Poker Great Tom Dwan: Is He Getting More Than He Gambeld For?

If you keep up with the poker news much, chances are that you have heard the news about Tom Dwan and his boasts. If you don’t know who Tom Dwan is, chances are that you don’t mess much with internet poker as he is a real phenomenon in that niche. He recently challenged anyone who would listen, promising to play head-to-head poker against someone at a no-limit hold’em or pot limit game for 50,000 hands at a minimum of $200/$400. To boot, this was to be done at a minimum of four tables—al all over the Internet.
The catch? If the opponent is ahead even the slightest bit at the end of the 50,000 hands…and we mean the slightest bit…Dwan pledged to make him or her richer to the tune of $1.5 million dollars. If he is ahead at the end of the 50,000 hands the opponent is to pay him $500,000. Needless to say, the winner gets to keep his profits from the session, as well.
As was bound to happen, somebody accepted. Well, a few people accepted. Some great players have accepted, including the great Phil Ivey, David Benyamine, and Patrick Antonius.
Benyamine is set to go up first against Dwan, but that hasn’t been confirmed by Benyamine himself as it came from the mouth of Phil Ivey. These are all great players, and this is bound to be a good round of Poker, with the loser potentially going millions of dollars in the hole.
If Dwan wanted competition, he’s surely got it now. They say poker is a game of gambling, but with the potential to lose millions upon millions of dollars, we think this is a bit extreme.