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After their brief and pointless four-hand melee the other night, durrrr and Patrik Antonius played a more substantial session early this morning, logging 364 hands over the course of an hour. In what’s becoming a steadily less interesting contest – no doubt in part due to the sparse action – Dwan has built an impressive [...]
Read More Mar 8
The durrrr challenge has definitely taken a weird turn and it looks like the interest from both players has been completely lost. Their latest session involved four hands and a $1k profit for Antonius. durrrr’s lead in the challenge is now $1,413,551 and the biggest hand of the session had a $2,399.50 pot at stake.
Patrik [...]
Read More - 1 Comment Mar 7
Tom “durrrr” Dwan lasted all of one level in the $10,000 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic. In a truly Dwan-like strategy, the youngster didn’t show up for the entirety of Day 1. By the start of Day 2, his stack had been blinded down to 15,000. The WPT claimed his absence was [...]
Read More - 1 Comment Feb 28
A micro session that lasted sixteen minutes took place yesterday before midnight Eastern Time, a total of seventy nine hands where played and durrrr managed to increase his lead in $21,790.50. durrrr has been winning in his latest sessions against a bevy of players at the high stakes tables and has been able to outplay [...]
Read More - 3 Comments Feb 14
If you had a chance to check out ESPN’s coverage of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event over the weekend, then you saw Viktor Blom, the man many purport to be the legendary Isildur1, put in a failed bluff against Ian Munns. Our two favorite Durrrr Challenge participants, Tom “durrrr” Dwan [...]
Read More - 1 Comment Feb 9
Slowly but surely, The Durrrrr Challenge is inching its way toward completion. Or, put another way, Tom Dwan is crushing Patrik Antonius into submission. The two poker giants played a 883-hand session late last night, and durrrr once again emerged victorious, taking a total of $315K from Patrik.
In one of the biggest pots of the [...]
Read More Feb 9
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
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There have been two micro sessions played between Patrik Antonius and Tom “durrrr” Dwan in the past couple of days. We’re hoping this is a precursor to a long session, but for now, we will take a look at two of the more significant pots played during the 364-hand session on Monday. Yet [...]
Read More Mar 9
It’s time to sharpen your Omaha skills with DurrrrChallenge.com. In the largest pot of the February 13th micro session of the Tom Dwan Million Dollar Challenge, no hole cards were exposed. Therefore, we thought it was appropriate to play the hand out with PokerXFactor instructor Chris “Fox” Wallace and see what Tom Dwan and Patrik [...]
Read More Feb 16
Hours before Patrik Antonius would have to pamper his lovely lady Maya Geller for Valentine’s Day, he found time for a date with Tom “durrrr” Dwan. The two put in a small session for 16 minutes for a grand total of 79 hands. Dwan managed to get the best of Antonius to the [...]
Read More Feb 15
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: | $1,755,708.00 |
| Hands: | 33,242 of 50,000 |
| Sessions: | 54 |
Last update: March 8, 2010
