Tom Dwan Assumes Some Blame For The Apparent Tanking Epidemic In PokerSome Question If He's Overestimating His Influence |
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On Saturday morning, a Tweet from poker professional Daniel Negreanu rejuvenated the game’s complex and often muddled “shot clock” debate, which has been discussed numerous times over the years. Some live events have experimented with such an instrument, but there has never been any real uniformity in poker on the issue of players taking too long to act — one that can cause problems both in tournaments and in cash games.
Poker needs a shotclock of some kind. It’s become silly at this point how long each hand takes, often in mundane situations. #oi
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) October 6, 2012
That Tweet spawned a series of Tweets from Tom “durrrr” Dwan, who Doyle Brunson once described as “one of the slowest players [he] had ever played with.” In one of his Tweets, Dwan seems to say that he is part of the reason why tanking has become an epidemic in poker.
Dwan was a frequent participant on popular poker TV shows like High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark, which featured some of the largest cash-game pots ever seen by the masses.
O and btw I agree that I sorta caused ppl taking so long (woulda happened anyway but maybe few yrs later). But I think lots now approach it
— Tom Dwan (@TomDwan) October 6, 2012
He finished the thought by saying:
Very wrong. When I was tanking I was legitimately thinking 75% or so of the time n balancing rest. Lots today are 90% hollywood 10% think
— Tom Dwan (@TomDwan) October 6, 2012
Dwan received many Retweets and replies, some in agreement, but at least two from people who didn’t really buy what the high-stakes poker pro was saying publicly.
To put it differently: Has Dwan been this influential to how the game is played?
@tomdwan you’re giving yourself WAY too much credit
— whitespur (@whitespurPstars) October 6, 2012
Another reply was a bit more critical:
@tomdwan So you’re tanking to think and the rest do it to Hollywood?Get over yourself.
— Jeff D (@PokerJeff21) October 6, 2012
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