Tom "durrrr" Dwan Becomes 14th Member Of "Team Full Tilt"
November 9, 2009 12:01 pmHigh stakes online poker player Tom Dwan (23) has become the latest prized addition to “Team Full Tilt” and was described by the site as “one of the most influential and successful players in online poker history.”
The signing ends a year of speculation as to when Dwan would be made an offer and considering Dwan has played a big part of his poker career at the Full Tilt tables and has been inadvertently promoting the site with his $1.5 million durrrr Challenge, he is a natural choice for the team.
Perhaps the biggest surprise was that Tom joined the site as a Team Full Tilt member which boasts 14 top professionals rather than as a Red Pro team with 126 players.Commenting on the latest signing, Team Full Tilt member, Howard Lederer said:
“Team Full Tilt doesn’t take adding a team member lightly but Tom Dwan has proven, through skill and dynamic play, that he will be a force to be reckoned with for many years to come. We are proud to count Tom as one of our own.”
Full Tilt Poker’s reputation for extremely high standard when it comes to signing pros is borne out by the fact that since 2006 only Gus Hansen and Patrik Antonius have joined the elite poker team which consists of Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow and Allen Cunningham.
These are by no means the only pros on the site and in addition to “Team Full Tilt” there are the Red Pros members who are sponsored by the site but are not full-fledged members. The difference being that a Red Pro are paid $35 an hour and receive 100% rakeback while a Team Full Tilt member receive shares in Full Tilt worth millions.
You can follow Tom Dwan at Full Tilt Poker and new players joining are eligible for a new player bonus of 100% and up to $600 dollars on their first deposit using the Full Tilt Bonus Code.