30 Facts About Tom Dwan

Tom Dwan was born on July 30,1986, in Edison, New Jersey.

In season 5, week 7 of NBC's Poker After Dark, Tom Dwan revealed that he worked for McDonald's prior to playing poker full-time.

Tom Dwan attended Boston University before dropping out after the first year to pursue playing poker full-time.

Tom Dwan initially focused on sit-and-go tournaments, later switching to multiplayer cash games then to heads-up cash games.

In January 2009, Tom Dwan lost more than $3.5 million, which he recovered after six months.

From late October to late December 2009, Tom Dwan suffered his then-largest downswing, losing approximately $2 million to Phil Ivey, Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies and $5 million to then-19-years-old Swedish professional Viktor Blom aka Isildur1.

However, Tom Dwan lost about $4 million in the next three weeks, leaving him ahead about $3.3 million for 2010.

Since then Cates has publicly claimed that Tom Dwan has stopped playing and is not responding to his queries.

In January 2008, Tom Dwan finished second at the Aussie Millions A$3,000 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys event, winning A$103,200 and later finished in 62nd place in the A$10,000 No Limit Hold 'em Main Event, good for A$25,000.

Tom Dwan finished second to James Michael Sowers at the 2008 WPT Borgata Winter Open in the preliminary $5,000 No Limit Hold 'em event, earning $226,100.

Tom Dwan cashed twice in the first year that he could to play in a World Series of Poker event held in the United States.

Tom Dwan reached the final table in the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event at the 2008 World Series of Poker finishing in 8th place, earning $54,144.

Tom Dwan participated in the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship held at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, where in his first match he defeated Phil Hellmuth in the third hand.

Tom Dwan was eliminated in the next round by Mike Matusow.

At the 2008 Five-Star World Poker Classic, Tom Dwan finished in ninth place, winning $184,670.

At the 2010 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 No Limit Hold 'em event, Tom Dwan finished in second place for $381,885.

In 2016, Tom Dwan went under the radar and was notably absent from that year's WSOP.

Tom Dwan was present in two events including the Third Edition of the Triton Super High Roller Series in Manila and was seen in company of Daniel Cates.

In 2017, Tom Dwan appeared at the Macau Billionaire's Poker 2017 Spring Challenge set at the Babylon Casino in Macau.

Tom Dwan previously held the record for the largest pot won in a televised live game at over $1.1 million, which occurred during the fourth season of Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game.

Tom Dwan regained the record when he won a pot of $3.1 million during the Hustler Casino Live Million Dollar Game at the end of May 2023, with his pair of Queens beating Wesley Fei's Ace High.

Tom Dwan lost $22,500 which was highlighted by two bluffs by Marigliano.

Tom Dwan made a final profit of $795,500 after winning two of the three matches.

In November 2009, Tom Dwan became a member of Team Full Tilt and re-signed as a brand ambassador for the site on October 15,2012.

In December 2013, Full Tilt Poker confirmed that they and Tom Dwan "agreed to part ways following the recent expiration of Tom Dwan's contract".

Tom Dwan challenged the undefeated Phil Hellmuth in round 2 of the High Stakes Duel III by Poker Go.

Galfond mentioned that Tom Dwan is factoring in bits and pieces of information at a speed and depth of thought that is "ridiculous".

Tom Dwan has been embroiled in a long-running saga involving allegations of unpaid debts.

Reports suggest that Tom Dwan owes significant sums of money to various individuals, with some estimates placing his total debt at around $30 million; this figure includes debts to poker players such as Daniel "Jungleman" Cates, Peter Jetten, and Haralabos Voulgaris, as well as rumored connections to high-stakes games in Macau and alleged dealings with the Chinese Triads.

Tom Dwan married Maria Bianca Rosso on September 29,2016, in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada.