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Thanks to TV, Tom Dwan instantly became a poker legend, in which the exposure at the time was able to capture some of his epic hands that featured some of the most brazen bluffs in cash game poker history. Ivey regularly takes prop bets against his poker peers. Recently he bet Tom Dwan Durrrr 1 million $ that he could go an entire year without eating anything that could move. 3 weeks into the bet Ivey got so tempted over a piece of chicken lying in front of him that he called Dwan and canceled the bet. They agreed on a settlement of 150000$.
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Philip D. Ivey (also known as Phil Ivey or “The Tiger Woods of poker”) is an American poker superstar regarded as many of his peers to be the best all round poker player in the world. His numerous live tournament wins has placed him in 1st place on the all time money list of live tournament winnings with a whopping 13,8 million dollars.
Phil Ivey was born in Riverside, California on February 1st 1976 and his family moved to Roselle, New Jersey when he was three months old. In this article I will cover the basics of Phil Ivey’s amazing poker career as well as mention some of the tournaments he has played which helped him build his mammoth poker bankroll. Some people have estimated that Phil Ivey is currently worth around 40 million $ with around 30 million dollars belonging to his poker bankroll. Whether this is true or not is difficult to say; but a dude who can forget he has 750000 dollars in chips stashed away in a casino, can’t be short of money
Phil Ivey’s early gambling days
The Tiger Woods of poker already knew from a very young age that he wanted to play poker for a living and living close to Atlantic City gave him ample opportunities to do so. His grandfather taught him how to play 5-card stud and tried to discourage him from poker by telling him about all the dangers of being a professional poker player. Obviously the warnings didn’t have an effect on young Ivey, who continued to rail every home game he could manage in order to practice finding player tells. Ivey could not wait until he turned 21 to play in the casinos of Atlantic City so he acquired a fake ID at the age of 18 (you have to be 21 in the US to legally gamble) with the name Jerome Graham on it. This ID has resulted in another Phil Ivey nickname – No Home Jerome. The “No Home” part refers to Ivey always being the last one to leave the tables. In the beginning it was an uphil grind for Ivey, at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City, but he was determined to break even and eventually he started beating the tables and laying the foundation for his poker bankroll.
Ivey’s major live tournament wins
Phil Ivey has won 8 WSOP bracelets and has finished in the top 25 of the WSOP main event 4 times between 2002 and 2009. In 2009 he finished 7th and was unlucky to be knocked out by the later runner-up Darwin Moon. Ivey had AK vs. Moon’s AQ in an all in preflop hand. At the age of 33, No Home Jerome is the youngest player to win 8 bracelets and he is also the player in history who has accumulated his bracelets in the shortest period of time. In 2008 Phil Ivey won his first World Poker Tour event in L.A after having reached an impressive 7 final tables prior to his first place. Phil Ivey’s live tournament results have added an astronomical 13,8 million $ to his poker bankroll. Here’s a list of Ivey’s bankroll boosting WSOP live tournament wins (taken from Wikipedia….gotta love Wikipedia):
| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha | $195,000 |
| 2002 | $2,500 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo | $118,440 |
| 2002 | $2,000 S.H.O.E. | $107,540 |
| 2002 | $1,500 7 Card Stud | $132,000 |
| 2005 | $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha | $635,603 |
| 2009 | $2,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball | $96,367 |
| 2009 | $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo / 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo | $220,538 |
| 2010 | $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. | $329,840 |
Phil Ivey and cash games
As well as live tournament play, Ivey also masters cash games both online and live. This is a rare thing to see as many tournament players bleed out their bankroll in cash games and Vice Versa. He is a regular at the Big Game at the Bellagio casino in Vegas (if you have a long way to the casino try out Lucky Vegas Casino) and is regularly involved in the biggest online pots on Full Tilt poker; battling it out with the likes of Tom Dwan Durrrr. His favorite online game is PLO and in 2008 he made an estimated 6,5 million $ on Full Tilt poker where he also holds a share as one of their featured pros. One of Ivey’s most famous live cash game wins came in 2006 where a group of poker players dubbed the “The Corporation” took on Texas billionaire Andy Beal in a 50000$/100000$ blind game. Early that year Beal had taken a cool 10 million $ from “The Coorporation” but that was before he met Ivey. Over a period of three days, Ivey was up 16,6 million $ before Andy Beal quit the game and hasn’t played since.
Other interests and side bets
Besides tending to his ever increasing bankroll, Phil Ivey enjoys all kinds of gambling including very large amounts on sports (a discipline where he allegedly does not perform as well in as poker). He also likes video games and has recently started playing golf. Ivey regularly takes prop bets against his poker peers. Recently he bet Tom Dwan Durrrr 1 million $ that he could go an entire year without eating anything that could move. 3 weeks into the bet Ivey got so tempted over a piece of chicken lying in front of him that he called Dwan and canceled the bet. They agreed on a settlement of 150000$.
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Thomas Dwan aka Tom Dwan aka Tom Dwan “durrrr” or simply “durrrr” (chosen as a nick to maximize his opponent’s tendency to tilt) as he’s known to the online poker scene is one of most popular young poker players around belonging to the group of poker stars including Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey and the rest of the pack. Durrrr plays hyper aggressively and is extremely skilled in reading his opponent’s hands. He will regularly fold second nuts if he thinks he’s beat and gladly call immense pots with only high cards if he thinks he’s ahead.
Thomas Dwan was born on July 30th 1986 in Edison New Jersey and in his short poker career he has managed to build his poker bankroll to a level where he is able to participate in the highest limit online games on Full Tilt poker and all the major live tournaments.
In the following article I will sum up how Tom Dwan durrrr built his poker bankroll and mention some of the major pots and challenges he has been involved in.
Tom Dwan durrrr’s early gambling days
As a kid durrrr played all the classical American sports such as basketball and baseball on a recreational / hobby level. He also enjoyed playing various card games with his family. His passion for poker started one day at his house where he and some friends played a 5$ buyin No Limit Hold’em. Fascinated by the game they quickly started playing sit and goes. Nowadays, you can easily play these games at a live casino on the internet. Check out this list of Live Casinos available for UK players. Play responsibly.
Soon after, Dwan, aged 17, convinced his father to deposit 50$ on Paradise Poker and an online legend was born. After dropping to 15$ durrrr never looked back and within the first year he built his bankroll to 10000$ mainly from No Limit cash games.
Thomas Dwan enrolled in college at Boston University as an engineering major but dropped out during the first year to pursue a full time poker career (makes sense when you’re killing the 10$-20$ and 25$-50$ No limit hold’em cash games)
Throughout these early days, durrrr’s poker bankroll went through some major swings that were dealt with by grinding through lower limits.
In 2006, Tom Dwan durrrr’s poker bankroll was large enough to buy a house in Fort Worth, Texas together with his long time friend David “Raptor” Benefield.
Tom Dwan durrrr’s bankroll swings
- Before the 2007 World Series of poker, durrrr’s bankroll dropped from 3 million $ to 1 million $ in 4 months
- In January 2009, Dwan lost more than 3.5 million $
- In September 2009, Dwan lost 900000$ in a single session playing only 1071 hands
- In a terrible first week of November 2009, durrrr lost 5 million $ to the poker phenomenon Isildur 1
- In 2010 Durrrr’s bankroll has already been through several million $ swings but overall the numbers are black so far.
Tom Dwan durrrr’s major pots
- The 12th of June 2008, durrrr won a 657070$ pot against Urindanger (real name Di Dang) on Full Tilt poker’s 500/1000NL games
- During the 4th season of Full Tilt Poker’s Million Dollar Cash Game, Tom Dwan Durrrr won the biggest pot in TV poker history taking a whopping 1.1 million against Phil Ivey.
Tom Dwan durrr’s biggest challenges
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In January 2009 Tom proclaimed his million $ challenge in which he challenges any poker player except Phil Galford heads up at 4 tables over 50000 hands at the 200$/400$ or higher No Limit Texas Hold’em or Pot Limit Omaha. If durrrs wins he receives 500000$ in addition to his winnings and if he loses, his opponent receives 1,5 million $. So far Patrick Antonius and Daniel “jungleman12″ Cates have taken up the challenge, but neither match has been finished.
The game stats are as follows:
How Much Is Tom Dwan Worth
- Durrrr vs. jungleman12: -657774$ (7660 out of 50000 hands played over 6 sessions)
- Durrrr vs. Antonius: +2059719$ (39436 out of 50000 hands played over 64 sessions)
In the 2010 World series of poker, Tom Dwan allegedly made side bets of over 5 million $ at odds 3.25:1 that he would win a bracelet. He came close losing heads up to Simon Watt in WSOP’s event # 11, $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em. After the match Mike “The mouth” Matusow thanked Watt for saving numerous players millions of dollars.
It will be interesting to follow the development of Tom Dwan durrrr’s poker bankroll in the remainder of 2010.
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Its’ Daniel Cates…..not Gates.
Also, you failed to mention his beginning at the S&G level before he played the cash games…or his win rates at either.
Hi Paul
Thanks for pointing out the Cates/Gates confusion….it’s been corrected. I thought about writing about durrrr’s early SNG days but opted not to do so because I didn’t want this to become a marathon post
Do you know anything about this period of his poker career including his win rates?
I would love to know more about this
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Regards
Mark
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If you want to see more of Tom Dwan’s antics, you can watch him play Ivey or Ziigmund at the Full Tilt Poker table
How long does it take most poker pro’s to build there stack from nothing(freerolls)
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I think that many beginning players would like to compare these stats with there own play.