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Tom Dwan was born in New Jersey, July 1986, and in the past year or two, has become very well known on the poker circuit. His exploits in the game began with online play, as he quickly moved through to the biggest tables and started to make his living there.

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His erratic plays have certainly provided excitement and talking points on shows such as High Stakes Poker. It is sometimes difficult to tell whether he is very clever and talented, or reckless and insane with his plays. Either way, Tom Dwan is certainly the name everyone has been talking about recently, partly due to his online challenge involving a million dollar side bet.

This challenge has been taking place on Full Tilt, and covers 50,000 multi tabled hands in either Holdem or Omaha. Patrick Antonius is currently undertaking the challenge, and it has certainly made for interesting viewing. Opinion seems to be very divided over Tom Dwan I feel, as there will always be those who think that playing premium hands in the correct way constitutes playing poker well.

Of course they are right to an extent, but these same people cannot see any skill in Tom Dwan getting involved with weaker hands and ending up winning the pot. The point here though, is that Dwan often seems to get involved with a weaker hand, but still outplays his opponents on the Flop and Turn quite often, which is a very difficult skill in itself.
In my opinion, if you enjoy getting involved on the flop, mixing up your play and starting hands, you will always be a dangerous opponent. Tom Dwan seems to mix this, with a fearless nature when it comes to money, and that can be a very difficult combination to play against.