Tom Dwan Bio: Real Name and Hustler Casino Live He/Him

Tom Dwan's real name is Thomas Dwan Jr. Known online as "durrrr," he won a $3.1 million pot in Hustler Casino Live's Million Dollar Game in May 2023, a record at the time.

Facts checked Oct 24, 2026.

Who Tom Dwan Is

Thomas Dwan Jr. was born on July 30, 1986, in Edison, New Jersey. He became famous playing the highest-stakes online games on Full Tilt Poker as "durrrr." He dropped out of Boston University after a year to play full-time. On TV he played Poker After Dark, Full Tilt's Million Dollar Cash Game and several seasons of High Stakes Poker. At the end of May 2023, in HCL's Million Dollar Game, he won a $3.1 million pot when his queens beat Wesley Fei's ace-high.

Things You Might Not Know

• He has said he worked at McDonald's before playing poker full-time. (Wikipedia)
• Phil Galfond has said Dwan has the most "thoughts per minute" of any player he knows. (Wikipedia)

About Hustler Casino Live

Hustler Casino Live is a livestreamed cash-game poker show filmed at Hustler Casino in Gardena, California, about 15 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. Its first episode aired on Aug. 3, 2021, and it was launched by Ryan Feldman and Nick Vertucci (Los Angeles Times; Wikipedia: Hustler Casino).