Talk:Tom Dwan

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Million dollar poker challenge[edit]

Why is this not open to Phil Galfond? 68.82.136.142 (talk) 02:49, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is partly a private joke and needle, but mainly because Dwan thinks Galfon is far too nitty/tight to make playing against him worthwhile. MattM4 (talk) 12:48, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Its beacause their good friends and don't play for that amount of money against each other(heard it on a radioshow right after Dwan first issued it) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.250.29.222 (talk) 02:27, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

because if tom loses he loses $1.5 million but if he wins he only wins $.5 million and phil galfond is an especially good online player and its not worth the odds —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.13.34.132 (talk) 11:16, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ancestry[edit]

What is his ancestry/origin of his surname? Badagnani (talk) 07:17, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Czech MattM4 (talk) 12:48, 14 August 2153 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.159.10 (talk) [reply]

Boston University[edit]

There are contradicting bios that say Tom Dwan either studied English or Engineering. Until a perfectly reliable reference can be found, it's probably just best to referent his Full Tilt bio and say he studied at Boston. JaeDyWolf (talk) 11:41, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Staggering that you would take the time to write this but not do a 3 second Google search, e.g. [1]], [[2]], [[3]] yadda. Hazir (talk) 20:31, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I did do a Google search. As I stated already, the results are contradicting. [[4]][[5]] JaeDyWolf (talk) 20:39, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

They aren't necessarily contradictory. The references only state that he enrolled as an engineering major. He could have switched to English afterwards (though that would be a bit unusual). Clarityfiend (talk) 02:25, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you watch his interviews, he discusses how he wanted to go into poker full-time after he went to an engineering conference and saw high-paying engineers doing speeches but he thought they still looked unhappy with their lives. (This is in the live Durrr Challenge.) In addition, he's also said that he would have wanted to invent things if he wasn't playing poker. (This was in High Stakes Poker recently, I think s06e06.) Finally, he also says that he was an engineering major. Per WP:BOLD, I'm using the last link as a reference even though, yes, it's a forum post. The account is legitimately his, though (has been for years), and I'm using the post via WP:SELFPUB. Feel free to execute WP:BRD if necessary, but hopefully this should end it. The only real argument on the other side is the Full Tilt website, which frankly I don't think they would care that much if they had the wrong degree. I'm assuming as someone pointed out above that someone mistook "Eng." for English and it went on from there. Gary King (talk) 18:28, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fulltiltpoket.net's biography stats him as an english major, http://www.fulltiltpoker.net/tom-dwan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.85.125.31 (talk) 01:22, 12 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't take the time to run a statistical test, but time ordering a google search appears to show a correlation between the date and the major. Early entries indicate an English major and later entries indicate an Engineering major. Considering how early he dropped, this is more a matter of intention than education. I suspect that he was actually an english major and that for some unknown reason, he decided to rewrite history and become an engineering major. I agree with JaeDyWolf that in view of the contradictory references, the article should just state that "he attended Boston University". --Yqqxbkb (talk) 15:23, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tom was never an english major, he was always enrolled in the engineering program. Any sources that stated english were just incorrect, he didn't "decide to rewrite history." I speak from personal experience so I can't help with citations, but it makes sense the earlier sources would be incorrect as they were more likely speculatory until he was actually asked directly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.62.169.104 (talk) 05:52, 26 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Million dollar challenge[edit]

It's hilarious to see Full Tilt raking $0.50 on these monster pots. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:56, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why? Full Tilt is in it to make money. Most hands played are small pots, which is where they make their money. Also, the big pots attract more people to play at Full Tilt since they also want to watch these matches. Gary King (talk) 04:39, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Full Tilt Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge[edit]

When is this going to be added to the page? It should probably have an own page actually. kleister32 (talk) 12:25, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's already there, cunningly disguised under the subsection title "Million dollar challenge". Why would it need its own article? Clarityfiend (talk) 18:00, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe kleister32 is referring to the ambiguously-named TV program. I disagree that it needs its own article, though. JaeDyWolf (talk) 18:16, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to add it yourself. Poker games are usually pretty boring to write about as it's usually just a list of statistics. Gary King (talk) 18:23, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody tell Dwan to vary his amounts lest he become too predictable (and confusing). Clarityfiend (talk) 22:27, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

JaeDyWolf's revisions regarding the order in which the matches of the Million Dollar Challenge were played is wrong. The final match was against Sammy "Any Two" George. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kanapapiki (talk • contribs) 21:15, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]