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Feel the rush, only at Full Tilt Poker. If you thought that watching Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius square off with millions of dollars on the line in the Durrrr Challenge was invigorating, then check out Rush Poker, the latest concoction from Full Tilt Poker. Rush what, you ask? Rush Poker allows players seated [...]
Read More Jan 31
The Durrrr Challenge appears to be picking up the pace – certainly a welcome change – as Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius took to the felt for the second time in as many days. In case you missed it, Antonius cut into durrrr’s lead by 58K when the two world class players logged 1200 hands [...]
Read More Jan 29
For the first time in 2010, Patrick Antonius and Tom Dwan sat down for a session in the seemingly never-ending Durrrr Challenge. Heading into play, durrrr held a $935K advantage over Antonius after nearly 30K hands. Prior to the session, Patrick Antonius dropped upwards of $800K to Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and Cole South, which perhaps [...]
Read More - 1 Comment Jan 28
For one brief moment, Swedish online poker player Isildur1 returned to Full Tilt Poker. Just two months after headlining $500/$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha tables and creating the largest pots that the online poker world has ever seen, Isildur1 sat down at a $5/$10 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max game. Thirty hands were played and, over the [...]
Read More Jan 13
In the final episode of the NBC poker franchise “Face the Ace,” Durrrr Challenge participant Patrik Antonius took center stage. In poker’s version of the United Nations, Antonius, a Fin now living in Monte Carlo, played heads-up against French native Nico Mamy, whose wife taught him the ropes of poker. Antonius was Mamy’s $40,000 “ace.”
Only [...]
Read More Jan 10
Heading into play last night with a $711K lead on Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan managed to push his edge closer to the $1 million mark after winning $225K in a session that lasted nearly 2000 hands. A total of 29,764 hands have now been played and durrrr holds a commanding $937K lead with just over [...]
Read More - 13 Comments Dec 23
The nosebleed tables on Full Tilt Poker have seen some incredible action throughout November and into December, most of it involving relative newcomer Isildur1. And while both durrrr and Patrik Antonius have been right in the middle of things all month, none of it has been for the Durrrr Challenge. Apparently Isildur was nowhere to [...]
Read More Dec 7
In the finale of the live version of the Tom “durrrr” Dwan Million Dollar Challenge, the young American trumped high-stakes cash game specialist Sammy “Any Two” George to the tune of $750,000. The two played No Limit Texas Hold’em with a special $10,000 bonus awarded to any player who could take down a pot with [...]
Read More - 4 Comments Nov 20
This week, the live version of the Tom “durrrr” Dwan Million Dollar Challenge is taking place in London at the Les Ambassadeurs Club in Mayfair. The youngster and public nominee for the 2009 class of the Poker Hall of Fame will battle three competitors in a high-stakes, made-for-television event: Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, Sammy “Any Two” [...]
Read More - 1 Comment Nov 17
After months of speculation, Full Tilt Poker has finally made it official: Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan is Team Full Tilt Poker’s newest pro. Dwan has long since had a significant presence at the nosebleed stakes cash games, and even chose to host the Durrrr Challenge – his epic heads-up PLO battle with Patrik Antonius – on [...]
Read More Nov 16
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In the recent running of the Durrrr Challenge, Tom Dwan raised to $800 pre-flop with 8s-10c-Js- and Patrik Antonius pushed the action to $2,400 with 7c-Jh-Kc-Qh. Dwan wasn’t content to call, however, and instead raised to $7,200. Antonius bumped it to $21,600 and Dwan finally called. The flop came 6-2-6 rainbow. Antonius moved all-in for [...]
Read More Feb 3
The boys finally resumed the Durrrr Challenge for 2010 as we actually come close to the one year anniversary of its start. Although the pace has been tremendously slow over the entire Antonius vs Dwan segment of the challenge, we got a healthy dose of hands played last night. Let’s take a look [...]
Read More Jan 28
Dwan Wins with a Higher Straight
Full Tilt Poker $200/$400 Pot Limit Omahahahahaha
durrrr (BTN/SB): $52703.00
Patrik Antonius (BB): $107254.00
Pre Flop: ($600.00)
durrrr raises to $1200, Patrik Antonius raises to $3600, durrrr calls $2400
Flop: ($7200.00)
Patrik Antonius bets $7200, durrrr raises to $28800, Patrik Antonius raises to $93600, durrrr calls $20303 all in
Turn: ($105406.00) (2 players [...]
Read More Dec 26
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: | durrrr |
| Amount: | $1,077,932.50 |
| Hands: | 31,912 of 50,000 |
| Sessions: | 50 |
Last update: 01/29/2010
