had to rely on reading every good poker book out there (and he got through a lot of them) and talking poker strategy with his fellow poker playing friends. This coupled with lots of hours at the tables and a constant re-evaluation of his game forged the legend that we have in front of us today.

But the truth is that there are so many good quality training sites out there that you have no real excuse not to learn how to play properly. Some people don't want to spend the money on membership fees but there are plenty of good quality, free poker training sites out there for you too.

Sites like Tagpoker offer free poker lessons via a selection of poker articles and free poker training videos, made by winning online poker players which will give you a kick start to a solid, winning playing style.

Tilting

Tilt is more real than most people ever realise. Going on tilt after a few bad beats or just being out played is normally where I see most low stake players set their bankrolls on fire. Now most of you can relate to what I am saying here, we've all fallen victim to the all consuming beast.

The best advice I can give you is to simply stop playing when you start to tilt. It's not the easiest thing to do, but if you really want to build a five figure bankroll, you just have to stop and come back to the tables when your head is clear.

SNG or Cash?

Firstly I'd recommend playing in the SNG's to build your roll. SNG's are much easier to master than cash games, have much softer players (especially at the lower stakes) and are a great place to get your feet wet.

This is a great SNG Strategy article which will give you a winning formula. This coupled with good bankroll management should see your cash steadily grow.

Free Poker Deposit

If you are not sure about getting started with your own money, don't fear. We have found a great deal through a site called Yourpokercash.com. These guys are willing to give out small initial deposits at some of the largest poker rooms online in order to get you started.

The three sites that you'll get free poker money on to play sit and go games on are:

These are three of the biggest poker rooms on the Internet and offer very soft games in the low stakes sit and goes.

All of these offers have been tested by me personally and I have received a bankroll on every site that I've requested one on. I had to prove who I was for fraud prevention reasons and as soon as I did, I was good to go.

After you get your free poker bankroll, feel free to leave a thank you comment at the bottom of this post, it makes it all worth while.

Good luck at the tables. Now go and get your free poker bankroll!

Dominic

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Tom Dwan Vs Phil Hellmuth

noreply@blogger.com (Dominic) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:01:00 +0000

Back in 2008 Tom Dwan faced off against Phil Hellmuth in the NBC, heads up poker championships. This match was a sore point for Phil Hellmuth after he got all his chips in, pre flop with pocket aces against Dwans pocket tens. The hand occurred only early into the match and as you're probably guessing, Dwan flopped a set to knock Hellmuth out of the event.

For those of you that know of Phil Hellmuth, you'll easily be able to visualise the fireworks that ensued, the berating was instantaneous with Hellmuth telling Dwan "we'll see if you're even around in five years time".

(A rather upset Phil Hellmuth)

Dwan sat back in his chair whist Hellmuth continued on his tirade only saying that getting it in with tens is standard and offering Phil out to play heads up in any game, at any stakes, any time. (Phil never accepted the challenge).

So roll on the 2009 NBC heads up championships and once again the most anticipated match would be between Dwan and Hellmuth. I, as many of Tom Dwan fans were, was poised waiting for him to take the poker brat apart but sadly it wasn't meant to be as Hellmuth ending up knocking Dwan out of the event.

Still, maybe after this Phil Hellmuth will take Dwan up on his heads up challenge, but not before Dwan and Antonious are finished with their's!

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How Do Young Millionaire Poker Players Live?

noreply@blogger.com (Dominic) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:19:00 +0000

Have you ever wondered what it looks like inside Tom Dwans front room, how big his TV is, what his office looks like and just how a baller poker player lives? Me too so let's take a closer look at Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan's pad.

Bellow you'll see that Dwan wasn't happy to settle for one huge, flat screen TV. Why buy two? Because he can. This front room looks like a holding ground for groups of friends to chillax on the sumptuous sofa whilst playing on the X-box and maybe an episode of High Stakes Poker on in the background.

Dwans office is ideal for intense grinding sessions with a simple setup ready for some multi table action. There's not too much in the way of distractions so that he can stay focused on the job at hand (winning putt loads of money). The fan is an absolute essential to help keep his cool when he's losing the occasional half million dollar pot to Patrick Antonious.

A rather satisfied looking Durrrr (A seven figure day perhaps?)

Although I love where I live and think many would love to swap places with me in my (my girlfriends) little log cabin, I can't help but feel inspired to improve my game and push my limits when I see what can be done.

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Dwan is up $726,546 on Antonious

noreply@blogger.com (Dominic) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:34:00 +0000

Tom Dwan and Patrick Antonius have played 20,000 of their scheduled 50,000 hands and as you probably guessed from the title, Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan is up just under three quarters of a million dollars.

There have been some epic pots contested by these two. The most memorable for me was Antonius winning just under a half million dollar pot when he flopped a full house (queens over sixes) and Dwan flopped a set then turned a full house with sixes over nines.

Bellow is the graph of their contest to date.

Patrik Antonius accepts Dwans challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Dominic) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Patrik Antonius decided to take Tom Dwan up on his $1,000,000 heads up challenge and get underway on their 50,000 hands of poker.

The two have played many times at the nose bleed stakes on Full Tilt poker. Even if Antonius doesn't think that he has much of an edge on Dwan (if any at all), he believes the odds that Tom Dwan is offering are simply too good to turn down.

Antonious became a member of team Full Tilt last year and right off the bat called out all of the top online players to play him in any game of their choice. He loves to play in the highest stake games and was the first player to have his own $500/$1000, private table. Antonious is also a huge talent when it comes to poker but I have to say that (in my probably biased) opinion Durrrr will come out on top.

I'll be following the progress of this challenge, keeping you up to speed with the swings of the challenge as I imagine they'll be huge!

durrrr challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Dominic) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:46:00 +0000

Over the last few years the online poker world has watched a poker prodigy emerge. His name is Tom Dwan (aka Durrrr). As a teenager he crushed the biggest online cash games, backed a number of players in live and online tournaments with great success, and found live tournament success of his own as he built Durrrr Inc. into a poker powerhouse.

However, Tom Dwan – perhaps known more to his countless fans by the screenname “durrrr” – might just be more confident in his abilities than most. Tom Dwan (Durrrr) has laid down the durrrr challenge to the rest of the poker world to prove he’s the best player in the world right now – and he’s willing to lay anybody who thinks otherwise a better than even money price.

“I’m making this heads-up challenge to the world. Anyone can accept. Four tables, minimum of $200/$400, and I’ll put up $1.5 million to their $500,000. We play 50,000 hands minimum and if they end up a dollar after rake they keep the side money or whatever. So basically, if you and I played and you won a dollar, you would get my $1.5 million and if I won a dollar I would win your $500,000. So I’m giving a million dollars free if anyone thinks they can do it.”

It's an un-real challenge that we will be following with a keen eye. You too can check back with us for updates on the durrrr challenge as they emerge.