Tom Dwan Tom Dwan

a session, a hand, and some sleep.

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Been awake a while, and played a ton in the last 3 days. I had a pretty awful week of poker before that, where i lost about $1.9m- mainly to ziigmund, but in the last week i’ve managed to recoup those losses. I’d like to think that the losses had a good amount to do with some bad luck, but i know the wins definitely had to do with good luck. I played ilari at 500/1k where we had to raise and reraise every hand- so before any option the small blind makes it 3k, and the big blind makes it 9k. This is obviously a retardedly huge game, and both of us should probably be playing at least a little bit smaller. I managed to win about 800k at 3/9 tho- so it worked out this time. Today i played another long session of mainly mixed games, including some very interesting hands (mainly in no limit and plo since limit games suck). One of the biggest hands of the day for me was a pretty large cooler vs. Patrik. He raised on the button, and i called with my moderate holding. I flopped an overpair and flush draw, and decided to check call instead of betting or check raising. I turned top set, for the 2nd nuts to go with a flush draw. I was planning on check raising the turn, but definitely could’ve changed my mind and check called to trap. Patrik checked behind however, but i got one of the 2 rivers patrik can’t get away from. If Patrik had KKT6 or something like that, i think he folds the river to my shove some smallish amount of the time. And i need to give Patrik credit- with a hand that should never fold he thought for about 1 minute b/c he was obviously extra worried he was beat. However its hard to fold when there’s literally only 2 combos i can have that beat him, and when i’m shoving T86 myself for value, along w/ tons of random T8/T3/83 combos, and maybe some bare 6s (the latter 2 as bluffs obviously.)

I don’t know if this hand will show up here, but i’ll post the raw hh just in case (and convert later). Too tired now to try to figure it out. This was a very hectic session for me, as i was playing 6-9 tables most of the time, with 1/2 or more of the games being mixed. I think its much harder to deal with 5 mixed tables than it is to deal with 10 plo or nl tables. Anyway it worked out well, and i won a few hundred k.

As I’ve noticed myself repeatedly dozing off midsentence, it seems clear this blog must come to an end.

Adios n stuff

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42 Responses to “a session, a hand, and some sleep.”

  1. tamagotchi Says:
    April 1st, 2010 at 3:57 am

    don’t end this blog durrrrr :’(

  2. Sean Says:
    April 1st, 2010 at 5:20 am

    Shit Tom, I figured I’d be playing you by now but I had kind of a disastrous week at the commerce playing the 100 200 Nl Then the 20 40 and pretty much destroyed my bank roll, I was losing every hand even when I had 2nd or 3rd pair :) Now I gotta go work and build my roll up again. You ever go down levels. I hate it… Cheers See ya around

  3. Loser Says:
    April 1st, 2010 at 5:39 am

    Please help. I am a losing poker player despite reading tons of poker books, watching and rewatching you on high stakes poker. I just can’t seem to win in poker. Please advise.

  4. Marianty Mavros Says:
    April 1st, 2010 at 6:24 am

    durrrr you are my favorite poker player in the world. i love reading your blogs, watching you play and you are also so freaking cute. someday i might go to the wsop – i am from guatemala – and finally see you live and that will be the best day of my life :D
    keep rocking the way u do

  5. vonbaranow Says:
    April 1st, 2010 at 10:19 am

    You´r a great inspiration, hope you can book a nice year.
    Gl.

  6. JAG Says:
    April 1st, 2010 at 11:26 am

    Tom when you start to play poker make sure your fresh & wanting to play . Not just playing because you have to.

  7. David Says:
    April 1st, 2010 at 12:34 pm

    Get some sleep tom good job and did you know that Isildur1 has actually accepted the offer, and we will see him play in a live cash game! The big question is now, however, that will he reveal his identity?

  8. Musturrrrd Says:
    April 2nd, 2010 at 4:18 am

    Tommy Boy…can u teach me how to make $5Mill in one year starting with $50 deposits….PS i would like to see you REP Jersey…throw on a I <3 Jersey t-shirt next time your on TV or something PPS come out to Atlantic City and find me at the $1/$2 table so i can turn $200 into $10K playing with ur DONK A$$..

  9. Aitor Says:
    April 2nd, 2010 at 7:19 am

    Hi Tom,

    I just discovered today your blog… and read that you are closing it. Bad news, but totally aceptable, there is no time for all.

    I would just suggest to post when you want to do it, not like an obligation, even a short post, that would be interesting for us, your followers.

    Good luck, take rest and hope see you soon here

  10. Robbie Says:
    April 2nd, 2010 at 8:29 am

    Hey Tom I watched plenty of your games against Zigmund and thought he ran like God. I saw you often get it all in and lose with the best of it. Anyway it’s great to hear you have won most of that back, keep up the good work!

  11. [Blocked by CFC] Pat Scheiner Says:
    April 2nd, 2010 at 9:50 am

    Interresant de vous lire, merci

  12. ElCanalla Says:
    April 2nd, 2010 at 11:34 am

    Wow, VNH Tom.
    cya

  13. Sandra Says:
    April 3rd, 2010 at 3:55 am

    You’re the most amazing poker player in the world empty, you are absolutely superior to no better than you I love your style so mad … I am a girl of 21 years who come from Norway, I’ve been playing poker for 5 years but has myyye to learn although I hope one day I’ll meet you out:) Good luck on and hope one day gravel Isildur once and for all. .. I sat and watched you several nights and he was so insanely good luck to you that I got hurt inside me and watch it: (But good luck on empty stand on;)

  14. Lukkbox Says:
    April 3rd, 2010 at 5:49 am

    Just been watchin some of your battles online mate and they are EPIC stuff!

    Personal favourite was watchin your pocket 10’s bust out Helmuth’s aces in the heads up hahahahhaa! That b1tch got pwnd!

    Well done for stopping playing when your tired, takes real discipline to know when to stop, i am half dozing off while writing this myself lol

    All the best for the future Tom i’ll be keeping an eye on this blog cos your the new breed brother!!!!

  15. Dingo Says:
    April 3rd, 2010 at 5:26 pm

    Who proposed playing the 500/1000 game that way?

  16. the realist Says:
    April 4th, 2010 at 4:29 pm

    You’re good. I hope I can play against you someday, but for now I’ll just have to keep grinding.

  17. jon Says:
    April 4th, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    you run so good online and live… how do you get so lucky and so good at the same time

  18. linda Says:
    April 4th, 2010 at 10:33 pm

    i would like to see you play more hands instead of online poker hands, you buy way to much which is something that i cant stand in a poker player, the only reason you win is you buy them that tells me that you do not have much confidence in your hands otherwise you might play them more often. we call people like you poker bullies cause the only way you win most of your hands is buying the pot, PLY SOME REAL POKER SOMETIME< maybe then you can earn my respect.

  19. Jessica H Says:
    April 5th, 2010 at 4:33 am

    Hey! I only watch poker when you play because you’re good and you’re really hot. Good luck with everything in the future.

  20. Natasha Says:
    April 5th, 2010 at 4:37 am

    Love you!!!

  21. MichNort Says:
    April 5th, 2010 at 7:49 am

    Tom,
    Thanks again for signing the card for me. Mike M. is a good kid! Excellent view from you penthouse apartment. Maybe one day you will come back to Boston and start a BU poker team!
    Thanks again,
    Michael
    Go Eagles!

  22. galleeguezonfulltilt Says:
    April 6th, 2010 at 5:39 am

    i see ya doin your thing ninja. ay ru backin anybody for any of the wsop circuit events.there’s one in shreveport the first week of may. holler!

  23. Samir Says:
    April 6th, 2010 at 10:29 am

    ziigmund is a pretty good player, but you’ll definitely get him back. He won’t be able to keep it up.

    I see that you’re more than half way through playing against Antonius, when do you think you’re gonna be through with that series and who’s up next for you to take down in the challenge?

  24. Balpreet Says:
    April 6th, 2010 at 9:07 pm

    Hey Dwan!I love watching you play on highstakes poker your just so entertaining and sooo cute!!Anyways I wanted to ask how do you choose people to play? Do you choose randomly or go for someone you know?

  25. Peter Says:
    April 7th, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    Hi Tom

    Great blog u have here. Looking forward to see more blogs from u!
    GL

  26. jasonbull Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 9:08 am

    now when it get interesting you will find an end to it ?!

    no man ..keep going with this, do more blogs on the end of your sessions, its good for you too, no need to put strat just talk about the session if u want, talk about live poker stuf, talk about your bets, talk about watever u want… =P

    gl and dont end the blog!

  27. lollol Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 9:59 pm

    He is not closing the blog lol, what he meant was it was time for THIS BLOG POST to come to an end. So everybody can just chill :-)

  28. Scott Says:
    April 12th, 2010 at 12:04 am

    Hi Tom and freinds ive just quit my job to play poker for a living, here is my blog. There is some differnces haha. Good luck

  29. joebreal Says:
    April 14th, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    you have amazing instinct with the game. But extremely lucky, whats more important luck or skill.I watched you on poker after dark this week, and it almost looked like you were catching a wave. Do you do anything particular to bring you luck or any jinx’s

  30. [Blocked by CFC] Casino Master Says:
    April 15th, 2010 at 1:18 pm

    Merci pour cet article ;)

  31. [Blocked by CFC] Danial Toner Says:
    April 17th, 2010 at 8:28 pm

    Hope it will always be alive! Thank you!

  32. Cara Says:
    April 18th, 2010 at 2:36 am

    Hi Tom,

    I think you are an AMAZING poker player. I enjoy watching you on Poker After Dark and was glad to see you at the table this week and last week. I think you are the best player at the table.

    I laughed when Phil Helmuth said at the end of the show that he, “played poker beautifully” and Daniel? Negraneu’s response was hysterical. I was thinking, what is Phil talking about…playing beautifu poker? Is he kidding? I think he’s the worst player at the table. Although he has gotten a lot of lousy hands.

    I think to myself if you are this good at twenty-two, imagine where you’ll be in ten years. There have been so many times when I have said out loud, “Don’t fold, Tom,” when you had better hands than Phil Ivey or Patrick Antonius. Usually, you don’t. But every now and then, you fold, when they’re holding a worse hand.

    By the way, where are you from and how did you learn to play so well at such a young age?

    Cara

  33. Linc Says:
    April 23rd, 2010 at 12:31 pm

    Hi Tom,

    I just found your blog and will be reading regulary from now on since I really respect you like almost no one else as a poker player.

    I am just trying to convert to cashgames, so far I have been a low limit sng and mtt player. I had been staked for a while and now that I am playing on my own again I try to find the most effective way for myself to make money at this game. I somehow dont want to just grind mtts and sngs anymore, even though I am doing ok there. Though I know I def still have alot to learn in cashgames, probably going to subscribe to bluefire soon. I started with 0.25/0.50 PLO HU cash this month and moved up to 0.50/1 after a while.

    Currently I am on almost a 2K downswing which really sucks, though I am still up about 1.8K for the month. I dont know which swings are normal in PLO HU cash but regardless of whats normal, I def had been playing bad last couple of days for a few reasons.

    Anyways as I said Ill keep checking your blog from now on. If you are writing a poker book one day, please let me know :D no seriously I really hope you will do that at some point.

    Good Luck!

    Linc

  34. [Blocked by CFC] http://nedward.org/2007/12/28/letterman-makes-deal-with-striking-writers Says:
    April 30th, 2010 at 4:07 pm

    Merci, c’est toujours bon de savoir!

  35. nick Says:
    May 3rd, 2010 at 4:21 am

    hey durrrr. big fan. im hoping you dont mind me asking you a question, but i was wondering what advice you would give to a new poker player? any recomended books or anything? thanks

  36. Mike Jones Says:
    May 8th, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    Thats exactly how i do it dog, get up wash my face especially my eyes there all funny; im still asleep but that nice hot water soon solves it. Which the laptop on switch the tv on check out Georgie thompson check out Natalie Sawyer (oh yeah UK peeps) get on the laptop check my email have some breakfast, nice hot choc.
    Now down to some action on the Poker sites. p.s I forgot to mention watching ladys gaga Bad Romance that song is so addictive. Keep learning keep playing. Tom im following you keep up the good work.

  37. Thomas Bartow Says:
    May 18th, 2010 at 8:42 am

    Nice stuff on, i’ll be visiting more often

  38. bluffbuster Says:
    May 18th, 2010 at 9:12 pm

    Hey Tom, i was going to say you are my favorite player, so cool and unspottable. But seen all your fan girls it seems …rare….

    how are you going to know if Ivey eats meal?
    do you remember you bet a million….?

    Adios

  39. laser toners Says:
    June 7th, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    Hi buddy, your blog’s design is simple and clean and i like it. Your blog posts are superb. Please keep them coming. Greets!!!

  40. Jannie Nelson Says:
    June 18th, 2010 at 6:27 am

    Thank you for sharing I wish I could go somwhere.

  41. Keith Says:
    June 19th, 2010 at 8:14 am

    Hey Tom, I think It’s really pathetic how players such as Laak and Eli constantly fold to your bets when they have the better hand. It’s as if they completely forget all of your past bluffs and almost always give you credit for having the best hand. Your a good player indeed, its just too sick to see how all these pros seem to forget how to play when its against you; as if they are only in a hand with you to try and hold on and hope that you want bet too much even knowing how likely you are to be bluffing. you just want to scream at players like Phill Laak ” grow some balls already” excuse my French. Anyway, keep doing what you do best and maybe one day someone will grow a pair and go with there read and not simply try to hold on calling until you bet an amount they cant stomach; you make players like the aforementioned look like beginners. I would love to see the look on some of their faces when they see some of your crazy bluffs on T.V. such as that $80,000+ bluff you made against Laak on PAD recently. I have to admit I was pulling for the guy to man up and go with his read, but of course, it appears he didn’t have the heart to make a good call; I cannot stand Phil Laak’s game.

  42. durrrr Says:
    July 19th, 2010 at 8:30 am

    where play in 500/1000

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