I've seen quite alot of footage of Dwan. And at first I was very slow to give him props, but after following him for a few years, I think the kid's legit. At first I was skeptical bc til a few years back ALL his success was online. There are alot of online hold em wizards out there, and sometimes the success doesn't carry over to the live arena. His has. From what I hear, he's crushing the cash games in Macau right now. And usually nosebleed stakes live games are mixed games, so to be winning, he must be pretty versatile.
When he started playing live events, there was alot of hype surrounding him. Maybe he was a tad overrated. But I think over time he has come to live up to, and surpass the hype.
And the scary thing is that he's still young and developing his game. I have a feeling he's gonna be a monster. He's sort of one of the first guys to take all that knowledge the young kids get from playing millions of hands online, and making it translate live.
Scarily enough, the one place he hasn't had much success is in live tourneys. Once he figures out how to beat them consistently (and there's little doubt he will) we might be uttering his name in the same breath as Ivey, Brunson, etc...Not saying he's there YET but it isn't that much of a stretch.
