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November Nine preview – John Dolan
Posted by: Jo Martin - Sun, 2010-08-01 12:16
John Dolan is probably one of the least known members of the November Nine, but that doesn’t change the fact that the 45 million chips he managed to accumulate (mostly on the final table bubble) make him one of the favorites for the title. Only one player has more chips than him, and that’s chip leader Jonathan Duhamel, who has 65 million.
Dolan says he’s nothing special and that he did nothing special to set himself apart from scores of other guys who have gone down the path of online poker in college. He started out at the $5/$10 stakes and gradually worked his way up from there, after a few initial setbacks of course.
His parents weren’t exactly happy for his career choice, but after he proved his talent through a couple of large wins, it became obvious to everyone he had made the right choice indeed.
His passion for poker even drove him to work as a dealer for a while. His first
WSOP cash came in 2007, in the Casino Employees event. After a some initial struggles, things started to click for the then 20 year old, who scored a few large wins to get a real bankroll going. From that point on things kind of just fell into place for the Floridian, who had amassed around $1 million in poker tournament wins till 2010. He won
Full Tilt Poker’s $1k Monday once and
PokerStars’ Sunday Warm-up as well.
This year’s WSOP was by far the most successful one for him. He finished 6th in a $1,000 NL Holdem event and then obviously, he made the Big Dance final table.
Most impressive about Dolan’s rise to the Main Event final stretch was the way he played the final table bubble. Over 6-hours long, the bubble saw extremely tight play from everyone except him and Duhamel.
