When Alan Meltzer passed away last October, he left behind $1 million in his will to his chauffeur and another $500,000 to the doorman of his building. An entrepreneurial success story, Meltzer built his fortune in the music business and gained fame in the poker world when he appeared on Season 5 of High Stakes [...]

Starting February 26th, Full Tilt Poker is offering the chance to take a shot at Tom Durrrr Dwan in their new promotion and win up to $1.5 Million! To qualify, one lucky contestant will have to prove themselves in four areas: ring games, tournaments, the matrix and heads up. Round 1 will pit players against [...]

While things in the online poker world are starting to quiet down in terms of tournament series, the cash tables have been heating up and railbirds will have been delighted by the recent flurry of durrrr challenge sessions. Tom “durrrr” Dwan has sat across from his rival Daniel “jungleman12″ Cates frequently recently, and while jungleman12 [...]

After nearly 3 months, play resumed in the durrrr Challenge #2 when Tom “durrrr” Dwan locked horns with Challenge 2 opponent, Daniel “jungleman12″ Cates. The two combatants played two No Limit Hold ‘Em sessions over the weekend. During the first session, Cates finished ahead $35,000 to add to his lead in the Challenge. In the [...]

While the Asian Poker Tour Macau had a rather low turnout, the real story during the tournament has been the reported cash game Full Tilt Red Pros Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Chau Giang and John Juanda have been playing with some Chinese businessmen. The game has been taking place mostly at StarWorld Casino, though a [...]

Tom “durrrr” Dwan is never far from our headlines, whether he’s betting millions on a World Series of Poker bracelet chase, cleaning up on the various poker TV shows, battling the world’s best in the durrrr challenge or just experiencing major swings. He leads a pretty exciting life. This time around we’ve learned that the [...]

Tom “durrrr” Dwan is an internet poker superstar, and a man that basically needs no introduction if you care enough about poker to be reading this blog. While we’re used to hearing stories of him tearing up the high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker and pulling money from his many opponents like they’re giving [...]

The Poker Hall of Fame is a collection of the best poker players in the world. It was founded by Benny Binion in 1979 who also owned the rights to the World Series of Poker. However, when Harrah’s Entertainment acquired the rights to the WSOP in 2004, they also took the reins of the Poker [...]

When you think of online poker, the thing that rouses the most excitement is probably the durrrr challenge. The shear amount of action involved and the quality of the poker being played is enough to get anyone’s heart racing, or it would be if any cards were actually being dealt. As it currently stands things [...]

Tom “durrrr” Dwan is one of poker’s hottest players, most known for his dominance of the online field. The internet poker superstar seems to be successful at every poker game he puts his hand to, and there are many who argue he’s the best currently playing in the world today. This week he played a [...]