Tom is best known for his online play but has also established himself as one of the world’s best live high-stakes ring game players. He has amassed more than $1 million in prize money and his tournament successes include three World Series of Poker cashes, a 9th place finish at the 2009 National Heads-Up Poker Championship and a 4th place finish at the 2007 World Poker Tour Main Event in Foxwoods Casino. Dwan has appeared numerous times on Poker After Dark, High Stakes Poker and Full Tilt Poker’s Million Dollar Cash Game, where he won a pot worth more than $1.1 million – the largest in televised poker history.

In January of 2009, Dwan issued what has become known as the “durrrr Challenge” to the poker world. He offered to put up $1.5 million to any opponent’s $500,000, playing heads-up online at four tables simultaneously for 50,000 hands. After the last hand is finished, the player who has earned more money wins the challenge. First to accept the “durrrr Challenge” was Team Full Tilt’s Patrik Antonius. When these two giants of high-stakes poker finish their 50,000 hands, both Phil Ivey and David Benyamine are in line to accept the challenge.

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