High-stakes poker player Tom "Durrrr" Dwan tweeted on Sunday that he lost a total of a million bucks on a bet he made on the recent UFC 250 bout. The bout involved Cody Garbrandt vs Raphael Assuncao, in which Tom apparently placed a massive bet on the latter who was deemed the underdog on this fight.
Hey @dc_mma @joerogan it doesn’t really count unless you bet a mil on the dog 🤑
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I would like to win a $ 100k prize in sports betting, but for that i will have to put many matches and predict correctly. A single match takes you out of the calculations (as is the case with Tom Dwan) and for this reason it is very difficult to win.
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Yes , for sure , I envy some sportsbetting players , who bet $100K or a million of $$$ on one betting choice , on sites that allow these amounts of money to be bet on sports , for all players or after a request to their support team , then win a ton of money , only form one game/event , only because they had very good info , maybe inside info , on this game and the most probable result for it . I believe , these are the players who win a lot on the long run ,with inside info , or even worse , prefixed results , like in Greece . All small fish players on the sportsbetting shops are the suckers , and these presidents or men close to them , of these footbsll clubs , win a tone of money , lol
Anyway , to win a lot of money I have to bet on many choices , which makes it harder to hit the win , also rarely I make good reading and study of the statistics , the recent game results , the player's condition , etc , that's not good . Sometimes the result stinks , like some years ago on the Premier league , season last weekend games fight for the top , fight for the bottom , 3-2 results were to happen one way or another , 3 or 4 results could be predicted , I wish I had bet with accumulators and 3-4 system , lol . Also this I haveseen in some cupgames , in the first match when the visitor team tries for the best result very aggressively , or in the second match , depending on the first resultand the teams' style of game .
Dwan played on this option on the underdog , I believe based on a feeling he had , or old prehistory , more are needed if you want to bet and win , especially $100K or $1M , even if you are a degenerate gambler , LOL
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We don't know how rich Tom Dwan is, because in Macau he didn't say exactly how much money earned. That huge pot meant an interesting thing. He risked too much and that means he could easily bear to lose large sums. We will see in future about that.
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this kind of people dont care much for this kind of amounts,its nothing to them!its same like ronaldo come to london and spend on one bottle of wine 18000 pounds,which we ofcourse cant spend if we collect money whole life!same with this bets,if he would care about this 129 K of dollars,he wouldnt even bet this amount!
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I would like to see Tom Dwan play poker again like in the old days. Poker is now advanced and many players have broken down many barriers. It is no longer easy to do this but it can try for everyone's joy. Good players need to work very often...
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Poker players advance and evolve , adapting their gamestyle to the way others play nowadays , or starting using more advanced strategies . Either they adapt , ot they fail and vanish from the elite top poker club worlwide , vanish from big live or online events , winning only from whales in big live casinos , with some friends of them . Everyone has to earn his living and hid payday/bread somehow , lol
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betting in asia and in las vega isnt same as in europe or online,you can make very big bets on only one game and thats normal there!in our countries when you want to make bet of maybe 5000 or 10000 e in local betting shop,they would need to call somebody above and to see can she take this or computer just wouldnt give that!
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It is easy for them to risk large sums because their level is huge compared to the place where we position ourselves. We can't be equal to Tom Dwan even if you or me are millionaires. First thing would be to have qualities of a true gambler.
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Well this loss is good if he wants tohave an image of a degenarate risky gamler , who likes big bets and loose game , that will be appreciated a lot from the Macao or other Asian businessmen , lovers of the poker game , especially the whales who aren't good so much at the game , mostly going to have fun , with poker , ladies , night entertaiment , that's life Nobody wants to play against sb who doesn't like losing , betting sometimes recklessly , making mistakes , if he is tight , carefull and not liking losing anything , not even a cent He shows he has no problem betting on underdogs , taking risks , losing money Even when he owns other people money , lol
, on this game and the most probable result for it . I believe , these are the players who win a lot on the long run ,with inside info , or even worse , prefixed results , like in Greece . All small fish players on the sportsbetting shops are the suckers , and these presidents or men close to them , of these footbsll clubs , win a tone of money , lol 
