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Tom Dwan Joins FullTilt Poker Team as Youngest Pro
Online PokerNovember 9, 2009·1 min read

Tom Dwan Joins FullTilt Poker Team as Youngest Pro


Tom Dwan, a popular high-stakes poker player, has joined the FullTilt Poker professional team. Dwan is a 23-year-old poker player from New Jersey. He learned about online poker while studying English at Boston University. Dwan started with low-cost single-table tournaments and quickly achieved success, moving on to cash games.

According to PokerTableRatings, Dwan has won $7,949,365 online with a win rate of about 5 BB/100. His best tournament result is 4th place at the WPT tournament in Foxwoods Casino in 2007. Dwan's win rate at the $500-$1000 limit approaches an incredible 10 BB/100. Dwan won a record $1,100,000 bank against Phil Ivey on the Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game show.

Howard Lederer, one of the co-owners of FullTilt, expressed pride in Dwan joining the team, stating, “We are proud that Tom has become one of us.”

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