Tom Dwan was put in many tough spots during the 2024 edition of the Million Dollar Game on the Hustler Casino Live stream. This hand is no different, as Dwan value bets a straight on the river, only for his arch nemesis Peter to put in a huge raise with a boat. Will this be another hand in which Dwan sends a large portion of his stack over to Peter?
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Tom Dwan also known as durrrr from his online days is a 36 year old American professional poker player. He is a favorite poker player for many around the world as they would watch him battle in the highest stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker before poker’s Black Friday hit. Dwan is known for his fearless style and crazy bluffs. He was a regular on Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker. He currently has over $6,800,000 in live tournament earnings which puts him in the top 250 on the all time money list. Since 2007 he has played over 217 times on live streamed cash games and is winning over $4,000,000. He’s ranked in the top 2 biggest live cash game winners as reported by .
Peter is a Chinese high stakes poker player and an avid pumpkin eater according to the commentators. He has made multiple appearances on televised cash game shows such as Hustler Casino Live and Bally Poker Live and he is known to want to play any stakes that are on offer. Since 2022, Peter has played on over 20 live cash game streams and has won over $3,600,000. He’s ranked in the top 3 biggest live cash game winners as reported by .
Hustler Casino Live is a full-scale, high-value poker production. Close to a million dollars was spent transforming the casino’s high-limit poker room, the Crystal Room, into the set of this new state-of-the-art live poker show. Hustler Casino Live looks more like coverage of a TV broadcast sporting event and appeals to those beyond the poker community. Unscripted and unedited, they host regular poker streams such as ‘Max Pain Monday’ and ‘Thirsty Thursday’. Some of the most notable poker players to have appeared on the show are Phil Ivey ‘The Tiger Woods of Poker’ ‘RaiseOnce’, Tom Dwan ’durrrr’, Phil Hellmuth ‘The Poker Brat’, Chris Moneymaker, Doug Polk ‘WCGRider, Garrett Adelstein ‘Gman’, Tony Guoga ‘Tony G’ and many more.
This was from the first day of the 2024 edition of the highly anticipated Million Dollar Game, which had a $1,000,000 minimum buy-in. The players included: Doug Polk, Tom Dwan, Alan Keating, Santhosh Suvarna, Peter, Hook, Brandon Steven, Stanley, Rahul, Steve, Texas Mike, Rahul and a mysterious guest called Thomas.
🔍 Preflop:
With the $2,000 straddle on, Handz raises to $5,000 from the hijack with A9 of spades. Peter calls from the cutoff with QT offsuit. After the button and small blind fold, Tom Dwan calls from the big blind with J8 offsuit and Doug Polk defends his under-the-gun straddle with K8 of hearts.
💸 Flop - Qd Ts 9h:
Dwan checks after flopping a queen-high straight which is currently the second nuts. Polk checks with one overcard, a gutshot straight draw and a backdoor flush draw. Handz decides not to continuation bet with his bottom pair, one overcard and a backdoor nut flush draw. Peter bets $6,000 with his top two pair. Dwan just calls with his straight and then Polk check-raises to $32,000. Handz folds, but Peter and Dwan call. The three players head to the turn with over $100,000 in the pot.
💣 Turn - 4c:
The 4 of clubs turn doesn’t improve any player’s hand. Dwan checks his straight and Polk decides not to continue bluffing after failing to pick up any backdoor draws. Peter quickly checks behind with his two pair and they both head to the river.
🌊 River - Qh:
The board-pairing queen of hearts on the river is disastrous for Dwan, as Peter improves to a full house, queens full of tens, giving him the nuts. Dwan puts out a value bet of $72,000. Polk folds with just king-high as Peter decides to raise to $224,000 with his boat. Will Dwan be able to find the hero fold or will he call and lose another huge pot to Peter? Stay tuned to watch the full poker video to find out!
Jonathan Little analyzes live poker hands from TV poker shows such as Poker After Dark, Hustler Casino Live, The Lodge Poker Club & PokerGO. He also analyzes popular poker vloggers such as Rampage Poker, Brad Owen, Jaman Burton, Ashley Sleeth, Wolfgang Poker and others!
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