Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

Tom Dwan spotted playing with Dan Bilzerian

Two enigmas of the high stakes private games were spotted together at the Aria this week.





When you hear rumours of private high stakes games being played for unimaginable amounts of money, the names Dan Bilzerian and Tom Dwan often get thrown around. 

Dwan was still in Las Vegas following his comeback appearance on Poker After Dark and it seems he found the time to play alongside a fellow poker enigma (captured by much less of an enigma in the form of Jean-Robert Bellande):

Also in the game at the Aria was high stakes veteran Bobby Baldwin.

The rumours are that we will see much more of Dwan, or at least Vegas will see more of him. There have also been rumours of a $10,000/$20,000 Mixed Game at the Bellagio this week, which no doubt Dwan will have at least had an invite to. 

Whether we will see him back at the virtual felt is entirely a different matter. Earlier this month Daniel Cates revealed Dwan had amassed over $800,000 in fines for not resuming the durrrr Challenge with him. Cates also said he believes the two will resume their challenge and conclude it in 2018. 

Will we see more of Tom Dwan in public poker games, online and TV? Share your views in the comments:


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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.