Part of being a winning poker player is to know how to lose well. You can’t get too put out when you’re down. It’s just not going to change the situation. Tom “durrr” Dwan is one of the best high stakes poker players in the world today. He’s a regular both online and off at some of the biggest games. He’s been up and he’s been down. We’ve seen some of those ups on this very web site.
Recently, he had a really bad day (night, or early morning, depending upon what part of the globe you happen to be on). Dwan went down nearly $1,000,000. That’s a world of money to some of us, but to a high stakes poker player it has to be considered differently.
In this following hand, watch the beating durrr takes…and he keeps on ticking. No matter what, you’ve got to respect that kind of emotional resilience.
Here goes:
8215861728 TABLE : RailHeaven (six-max) $500/$1,000 - No-Limit Hold'em - Thurs. Sept. 25 2008 - 1:15am ET
Table Setup
Seat 2: pr1nnyraid ($47,953.80)
Seat 5: durrrr ($217,807.60)
Seat 6: David Benyamine ($457,281.25)
pr1nnyraid posts the small blind of $500
durrrr posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #6
Pre-Flop
David Benyamine raises to $3,000
pr1nnyraid folds
durrrr raises to $10,800
David Benyamine calls $7,800
Flop: [7
, J
, 4]
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $15,600
David Benyamine has 15 seconds left to act
David Benyamine has requested TIME
David Benyamine raises to $37,000
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr raises to $83,400
David Benyamine has 15 seconds left to act
David Benyamine raises to $272,300
durrrr calls $123,607.60, and is all-in
David Benyamine shows [4
, 4
]
durrrr shows [J, A]
Uncalled bet of $65,292.40 returned to David Benyamine
Turn: [7, J, 4] [A]
River: [7, J, 4, A][3]
David Benyamine shows three of a kind, fours
durrrr shows two pair, aces and jacks
David Benyamine wins the pot ($436,114.20) with three of a kind, fours
durrrr is sitting out
Summary
Total pot $436,115.20 | Rake $1
Board: [7, J, 4, A 3]
Seat 2: pr1nnyraid (small blind) folded before the flop
Seat 5: durrrr (big blind) showed [J, A] and lost with two pair, aces and jacks
Seat 6: David Benyamine (button) showed [4, 4] and won ($436,114.20) with three of a kind, fours
Watch this clip from Poker After Dark: The Cash Game which feature Tom Dwan, Phil Hellmuth and Cirque du Soleil’s Guy Laliberte: