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The Chinese mafia was a joke but if the rumors were true, who know how much he possibly owed or maybe he didn’t and went dark because of a big loss. The wide scope of possibilities playing at that high level of small deck and all the other games he played, I couldn’t even imagine the level of stress at those stakes.
Tom, you sir are the man. 10+ years at the highest stakes possible, you lose some and definetly win some and i respect you a lot! Just a very clever player all around. Great interview also shout out to Nick he's awsome aswell!
Hellmuth was right. Look at Dwan’s debt and his failures to pay them. He also reneged deals/contacts. Dwan isn’t in a great place financially and owes people a lot of money.
@@GuruR97 he's not right..he's still very much around hes just not around the WSOP..he's in Monaco taking down pots bigger than whole 1st place prices that Hellmuth plays a ton of..he might owe ppl money but he's still 5xs the cash player Hellmuth ever was...and I love Hellmuth
@@seankiesling2054 Maybe I haven't done too much research then. To my knowledge Dwan fell of the past 10 years with massive debts that he's still paying off today. He might be "making money" but is still net negative. I'll look more into it later today.
@@GuruR97 he probably "fell off" in a lot of ppls eyes causes he's living over seas playing insanely huge cash games and he's not around the poker community or WSOP because he's overseas doing that and they don't understand that and since they don't see him around the wsop or.doing poker shows they think hes fell off or not around anymore. He's considered the best short deck player in the world and almost exclusively all he plays over there..to give an idea of how big of games hes playing the games are so big they call the blinds "1 house - 2 house no limit short deck" find it hard to be broke when you're playing 1 house 2 house stakes lol ppl just assume hes fell off because he's not around anymore, around meaning America, WSOP and HSP.. the money hes playing for over there makes the HSP stakes and games look like grocery money. He's a different kind of sick
@@seankiesling2054 can’t both be true? Like, can’t he be overseas and still in ‘make up’? What you and @pulp are saying are not inextricably linked... like unless you’re both tracking it and/or his backers, who really knows?
More stuff like this please! Feels like Dwan is finally comfortable being a "name" and starting to be himself in this stuff. I think having a pro around his age as the interviewer helps as well. I liked the one with Phil and Barry too.
Watching tom dwan play is like watching christmas movies it always triggers a memory of the past. Poker boom, fulltilt high stakes on tv those were the days of poker.
I’m 19 I only just got into poker I was young at that time anyway but I watch the videos on TH-cam and just wish I watched tom and all them in there prime
Man Tom has really opened up these days he was a very conservative person now it looks like he’s having fun doing these interviews he’s such a legend fearless in cash games
Wow Dwan is so honest here and seemed genuinely sad when the interviewer mentioned his "weird" image.I always felt bad the "Durr" thing stuck and people like Hellmuth publicly called him a freak. He is so highly skilled and level-headed and that gets under peoples skin.
Remeber when Dwan first came on the scene. Phil hellmuth gave him so much crap. "Well see if your around in 10 years kid" ..... 10 years later, hes still here. And he's a legend.
Sooo effing excited to see Dwan back on High Stakes!! Can't believe it's been 8 years since he premiered and kicked ass & showed the World the new way to play No limit Texas hold'em!
It's navigating morally uncharted territory. That is to say, gambling in the fast lane involves concerns of amorality where norms may not be as clear. I feel Dwan has put himself into questionable situations with his high variance style.
You guys should start playing Dover, which combines omaha/holdem with craps! Here's how it works: 1. Everyone starts with 3 cards (you can use them all) 2. One round of betting 3. One round of rolling dice: if you get a 7 or 11 you get an extra card (you can use all cards so if you get another you have 4 cards to use). If you roll 2 or 12 you crap out and lose the hand. You can decline to roll if you like your hand and don't risk losing hand rolling. 4. Flop comes out 5. Round of betting 6. Another round of rolling dice 7. Turn comes 8. Round of betting 9. Another round of rolling dice 10. River comes 11. Round of betting 12. Last round of dice! Most fun game me and my friends have played!! It's basically just a fun gambling game like craps.
@@JM-db8ez Yeah as I said it’s a gambling/luck game...basically we created the game because playing holdem For thousands of hours over 10 years has become really boring. Which is probably why they created short deck to increase the action and less boredom
0:58 “You’re considered one of the top 3-5 short deck players in the world. I mean you’re definitely not top 2 but you know... you’re kinda up there...”
The years have not been kind to Tom. From being the fresh-faced kid to lookin like a world-weary wrinkled mess. Still the most fun to watch play poker ever, along with Ivey.
hmm. i don't even really see that many wrinkles. certainly no more than anyone else his age. so what the hell are you even talking about? that said, nobody would ever imagine sitting at a poker table for thousands of hours a year is great for your physical health.
@@colinr4860 are you serious? if you think that's what a healthy mid-30's should look like, all shriveled and shit, that says more about you than anything.
@@Devillionaire i stand by my original comment. he looks 34-ish, just doesn't look 20 anymore, which is how we were all used to seeing him when he was always the youngest-looking guy at the table. now don't @ me anymore, i don't really give a shit if you think he looks 50 or whatever
@@colinr4860 He just looks average. A bit nerdy, but he always had. People were confused by him like he was looking great when he was young cuz he was throwing all this cash around in games, funny ;).
@@Devillionaire a guy from my class in school looked about 12 when we were 17 and I met him again when we were about 25 and he was bald and looked about 40,peoples appearances changed,this guy was completly healthy,I have other friends who once they hit their late 20's/ early 30's started to just look old compared to me and I'm 34 now but still look around 25 and someone said to me about one of the guys that works with me 'that guy who's much older than you did that job' and he was talking about a guy who's one year younger than me,people age differently,doesn't matter if your healthy or not but it's way more noticible in someone who looks super young in their 20's and not so much in their 30's compared to someone who has a gradual aging process,people say Phil ivey looks old now but thats only because the last time most people saw ivey all over everything was over 10 years ago.and just for reference,I'm far from healthy,i smoke 20 a day,drink alot,have insomnia and have a extremly stressful job managing people,still look fresh though 😂
Two poker veterans. remember in 2009 when I went to Vegas for first time and won a Venetian deep stack literally the first live tourney I entered. Thought I was gonna be great but didn’t do enough work and NO discipline
Tom is a Leo. And if there is any other Leos out there you know you have a firey drive as well as a confidence that you are or can be the best. Most do not have this trait. Tom Brady is another great example. Ok im ready for the ignorant hate
the free-trial is turning into permanent reality, like Oanda, I lost 10%, even though I had advantage on GBP/USD last night at the 1.36 dip, though not any advantage on 1.37 rebound.
I found it kinda distracting how Nick would ask a question and then sometimes look at his laptop while Tom would answer. It felt disrespectful. I'm sure he was doing something important, but interviewers should be focusing on the guest. I don't know, maybe I'm just old school
You know what helps? Spending 3 months hiring people to find billionaires to rob...take the rich suckers away and there will be less speaking in platitudes about achieving Zen levels.
First rule of thumb. Move to another continent if your millions in debt and don't come back lol. Btw is the Durr Challenge ever gonna be finished or did Phil Ivey pay the debt off ? Nvm hes in debt 2 lol.
Holy shit, Tom is aging!! For the amount of money he has and the actual lack of a physical job (I know it's mentally physical, I'm talking about lifting/moving stuff) he sure does look rough. Usually rich people kick back and enjoy the good life. Little to no stress whatsoever. But he looks beat.
@Nick Dabbelt Please, tell me.. How incredibly exhausting and stressful your life is cause you're wealthy. I'll wait! Top 3 cause of divorce, financial issues. A leading cause of suicide, financial issues.
@@zackx8147 The guy was right but for the wrong reasons. Should have said you are underestimating how tough playing poker for tens of thousands of dollars day in day out is on your body. A constant barrage of rushes of adrenaline is really bad for you, as is sitting down all the time. He would look better if he had a job where he had to move heavy stuff around once in a while!
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This is one of those videos where you check the time remaining an abnormal amount of times because you don't want the video to end.
@Brian taylor is that a flex?
I’m so happy for Dwan. He’s grown so much socially. He looks like he’s having fun.
That’s a great point. It also helps he’s paid back the Chinese mafia.
What happened to him?
f0t0b0y ya seriously. He looked like a train wreck in like 2016-18. Either too much of that Stu Unger pregame ritual, or being under the wrong backer
@@hornetguy9063 stu unger pregam ritual! Hahaha
The Chinese mafia was a joke but if the rumors were true, who know how much he possibly owed or maybe he didn’t and went dark because of a big loss. The wide scope of possibilities playing at that high level of small deck and all the other games he played, I couldn’t even imagine the level of stress at those stakes.
Tom, you sir are the man. 10+ years at the highest stakes possible, you lose some and definetly win some and i respect you a lot! Just a very clever player all around. Great interview also shout out to Nick he's awsome aswell!
Great. The interview we've been waiting for 14 years for...10 minutes or so every couple months...great...
"We'll see if you're even around in 5 years"
- Phil Hellmuth
Hellmuth was right. Look at Dwan’s debt and his failures to pay them. He also reneged deals/contacts. Dwan isn’t in a great place financially and owes people a lot of money.
@@GuruR97 he's not right..he's still very much around hes just not around the WSOP..he's in Monaco taking down pots bigger than whole 1st place prices that Hellmuth plays a ton of..he might owe ppl money but he's still 5xs the cash player Hellmuth ever was...and I love Hellmuth
@@seankiesling2054 Maybe I haven't done too much research then. To my knowledge Dwan fell of the past 10 years with massive debts that he's still paying off today. He might be "making money" but is still net negative. I'll look more into it later today.
@@GuruR97 he probably "fell off" in a lot of ppls eyes causes he's living over seas playing insanely huge cash games and he's not around the poker community or WSOP because he's overseas doing that and they don't understand that and since they don't see him around the wsop or.doing poker shows they think hes fell off or not around anymore. He's considered the best short deck player in the world and almost exclusively all he plays over there..to give an idea of how big of games hes playing the games are so big they call the blinds "1 house - 2 house no limit short deck" find it hard to be broke when you're playing 1 house 2 house stakes lol ppl just assume hes fell off because he's not around anymore, around meaning America, WSOP and HSP.. the money hes playing for over there makes the HSP stakes and games look like grocery money. He's a different kind of sick
@@seankiesling2054 can’t both be true? Like, can’t he be overseas and still in ‘make up’? What you and @pulp are saying are not inextricably linked... like unless you’re both tracking it and/or his backers, who really knows?
You know I'm always here for a Tom Dwan video :))
me 2 he is so listenable . i enjoy his facial expressions .
More stuff like this please! Feels like Dwan is finally comfortable being a "name" and starting to be himself in this stuff. I think having a pro around his age as the interviewer helps as well. I liked the one with Phil and Barry too.
Tom seems so chilled out these days, love to see it
Watching tom dwan play is like watching christmas movies it always triggers a memory of the past. Poker boom, fulltilt high stakes on tv those were the days of poker.
hahahah! That is perfect.
I’m 19 I only just got into poker I was young at that time anyway but I watch the videos on TH-cam and just wish I watched tom and all them in there prime
I really liked this interview. You could see that Tom was really giving honest and thought out answers.
Not sure why there are so many negative comments about his looks. He looks fine. Sounds fine. Good to see him still playing at high stakes.
just clowns being jelly ;)
He looks fine? Lol
He looks kinda like that golem from lord of the rings
He looks great, i remember he used to look like a 30 year old guy with sleep deprivation
MrDznutz82 lol 😂
Damn this is the first time I've ever seen Tom so candid. It's like he's a human and not just a bot haha. GL Tom.
Man Tom has really opened up these days he was a very conservative person now it looks like he’s having fun doing these interviews he’s such a legend fearless in cash games
I love short deck. The flops are amazing--it's lovely.
Two of the very best to ever play the game.... Nick is a mixed game beast
Tom, blink 3 times if you need to be saved from the Mob.
Exactly what I’m thinking!😂
Was he in trouble??? Lol
@@WisdomThroughGod some people think he is being extorted and stuff by the china mafia , poor guy :(
@@neilbyrne2783 do you mean exploited? And if so, thats messed up lol
@@WisdomThroughGod yes 😥
Great to see Durrrr
I'm simple. I see Durr, I click.
It's Durrrr
Wow Dwan is so honest here and seemed genuinely sad when the interviewer mentioned his "weird" image.I always felt bad the "Durr" thing stuck and people like Hellmuth publicly called him a freak. He is so highly skilled and level-headed and that gets under peoples skin.
Remeber when Dwan first came on the scene. Phil hellmuth gave him so much crap. "Well see if your around in 10 years kid" ..... 10 years later, hes still here. And he's a legend.
I've worked out it. He's Eli Elezras son!
Where can I find the full interview.
timofey impression at the end is gold
What’s the outro song? It’s nice and I can’t find it
Conducting an interview while staring into your laptop?
weird
I wouldn’t want to give an interview with this type of interviewer
Yeah, lame...
Unprepared
Nobody cares.
Sooo effing excited to see Dwan back on High Stakes!! Can't believe it's been 8 years since he premiered and kicked ass & showed the World the new way to play No limit Texas hold'em!
Tom Dwan is like the spiderman of poker. His spidey senses are on another level.
Whats the name of the song in the end of the video?
Tom has such an air of mystery surrounding him; you just cant put your finger on it. Same with Phil.
It's navigating morally uncharted territory. That is to say, gambling in the fast lane involves concerns of amorality where norms may not be as clear. I feel Dwan has put himself into questionable situations with his high variance style.
You’re so right, it’s strange I can’t say what it is about those two either.
Just look at him, he's an alien from the planet Vultan
i thought he was going to answer the 50 million dollar question thing on this one
tom dawn trying super hard to be personable and not awkward. gotta love that guy.
Tom blessed too know you 🎉 with you during the unknown and then blow up years. Man you ain't awkward now but do have some funny LV club photos
You guys should start playing Dover, which combines omaha/holdem with craps! Here's how it works:
1. Everyone starts with 3 cards (you can use them all)
2. One round of betting
3. One round of rolling dice: if you get a 7 or 11 you get an extra card (you can use all cards so if you get another you have 4 cards to use). If you roll 2 or 12 you crap out and lose the hand. You can decline to roll if you like your hand and don't risk losing hand rolling.
4. Flop comes out
5. Round of betting
6. Another round of rolling dice
7. Turn comes
8. Round of betting
9. Another round of rolling dice
10. River comes
11. Round of betting
12. Last round of dice!
Most fun game me and my friends have played!! It's basically just a fun gambling game like craps.
Rather light my money on fire.
That sounds like a bingo game, donkfest, luckbox city. Have fun with that, why not just throw wild cards in too, really go full jank. lol
@@JM-db8ez Yeah as I said it’s a gambling/luck game...basically we created the game because playing holdem For thousands of hours over 10 years has become really boring.
Which is probably why they created short deck to increase the action and less boredom
@@Yellowpuma01 lighting a dollar on fire if you lose rolling dice would be a fun part to add to the game. Thanks for the idea!
@@Jasonchaaang dealer’s choice exists.
Tom is just such a great person that even this guys Strange behavior doesn't divert him.
guy seems ok
strange guy? that's Nick Shulman, legend in his own right
What is Tom up to now? He says he's stopped playing nlhe and shorydeck for the past 6 or 9 months.
Dwan looks like a Vulcan.
He probably knew Spock in person.
@pokerking this is gonna be a wierd question but i love your jacket whats the brand of it ? :P
That shirt Tom is wearing is a bit Federation looking. Legend.
Did Dwan ever pay back his debt to Jungleman?
Damn Tom needs to get out of the poker rooms and go get some sun ☀️ lol
as a fan of gothica i strongly disagree i love his sickly snow white skin 🤘
@@neilbyrne2783
Lol
@@neilbyrne2783
A little vitamin D wouldn’t kill the guy
@@Mr.paint123 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
how Dwan stays ahead of the curve: start playing a game before others do
Who is in the lineup in the short high stakes poker clip?
0:58 “You’re considered one of the top 3-5 short deck players in the world. I mean you’re definitely not top 2 but you know... you’re kinda up there...”
that’s hilarious 😂
Im sure you realize he meant you are top 3 (1, 2 or 3) or if I'm off, you're in the top 5 (1, 2,3, 4,5)...
Love duuurrrrrrrrrrrr guys a legend
The years have not been kind to Tom. From being the fresh-faced kid to lookin like a world-weary wrinkled mess. Still the most fun to watch play poker ever, along with Ivey.
hmm. i don't even really see that many wrinkles. certainly no more than anyone else his age. so what the hell are you even talking about?
that said, nobody would ever imagine sitting at a poker table for thousands of hours a year is great for your physical health.
@@colinr4860 are you serious? if you think that's what a healthy mid-30's should look like, all shriveled and shit, that says more about you than anything.
@@Devillionaire i stand by my original comment. he looks 34-ish, just doesn't look 20 anymore, which is how we were all used to seeing him when he was always the youngest-looking guy at the table.
now don't @ me anymore, i don't really give a shit if you think he looks 50 or whatever
@@colinr4860 He just looks average. A bit nerdy, but he always had. People were confused by him like he was looking great when he was young cuz he was throwing all this cash around in games, funny ;).
@@Devillionaire a guy from my class in school looked about 12 when we were 17 and I met him again when we were about 25 and he was bald and looked about 40,peoples appearances changed,this guy was completly healthy,I have other friends who once they hit their late 20's/ early 30's started to just look old compared to me and I'm 34 now but still look around 25 and someone said to me about one of the guys that works with me 'that guy who's much older than you did that job' and he was talking about a guy who's one year younger than me,people age differently,doesn't matter if your healthy or not but it's way more noticible in someone who looks super young in their 20's and not so much in their 30's compared to someone who has a gradual aging process,people say Phil ivey looks old now but thats only because the last time most people saw ivey all over everything was over 10 years ago.and just for reference,I'm far from healthy,i smoke 20 a day,drink alot,have insomnia and have a extremly stressful job managing people,still look fresh though 😂
Somehow he reminds me of Sheldon from BIG BANG theory :D
Intro music?
I love this guy...
He looks a lot happier now. Nl is such a grinding game it just wears you down.
Not for the winners ;)
while checking up on him, thinking the mafia got him already, i noticed that his ears have somehow gotten...smaller?
Well...I have seen multiple sessions (Triton) of Dwan playing short deck, and I don't remember one he was winning.
Tom, he very good
Cool guy
Dwan moved in this Clip more like all the Footage of the past 8 Years xD
He’s so expressive….off duty
Schulman is the best
I dunno. Its interesting to listen to Tom, but Nick isnt a good interviewer
Agreed. Bit annoying that he kept looking at his laptop even after he's done reading. Probably intimidated by Dwan's stare.
Terrible interviewer
Is borrowing money and never paying it back "staying ahead of the curve"?
Tom dwan the guy
Two poker veterans. remember in 2009 when I went to Vegas for first time and won a Venetian deep stack literally the first live tourney I entered. Thought I was gonna be great but didn’t do enough work and NO discipline
Tom Dwan is likable!
Complimenti per i sottotitoli in italiano
Schulmans got the 8 n the snap bet somthing son
Nick schulman needs to be more direct w his questions, hes always hemming and hawing
YESSS DUURRRRR
Tom is a Leo. And if there is any other Leos out there you know you have a firey drive as well as a confidence that you are or can be the best. Most do not have this trait. Tom Brady is another great example. Ok im ready for the ignorant hate
By the time the book is written it's too late. You have to be the one writing the book.
be with the Lord.
is it too much to ask that the interviewer turn his laptop off during an interview?
When will tom dwan finish playing jungleman? He's a great player but I lost a lot of respect for him over that. It's been almost 10 years.
Hate to break it to you, I don’t think it’s going to happen
This video froze at 1:17 and made for interesting viewing 🤣
Even if I lose the hand, I get to see their cards. In the game of actual poker.
Poker really takes a toll on people lol
What is short deck?
36 cards deck. cards 2 to 5 are removed. higher variance btw
the free-trial is turning into permanent reality, like Oanda, I lost 10%, even though I had advantage on GBP/USD last night at the 1.36 dip, though not any advantage on 1.37 rebound.
Look at his bag eyes
Short deck's like... Fisher Random, sized-down.
u know the funny thing is wasnt Tom dwan a communications major?and people say he looks and talks like an alien.
Interviews without eye contact
Dwan looks so done like hes threw a drug addiction combined with a gamble addiction.
"Poker King" is the worst name for a poker site. Just comes across as shady
Should be named something that represents a high moral ground like Hashtag King instead!
@400_Pound_Black Woman's_Stool_Sample gg mate ty for the lols
Every "poker personality" that has King in their handle, is generally a low life. Oh the irony.
@400_Pound_Black Woman's_Stool_Sample lol
It's DURRRR......4 R's.
He is on the wrong curve in more important places
Durrrrrr
Still today a legend and good player not like D.NEG AND ALL THIS PROS THAT HAVE TO SELL WORTHLESS COURSES SINCE THE CANT WIN IN POKER ANYMORE
I found it kinda distracting how Nick would ask a question and then sometimes look at his laptop while Tom would answer. It felt disrespectful. I'm sure he was doing something important, but interviewers should be focusing on the guest. I don't know, maybe I'm just old school
Who is Alex?
@@seankiesling2054 i meant Nick. My bad
He was playing 6 tournaments at the time,gotta keep on the grind
Im shocked in love❤
You know what helps? Spending 3 months hiring people to find billionaires to rob...take the rich suckers away and there will be less speaking in platitudes about achieving Zen levels.
The way he says short deck... nvm lol
First rule of thumb. Move to another continent if your millions in debt and don't come back lol. Btw is the Durr Challenge ever gonna be finished or did Phil Ivey pay the debt off ? Nvm hes in debt 2 lol.
Tom Dwan was known to be a problem gambler and could not hold onto his money. He was entirely broke when he signed his poker website contract.
Proof?
what i got out of this video was to not play with poker professionals
Ask about jungleman lol
Nobody gives a fuck about that dumb challenge . Highschool drama club over here
Bryn Kenney is Tom Dwan's kryptonite.
Holy shit, Tom is aging!! For the amount of money he has and the actual lack of a physical job (I know it's mentally physical, I'm talking about lifting/moving stuff) he sure does look rough. Usually rich people kick back and enjoy the good life. Little to no stress whatsoever. But he looks beat.
we're all aging asshole
@Nick Dabbelt Please, tell me.. How incredibly exhausting and stressful your life is cause you're wealthy. I'll wait! Top 3 cause of divorce, financial issues. A leading cause of suicide, financial issues.
@@zackx8147 The guy was right but for the wrong reasons. Should have said you are underestimating how tough playing poker for tens of thousands of dollars day in day out is on your body. A constant barrage of rushes of adrenaline is really bad for you, as is sitting down all the time. He would look better if he had a job where he had to move heavy stuff around once in a while!
Tom Dwan a tron
Five card draw would blow NLHE players out of the water, their brains explode.
I think they would definitely be more likely to get beat by average players. I dont think there is as much strategy or control in cowboy poker lol
Claimed to be able to beat anyone heads up and then has to be sued to pay up after losing🙄
Tom Dwan is not aging well, he must get vey little sleep.