Poker pros who went broke

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Proving to be one of Dwan’s biggest losses, the month only continued to get worse. But after three nights of heads up action between Dwan and Isidlur1, the former paradise poker player lost over $2.3 million to unknown Swede isilidur1. Palpably, when you’re playing at such high stakes online, you’re bound to suffer heavy losses. In the first weeks of November, Tom “durrrr” Dwan lost over $460k pots to Swedish player isildur1 in $500/1000 blinds.

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With Dwan’s total online poker bankroll considered to be worth around $10 million, Durrrr’s losses in November against isildur1 and Antonius have represented a calamitous 40% downswing. Indeed, there aren’t many professional poker players out there who could suffer Dwan’s heavy downswings worth millions of dollars. Joining an estimable list of other poker players – including Ivey, Hansen, Antonius and Lederer – Tom Dwan has since managed to lose $4.2 million of his online bankroll.Ī number of poker community forums and sites have been filled with questions over whether Tom Durrrr Dwan was broke. His publicity and credence as one of the world’s greatest online players was further enhanced when he signed with Team Full Tilt on November 9 th.

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The exuberant young pro Tom “Durrrr” Dwan has been hailed as one of the best high stakes poker players in the world. Tom Dwan’s downswing graphs last month resembled nothing less than the stock market crash of the 1930s.

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