Monthly Archives: June 2010

On Wednesday, June 30th, the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max event fired up from the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Tournament reporters followed Tom “durrrr” Dwan quite closely throughout his abbreviated stay in the Rio Pavilion. In fact, Dwan lasted just two hours, meaning that the experience cost him a solid $12,500 per hour, or $200 per minute. Now that’s value! On a flop of 10-9-7 with two diamonds, Dwan led out for 1,350 and an opponent called. The turn was a three and Dwan fired once again, this time 4,250. His opponent came along and the river was a six. The action went check-check and Dwan showed K-J of spades for king-high. Against Isildur1, this might have been good. However, his opponent tabled J-9 for second pair and Dwan quickly dropped to 73,000 chips from his initial stack of 75,000. Dwan then scooped a pot off of bracelet… Read More »

The eyes – and wallets – of many players at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) are focused squarely on Tom “durrrr” Dwan. The youngster from New Jersey was the runner-up in the 11th event of the 2010 WSOP schedule, a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament. According to Tao of Poker, Dwan’s side action in this year’s World Series could be worth up to $15 million. Given Dwan’s propensity for prop betting, it’s easy to see why the tournament’s final table was perhaps the most buzz worthy so far, save bracelet #8 by Phil Ivey. Dwan battled Australian Simon Watt heads-up amid a carnival-like atmosphere that saw pros swarm Dwan’s heads-up match in order to watch millions of dollars in prop bets play out. Here’s just a sample of the hubbub as tournament reporters at WSOP.com recalled: “Dwan’s cheerleaders are jammed into the stands and a few of them… Read More »