Tom Dwan Gets Political

On Tuesday, poker players from across the United States headed to the polls for midterm elections. In Nevada, a hotly contested Senate race featured incumbent Harry Reid, a Democrat, facing off against Sharron Angle, a Republican. In a race that was called late Tuesday night, Reid, the reigning Senate Majority Leader, garnered 50% of the vote for the win; Angle could only muster 45%.

What on Earth does this have to do with the Durrrr Challenge, you ask? Why are we talking about politics on a poker site? Tom “durrrr” Dwan, our favorite protagonist, got political on Twitter by weighing in on the two challengers for the open Senate seat in Nevada. In fact, it’s potentially the busiest that the youngster from New Jersey has ever been on the social networking site.

Dwan Tweeted, “Sharron Angle’s against a lot of things, including education and poker players. Either vote against her or stay home.” He added, “@harryreid good for poker players (although tbh I don’t know much of his other policies).” The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the main lobbying voice for poker players in the United States, threw its full weight, as well as considerable resources, behind Reid’s reelection campaign.

Another Twitter user then called Dwan out for his love of Reid. Dwan responded with two Tweets that read, “Don’t know enough about either of their policies tbh to say who I like for sure overall, but I’ve heard a few crazy Sharron Angle stories and no Reid ones. Also Angle is anti-poker, Reid is pro-poker. I’m not registered in Nevada, and not up to speed politically.” We’re assuming that Dwan is registered in New Jersey.

Instead of resuming the second incarnation of the Durrrr Challenge, which has been idle for a month, Dwan and Dan “JungleMan12” Cates were away from the tables. While Dwan was busy stirring up the political pot, Cates made trips to New Orleans and Orlando. On his way to the former, he Tweeted, “About to go on a plane to New Orleans, I’ve heard good things about this place.”

Stay tuned to DurrrrChallenge.com for the latest antics of Dwan and Cates.

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5 Responses to “Tom Dwan Gets Political”

1. GF Says:
   November 4th, 2010 at 2:00 am

   I was scared to read this and find out he’s a republican, ’cause I would have instantly started hating him, luckily he’s not! goooooo Tom!

2. JH Says:
   November 5th, 2010 at 10:51 pm

   Tom, Reid is fucking you and everybody else. If you want higher taxes the Reid is your man….

3. Eggnog Says:
   November 8th, 2010 at 3:45 pm

   GF shows what is wrong with American politics. He/She would have hated Dwan if he was a Republican. Is that really a good reason? Why do you have to pick one party and go with it for life? Why can’t you side with one party on some issues and the other on other issues? If you keep blindly voting for the same party because they are either a Republican/Democrat, then you’ll never receive the change you are looking for, nor will you hold your leaders responsible. To hate someone because they support a certain party is as ridculous as hating them for their skin colour.

4. ball python care Says:
   November 20th, 2010 at 6:55 pm

   ITs good to know that Tom actually cares about something.

5. anon Says:
   November 28th, 2010 at 12:37 am

   so is dwan

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