Tom Dwan chip leader at $1,500 NL Final Table

by , Jun 6, 2010 | 6:56 pm

Just a brief update for now, but in what could be Tom Dwan’s biggest winning day, he’s the current chip leader with 9 players left at the $1,500 No-Limit Holdem final table. First place would officially pay Dwan more than $600,000, but he has plenty of bracelet bets with pros, leading to this tweet from Benjo, along with a brand-new Tao of Pokerati episode bringing you to the floor where this major side-action is happening. :

Surreal. A congregation of Big Game players are currently having a sit-down, most likely discussing offering Dwan to buy out of their bets.

Here’s the final table when play resumed:

Seat 1: Jason Young – 1,304,000
Seat 2: Michael Smith – 622,000
Seat 3: Marvin Rettenmaier – 525,000
Seat 4: Tom “durrrr” Dwan – 2,412,000
Seat 5: Austin McCormick – 1,939,000
Seat 6: Kyle Winter – 502,000
Seat 7: Eric “AvrilSharapova” Ladny – 969,000
Seat 8: David “ghettofabulous” Randall – 1,803,000
Seat 9: Simon Watt – 1,466,000

Catch all the live updates over at PokerNews, along with tweets from Pauly, Matt Waldron and AlCantHang


3 Comments to “Tom Dwan chip leader at $1,500 NL Final Table”


  1. MattWaldron
    says:

    I think the real story is the offers of buy outs going on right now.


  2. DanM
    says:

    does anyone know what the original bets were?

    also, jason young … he’s the guy to watch out for at this final table. am sure durrrr knows that, but in general, he’s the type of player who has strong bracelet potential. And he’s got a chip-stack he can work with.


  3. Kevin Mathers
    says:

    Just added a Tao of Pokerati episode discussing the bets.

    Here’s Durrrr’s bracelet bets:

    3.25-1 on getting a bracelet this year, london counts
    2-1 on getting 2 bracelets in 3years, london counts as a chop (if i win 2+ in vegas i win, if i win 8 in london 0/1 in vegas we wash)
    me vs ivey getting 2-1, london counts, if we both win a bracelet its a wash (even if i win 8 and he wins 1 its a wash or vice versa)
    me vs negreanu getting 2-1, london counts, if we both win a bracelet its a wash (even if i win 8 and he wins 1 its a wash or vice versa)
    most cashes at wsop (with or without london) vs anyone of your choosing i get 1.3-1

    http://www.durrrr.com/blog/2010/05/28/bracelet-bets/