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The Million Dollar Challenge between Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Dan “JungleMan12” Cates resumed on Monday, with a midday session that saw Cates widen his lead to $692,000 after 6,820 hands. With the challenge about 13% of the way home, let’s check out some of the highlights from Monday’s play. In one hand, Cates collected a [...]
Read More Aug 30
After a fast and furious first session of the second installment of the Durrrr Challenge, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Dan “JungleMan12” Cates took the weekend off to soak in other activities. Let’s just hope that the lull in play quickly ends, otherwise as they say, the natives are going to get restless. On Friday night, [...]
Read More Aug 29
If you’ve been living under a rock lately, then it might be news to you that the second installment of the Tom Dwan Million Dollar Challenge kicked off on Thursday night on Full Tilt Poker. At the end of the first “session” of play, Dan “JungleMan12” Cates was up a staggering $518,000 over Dwan. A [...]
Read More Aug 28
Like Samuel L. Jackson famously said in the movie “Jurassic Park,” “Hold onto your butts.” The second installment of the Tom Dwan Million Dollar Challenge kicked off on Thursday night featuring the New Jersey youngster battling CardRunners instructor Dan “JungleMan12” Cates. Dwan ended the first 1,651-hand session up about $130,000, but has seemingly taken a [...]
Read More Aug 27
The rumors are officially now fact as Daniel “Jungleman12″ Cates has begun the Durrrr Challenge against Tom Dwan. We reported earlier in the week that Jungleman12 escrowed a half-million dollars to Phil Ivey which was necessary to begin the challenge. Play began around 1:30 a.m. EST with players sitting at four tables simultaneously of $200/$400 [...]
Read More - 3 Comments Aug 27
In breaking news from the virtual felts of Full Tilt, it appears that the next installment of the Durrrr Challenge, which is purportedly set to feature Tom “durrrr” Dwan against Daniel “JungleMan12” Cates, may begin as early as this week. However, Full Tilt Poker, which hosts the Durrrr Challenge tables, has remained completely mum about [...]
Read More - 1 Comment Aug 17
Tom “durrrr” Dwan was asked during the WSOP events if the durrrr challenge was going to end in the near future, and his answer was that his challenge with Patrik Antonius was going to end soon and that he wanted to start one or two more challenges at the same time. Let’s see if things [...]
Read More Aug 4
On Wednesday, June 30th, the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max event fired up from the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Tournament reporters followed Tom “durrrr” Dwan quite closely throughout his abbreviated stay in the Rio Pavilion. In fact, Dwan lasted just two hours, meaning that the experience cost him a solid $12,500 per hour, [...]
Read More Jun 30
The eyes – and wallets – of many players at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) are focused squarely on Tom “durrrr” Dwan. The youngster from New Jersey was the runner-up in the 11th event of the 2010 WSOP schedule, a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament. According to Tao of Poker, Dwan’s side action [...]
Read More - 1 Comment Jun 23
The 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is almost upon is. We don’t know how the world’s most prestigious poker series will affect the ongoing Durrrr Challenge between Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius. What we do know, however, is that both players will be headed to Las Vegas to compete. Let’s take a look back [...]
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Thank the poker Gods that the second leg of the Durrrr Challenge is underway because, let’s face it, the first one was a major disappointment. Junglean12 has a legit shot to take Tom Dwan down, evidenced by his career $661,000 earnings off Dwan at the tables before the challenge began. JungleMamn12, known in the real [...]
Read More Aug 30
The Durrrr Challenge returned to the felts of Full Tilt Poker in recent days, with Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius battling for nearly 500 hands and a bevy of six-figure pots. DurrrrChallenge.com sat down with PokerXFactor instructor Chris “Fox” Wallace to analyze two of the hands during the sudden burst of activity. In our first [...]
Read More Aug 5
After what feels like an eternity, we saw action at the Durrrr Challenge tables after the longest layoff yet. The good news is that this might spark a raging fire of action between Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius now that the WSOP is completed. Let’s take a look at two of the critical hands from [...]
Read More Aug 4
Welcome to coverage of the Tom "durrrr" Dwan Million Dollar Challenge. We'll have all of the latest news, expert analysis of key hands, and in-depth interviews from those involved in this monumental challenge.
At just 22 years of age, Dwan has become one of the most respected poker pros in the history of the game. From nosebleed cash games to some of the world's largest live and online poker tournaments, the man they call "durrrr" can be found everywhere. Recently, Dwan issued the Million Dollar Challenge: open to any member of the poker community except Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond, the challenge requires opponents to play Dwan in 50,000 hands of $200/$400 or higher on four tables at a time. If either player drops below 75 big blinds in their stack at any point, they must reload.
At the conclusion of the Pot Limit Omaha or No Limit Hold'em hands, a winner will be crowned. If Dwan is ahead by $1 or more, his opponent must fork over $500,000. If Dwan's opponent is ahead by $1 or more, the youngster has offered to pay $1.5 million. In each case, the victor will also keep the spoils of the 50,000 hands of play. In addition to the money, the Million Dollar Challenge is about bragging rights.
The Challenge, as you'd expect, generated a considerable amount of buzz even before any poker pros raised their hands to play. However, three of the game's best will face Dwan and receive 3:1 odds on their money: Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, and David Benyamine. The latter two are World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holders; in fact, Ivey owns five of them. In 2005, Antonius won the prestigious European Poker Tour (EPT) Baden event. He also finished third in the 2007 WSOP World Championship of Pot Limit Omaha for $311,000. The trio combines for $5.25 million in career WSOP cashes. Ivey and Antonius are both members of Team Full Tilt.
Dwan also has plenty of live tournament experience. He made the televised final table and finished fourth in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Foxwoods Poker Finals during Season VI for $324,000. He's appeared on NBC's "National Heads-Up Poker Championship" and "Poker After Dark."
First up for Dwan is Antonius. Designated Pot Limit Omaha tables have already been set up on Full Tilt Poker to host the spectacle. Keep checking back for up to the minute details on one of the world's most unique poker challenges.
| Leader: | jungleman12 |
| Amount: | $692,400.50 |
| Hands: | 6,820 of 50,000 |
| Sessions: | 2 |
Last update: August 30, 2010
| Leader: | durrrr |
| Amount: | $2,059,719.5 |
| Hands: | 39,436 of 50,000 |
| Sessions: | 64 |
Last update: August 3, 2010
