Remember how Tom Dwan used to terrorize his opponents on High Stakes Poker? We've put together a compilation of all his bluffs for you right here as he tries to beat the likes of Phil Ivey, Eli Elezra, Barry Greenstein, and Daniel Negreanu.
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Dwan bluffing Ivey is the most legendary hand in the history of high stakes poker.
Sam farha vs Patrick Anthony's k6 vs 79 more interesting
Sammy vs Barry
Can’t call 268000 with just a pair of 6’s
@@pop3754 you could, very difficult. It is the bottom of his calling range against a bluff. Dwan is a beast for the 3 barrel and Ivey is a beast for nearly calling
Can you even imagine the table's reaction if Ivey would have call that bluff?! Super sick
"Peter had the best hand" - way to absolutely crush someone's soul.
i dont think he put barry on AA and eastgate on three duces
Yea especially after he folded to a 100k bet
Hellcat I think he knew that Eastgate had his whole roll on the table
East Gate was thinking about the money I think. Hitting trips on the flop against dwan is a dream hand.
He explains what he thought everyone had in another video
dwan inspired a whole generation of donks. i lit so much money on fire trying to pull these kinds of bluffs off at low stakes
For real lmao
Bro same at 1-3 NL I even copied his mannerisms at the table like his open mouth and staring now I feel stupid😭
you cant bluff at low stakes. nobody is thinking about what you may have lol they only see their top pair low kicker and will call that to the end.
@@pvangstaI know I used to be a huge fish, lost over $100k and I’m only 21 lol.
@@societalmenace7646 looking like you still bluffing
"Durrr, you're a very interesting human... I'm glad to be in your orbit." A perfect closing line by, Laak 👏
“peter had the best hand” - the goat
He knew greenstein had an overpair and Eastgate had a weak duce, he knew exactly where he was at from getgo. What a legend
Good to see the guitar playing kid from Deliverance having a life after acting.
guy looked so uncomfortable when dwan said that lol
Tom is great!
He got the weakest hand, but the biggest heart,what the legend.
welcome back
He meant balls not heart. After all it's about $
Gabe Kaplan is by far the best poker commentator out there!
He was back at the time... poker was way different in the 00s though! Ranges were not really a thing, nor was equity, implied odds(even though Gabe indicates it in the last hand of this vid, but wasn't a term) or the sizing. I don't think Gabe has kept up with the changes now. Remains funny at least, but not as much as then!
I think Gabe is still the best... he has that magic insight to poker and people... and really gets the feelings the players are going through. No math can top that.
@@jay_kulina Have the rules of the game changed?
@@EssentialTruth And hes funny as well as insightful. I love Norm MacDonald, but when he was the commentator for HSP, the funny suddenly disappeared from him. Kaplan is by far the best IMO.
@@wesleyt4109 the rules haven't changed but the way the average person or even professional thinks about the game has progressed a lot.
The fact that Ivy almost called with a pair of 6s is almost as amazing as Dwan's massive bluff. This is like Godzilla versus Kong, and I'm pretty sure I would evaporate under the kind of pressure these guys put themselves through.
@K. G. R. played the hand HORRIBLY if he could think a pr of sixes was good on the river. If he thought durr could be weak, he should've raised flop or turn. Only reason to flat is if he thinks durr is strong and wants to try to draw out and get paid on river. Big mistake by Ivey!
@@jonnyblaze9293 he wanted to hit his flush or straight mate it wasnt a mistake
@@MyAbdul111 reread my comment brother
@@jonnyblaze9293 lol so easy for you to say when it’s all said and done kiddo
@@jonnyblaze9293 had a flush draw and a gut shot straight draw he was going to call until the river. And by this time Dwan wasn't new, he knew he was capable of shooting four barrles with nothing. and Dwan got really lucky that he hit the 6 and not the ace if Ivey had had a pair of Js, Qs, Ks I think he'd likely feel compelled to call. But calling 260K actual real money with just a pair of 6s is hard even for these guys who play for this kinda money all the time. If this had been a tournament and not a cash game and lets say that it was a similar situation of what would have been on the line in terms what he'd had left in the stack. He'd most likely have called cause if his read was wrong then hey, yeah it's gonna suck but it wouldn't have hurt like losing the same amount as what a very nice home costs. Dwan almost literally cried, so Ivey could tell he wasn't strong, the problem was he could be bluffing with something like 77 and then he'd be screwed. Also when I say that Dwan almost cried, I'm not suggesting I would have done better, and I'm not trying to backseat play the hand in a way that is meant to suggest that I myself would have done better. Are you kidding me? If I had been in that pot with Dwan's hand liquids would have come out of every place in my body. Probably even had some classic cartoon holes in me that would burst out like a fountain if I started to drink water.
It wasn't the lights it was the weight of carrying those heavy balls that watered Dwan's eyes.
4:27 Durr saying Peter had the best hand. Unreal
Barry didn't raise preflop in early position with a 2 in his hand. Most likely 10's or better or AK, AQ, AJ. He would fold overcards and just call flop with the overpair like he did. Eastgate calls last position pre in family pot with a why not smile, hesitantly calls flop. None of them would fold A2 there, but they did fold so was not hard to figure out for Dwan that Eastgate had weak 2 and Barry the overpair.
@@andyt9181 Excelente amigo 👍🇪🇨
@@andyt9181 Eastgate raising the flop would be a disaster...if you want to get the money in you have to call down and keep dwans bluffs in. You'll lose money vs a better 2 either way
@@andyt9181 eastgate played terrible. Specially knowing that Dwan is very capable of bluffing. Dwan could have bluffs, overpairs, top pair top kicker. Its a terrible fold.
More obvious when you look at it again that Eastgate had it the way he disgustingly mucked his hand. I think that’s what Dwan was referring to
Man, Ivey took a lot of thinking facing a huge bet with only a pair of sixes like he knew something ain't right is really amazing. Most other players would snap fold it, but not for Ivey. Respect.
@S Tra you should go outside and be a man because you clearly are a snowflake 😂😂😂
What does Dwan say to Phil at 21:23? I didn't catch it
@@evyuser "I have about 280 ($280,000) left"
He wanted to see if Dwan would give any reaction info
Durrrr popularized poker in this era. I remember i was in college and watching this young kid bulldoze his way into these top players. Just unbelievable. I started playing poker this era because of Dwan.
same
Same
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Yep
Same
That was almost the best call of the history from Ivey
To this day I wish he called lol
Respectfully disagree
@@louiswalsh70 Care to elaborate?
I think that would not have been the best because Ivey was contemplating Dwan had a gutshot diamond flush and missed it it on the river.
@@namanrathee8482 true although he might've had also a pair with the other cards on the table, which, apart from the 3, were all higher than the pair of 6 Ivey had
That hand with Ivey is one of the greatest moments in tv poker ever
The best ever
Cause Ely fell asleep? 😂
Dont try any of these bluffs at a 1-2 table.
The smaller the stakes, the less likely bluffs go through.
Where everyone is all in every hand and no over bet can make someone fold?.. Lol
You can say that again
i would
Pretty much all of the plays except the last one are horrible donkey plays. The last play is one you can make in any game and it’s probably good.
Dwan vs. Ivey would have been one of the greatest if not THE greatest NLH call of all times. And a perfect display of "Play the player, not the game".
The greatest play of all time was Stu Ungar calling with TEN HIGH when his opponent went all-in.
The golden age of poker and its full of great characters like Tom Dwan. Its amazing how well he played against these guys being the youngest one. He was well ahead of his years as a pro player.
Phil galfond talked about how him and Tom would discuss how to take advantage of these mostly weak players at this time. They also felt slighted because they considered there online games way tougher than this lineup, yet everyone considered these guys the best. So Tom went in and cashed out big
Phil Galfond couldnt do it live at the highest starkes tough. Yeah variance plays a very big part. But dwan crushed it
The Ivey bluff was insane but knowing Peter had a set and Barry had KK or AA range and getting them both to fold imo was the best play of the video.
Peter had trips. Sets are only when you have a pocket pair. Just some specific terminology I didn't learn until a few weeks ago
Not only does Dwan make him lay down his hand, but at the end he tells the table with absolute certainty that Eastgate laid down the best hand without it ever being shown. It's at this point Eastgate should realise that he sat down at the wrong table.
@@mattc3581 Lol yeah, insane high-level play man
@@afrochickenboy really? I did not know that thanks for correcting him haha idk how many times I’ve called that a set
@@velcrotastesgood yeah, there actually is a difference between a set and trips. A set is a pocket pair that hits the card to make it harder to put someone on 3 of a kind vs trips were there is pair on board like 7 3 3 and holds 4-3 or something
Durr when he says Peter had the best hand, shows that his understanding of the game is on another level , to the rest of the table. Brilliant
He did look timid thoughout the whole time.
He looks like a virgin vampire
The most entertaining and probably the best live poker player ever
Definitely most entertaining and my personal favorite. But nah he ain't the best, not by a long shot.
@@edwardmauer7442 who is better at live cash?
@@edwardmauer7442 At this point in time of the video he was easily the best cash player, either him or Ivey. At this point in time, I'd say maybe Garrett Adelstein
Lol a little skewed in your perspective there
4:28 It's amazing how he says Peter had the best hand!!
And corrects elezra with 100% certainty
the most impressive thing about this video? dwan correcting the table after the first hand that Peter Eastgate had the best hand with trips. as gabe said: "he knew exactly where he was at"
Yea pretty impressive.
It’s because his range is stronger. Eastgate is calling dwans reraise with Barry behind who just opened up the action with many ppl multi-way. Barry gets great odds to call on the flop and if he sort of caps his range with the call and not another reraise
Even sicker is knowing how strong your opponents are and still having the balls to bluff them off it
What makes it even more fun is that he started betting Brunson about it. They actually raised the stakes on it a couple of times before Eastgate confirmed he had a 2.
Eastgate was out of position with greenstien behind him. Greenstien under bet his hand before the flop allowing a family pot so anyone could hit trips, full house flush draw. Since dawn bet so far out of position into so many players he is representing a monster like pocket 10’s. Greenstien just misplayed his bullets so badly he probably just decided to get out before he gets stacked.
I love listening to Gabe Kaplan narrate with his dry sense of humor and his vast knowledge of the game . As for Dwan this is exactly why he’s in the top five best players in the world .
Hey guys, I've been watching Tom Dwan for years and finally decided to step up to a high stakes game of poker. I waited until the perfect moment where I'll bluff with 7 high all-in on the river! What an amazing rush it was! . . Then I ran into a A high full house. And left home broke
Get more money and try again!
HAHAHAHAHAHA 🤣
Well the fact you call it an "A high full house" shows the level of your play....Ace high and full house are two different hands.
You may be broke but you have my respect
@@JuxJacy People like you who write educated comments by using logic and facts, shouldn't be allowed on KZhead...
"Tom Dwan is starting to gulp now" had me dying
Used to stay up till 2am to watch Poker After Dark on TV. I always saw Dwan as being the best. Nobody bluffed or called bluffs like him.
True
Not true. Negreanu easily beats everyone in history at calling bluffs. He's even read people's exact hands multiple times.
And now you can watch him on HCL live streams every now and then..... HE'S STILL THE BEST!!!
If you notice back in this era that Tom's bet sizing ensured that if he ever got raised he could release, but since the bets were so big and no one did raise him, he knew they werent that strong. Im sure they have all adjusted since then to this, but you can see how it works in every hand, no re-raise from others due to his bet sizing.
When Dwan plays against Patrick Antonius, Patrick will reraise him and then Dwan knows (usually) to fold.
They had a bot that beat all the humans and it played mainly straight forward GTO with overbets spreadiled throughout
I mean props to Elezra for calling with the ace, durr could have easily been trapping with a set.
The way he bluffs and freezes staring into your soul
It's stoic isn't it. It's a slowing acting meditation. Like zen but he was breaking on that last one. I try o do this to. I shut up if I'm lying so shuting up when you tell the truth is smart. Dwan is my favorite cash game player.
Ivey must have watched this later and felt ill that he didn't call. He even knew he had the best hand once he folded, the confirmation must have been heart breaking
To his credit, that is one of the toughest, if not the toughest, to bluff catch. It was def top 5 bluffs i have ever seen
@@BlanBlan19901990 for sure, and let's be honest on here, only a world class pro could even make that decision to even consider making that call. At them stakes anyway, like if it's a micro stakes it's not hard, but when you facing a 268k bet to call with just one pair and bottom at that... the call would have been legendary, but the bluff itself was legendary.
like he said he can't beat anything, so hard to have absolutely nothing in a 3-bet pot on that board, dwan could be bluffing with better like JTs even, he had to have exactly the hand he had two low cards going crazy
@@legendaryanime9947 Stakes are all relative to what you are worth,if you have $10 to your name then a $1 buy in game is high stakes,for Ivey it was about making the correct decision and obviously winning a lot of money,he gambles millions in the casino this is low-mid stakes for him.
DURRRRRRRRR is an absolute legend! So talented and creative. Absolutely captivating to watch!
What a great game I have seen it live on TV. Thanks Poker Go
“I had it”
Can't believe it's only 25 minutes and not two hours
Dwan could go on bluffing Eastgate all night if he wanted lol
If im not wrong, at some point Dwan literally say "Peter has the best hand" but im not sure if Eastgate sayed it before
Eastgate is such a fish.
@@oidocrop9581 Dwan knew exactly where he was at, and the strength of his opponents.
@@oidocrop9581 Daniel kinda figured it out, saying Dwan might do this with a ten.
@@moneyindabank Eastgate has a bracelet. Howbout you chump? Yea you're the fish.
GOAT poker play from Dwan and GOAT poker commentary from Mr. Gabe Kaplan
I love the way he plays because it's the antithesis to what I do. I lean a little nitty at times, but seeing Dwan run bluff after bluff with no fear is just pure poker. Playing against him would he my worst nightmare, and I've got a lot to learn from his style
These self induced blender situations are why Durr eventually broke the $3M live record. One of the absolute legends at that table ❤💪
I learned one thing from this video. People will always call a small bet with an ace, even if it looks like a value bet.
if Ivey made that call after making a pair of 6s on the river... lol..... i feel like that would have changed the trajectory of dwans career!
Would love to see Phil Ivey's reaction the first time he saw that hand on the show.
😩
He knew it too, the legend.
The way Dwan played poker at that time was unsurpassed since in my opinion.
@@gutzzgutzz6795 what happened?
@@gutzzgutzz6795 Last I heard he was crushing in Macao playing ridiculous nosebleed stakes with Chinese billionaires. Where did you hear he went broke?
Agreed. He won hands he had absolutely no right to win.
@@chucknorris7480he was lucky. Even he admitted he ran very hot for a while.
I've watched the dwan Ivey hand like 100 times and I still think Ivey is gonna call lol
i still think ivey would have called if the table didnt start talking to him and laughing at eli ...they broke him out the zone
That's what I was thinking. That was the moment he lost focus.
@@justwowmanplays2941 100%
Last hand, Dwan was literally starting to cry just thinking, "If Ivey calls... Oh my God!"
lol fax
Always nice to see Lederer at these tables. brings so much interesting poker to the game.
Folderer
Robberer
Always nice seeing him fold and his card hits next. F Howard Lederer. He was known as a huge deek way before Black Friday.
That one hand where he got Durrrr'd lol
last hand was crazy from both durrr and ivey holy shit tom triple barreled with nothing like a mad man, and phil almost called and won with pretty much nothing as well fucking next level poker right there
23:29 The face of complete terror and devastation. Is like his soul was having a fight inside of him.
😄
Ive never seen a human being look more like a mushroom than Meltzer here. What a cool dude though. When he passed, he left 1.5 million to his doorman and driver. RIP Mr. Meltzer.
As soon as Dwan played the "it was the lighting card" you can see Ivey shake his head and know it was another Durr bluff.
Hey my man are you a mallu bro
His biggest bluff was saying he'd play any one heads up for a million and then stopped playing when Jungleman was crushing him
That Swedish destroyed him for 6 million then he had the bright idea giving 3:1 to Daniel Cates (a heads up NL holdem monster even Phil Ivey avoided) to 200/400 and ended up getting clobbered.
@@lukamilas8648 yeah jungleman is pretty good
@@lukamilas8648 you talking about isildur1? I'm kinda sad that nothing came out of Isildur. I mean, ya talented player and all, but at the height of his HU play with dwan, i totally thought this guy would take over
That first hand, my aces are in the muck immediately when its a family pot 😂😂
Durr should easily be one of the top 20 best poker players of all time, objectively. He doesn't have all the accolades and all that but he has GAME,he can not only hang but dismantle even the greatest players of all time. He can't be shook.
That last hand had ME sweating bullets!
God I could watch this hand 1000 times
Tom Dwan is a master of reading people. Such a true statement
24:57 Ivey going "no" realizing it was another bluff LOL
The eastgate bluff knowing he would lay down trips was next level
No Eastgate just sussed out
I love that first hand! The flop bet was perfect by Dwan. He immediately was able to decipher Eastgate had the weak deuce by calling the bet and that Greenstein probably had A’s or K’s. That turn bet wasn’t as crazy once he knew what the others had.
A very nice reminder of the good old poker times
He almost passed out bluffing lmfao 🤣
phil almost had one of the best calls of all time but instead tom got one of the best bluffs of all time both of them are next level man its crazy
I can't belive someone bluffed Ivey, Tom Dwan is a vampire
The last hand is with Ivey's 6s is still the greatest hand in poker history, it's like a tense Oscar-winning drama
Tom's banter regarding "the lights" is sososo gutless lol
That's when the table knew he was bluffing lol.
Those look like some real drugsy eyes tbh
I love how dwan has suited cards , and the commentators announce a flush draw like it's quads and he bets like they are quads.
Dwan is GOATed for that Ivey bluff
I love Tom Dwan sooo much, Durrrr is amazing
The Eastgate Greenstein hand is pure genius
Un régal pour les yeux sont fameux jeux Tom durrr
This compilation is.... sick
6.12 Eastgates check was that weak that I thought his hand was the flop . Note to self remember to strength check!
I really fell that if Elezra doesn't spoil the intensity and focus by making a clown of himself, Ivey makes that call. Maybe I'm wrong but just a suspicion. He's leveling himself into it (and I see why) before he feels under pressure and the situation gets deflated by that nonsense
I think it may have also affected the hand. Would have been the best call in history behind the legendary Unger call.
You may be right
You really think a player of Phil iveys calibre is gonna let something like that affect his decision 🤣
@@BigWes95 yeah, that's what I just said. He is in a very intense place and then all of that happens and he begins to resume the intensity and starts laughing. When it comes to something marginal and intuitive, of course everything affects the decision.
@@seanupton709 Phil ivey is one of the greatest poker players of all time. Someone falling asleep next to him is not going to make him fold instead of calling
please upload complete episodes of High stakes poker. all seasons
Dwan is a dope poker player, one of my favorites as well as Ivey
This Eastgate dude is Dwan's favorite fish. With the jj against Dwan, all in cmon.
“Petter has the best hand” Holy shit. God level
It’s not that tough to come to that conclusion. Based on the positions it didn’t make sense for Barry to have a 2, but it wasn’t unreasonable for Peter to have one in that spot.
Peter had the best hand wow. Had to go back and watch. He just called on the flip. Tom knowing his range. And know green stein was at the top of his range. Very crafty.
one of the best in the business for sure..
"I have 7 high" hahaha
I remember seeing this hand 10 years ago, still not sure Dwan realized Eastgate had a duece and he could get him to fold it.
Best poker I have ever watched.
Loved these days.
22:37 Hearing Ivey say that would make any bluffers eyes almost explode!
the moment when you get bluffed by Dwan and the next time he hits the high straight when you have the low straight......VOMIT!
19:39 The man with 9 high bets 123200. The commentary always makes me laugh.
I just love Gabe Kaplan commentary
That Eastgate fold makes zero sense. What are you playing 42 for if when you flop trips you're folding? If he has a boat you're broke. If not he's Tom Dwan and bluffing. Crazy fold
I think I’m going to stop correcting people. You’re right. You should continue to the River 100% of the time.
2500$ with 8 players in the Pot... Peter only had 4 2 off , Dwan evaluated the Hand Perfectly and had the Balls to make the Play. Was not a Bad Fold by Eastgate.
“Oh that one hurt.” Daniel knew Ivey had him beat.
The very last shot of Ivey... he knows he's been had right at that moment and curses himself. Shoulda trusted his instincts!
in my opinion the best poker player of all times
He is up there! Thats for sure!
Best?!?!?!?! Durr doesn't even crack the top 20. Come on.
@@scottmc1855 how does he not crack Top 20? What 19 do you have over him all time? What criteria have you used to determine thisv
@@AT-qm8gv - How does he? Is it all his tournament wins? I don't think he's ever won a single one. He's a well known cash player who has some huge wins.... and some huge losses. Outside of some crazy bluffs on KZhead.... can you tell me what makes him so great? He's like Viktor Blom. Big wins/losses don't make you a great poker player. I'm not saying he's a bad poker player but I think suggesting he is top 20 all time is rather insulting to poker.
@@scottmc1855 Tournament wins mean very little and tournament players are a dime a dozen. There is very little longevity and good cash players are far superior than good tournament players. Don’t really see how naming him top 20 all time is “insulting to poker”. If you are basing this merely on tournament success then I have no argument and we will never be able to agree as tournaments field some of the worst players in the world and constantly rewards bad play.
Eastgate must have needed therapy after going up against Durrrr
I really wanted to hear Daniels guess on what ivey was holding
At 21:49 ivey is asking what the chips in the middle are and after she answers, it seems like the 10k difference meant something to him. In relative terms 10k means nothing to the pot odds/size. So I wonder what his gesture during that exchange meant
she was saying the bet, the tv effect said 10k more than it actually was
duur from this period... probably best of all times .. just see w which players his playin ..he dominated the best fields - players in the world
I've just started getting into poker playing online exclusively till only recently... The stones on this guy to bluff Phil with nothing takes series bottle. To be fair would of been unreal if he called it.
Gabe is a good play announcer. One of the goat
that trips got bluffed out was sick
I genuinely believe Ivey would’ve called had that Elezra stuff not happened.