Viktor “Isildur1” Blom haw nine recorded wins and four losses in PokerStars SuperStar Showdown since the first match took place in December 2010. Blom has more than $540K to show for profits over 13 matches and 11 opponents. Thus far, Isaac “philivey2694” Haxton has faced off against Blom twice. In the first Blom vs. Haxton [...]
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Big news comes from Macau’s Big Game that has been going on this week in China. Gus Hansen, who won about $3.8 million, and Sam Trickett, who $2.3 million at Macau’s StarWorld Poker King Club earlier this year, only to lose substantially in Macau thereafter, have both been experiencing a financial upswing this week. This [...]
Read More Mar 29
Chad Elie, from Las Vegas, is one of two men headed for trial in the Black Friday case. He was originally charged with bank fraud and illegal gambling when the big three online poker sites went down for processing hundreds of millions of dollars in online gambling transactions. Elie was scheduled to go on trial [...]
Read More Mar 27
A new documentary on poker will come out tomorrow, released by 4th Row Films, “All In: The Poker Movie.” A nice review on PokerNewsDaily suggests that director Douglas Tirola successfully met the goal of the movie: to examine the game of poker. “All In” is a movie that anyone with interest in poker can watch, [...]
Read More Mar 22
The latest installment of PokerStars SuperStar Showdown featured PokerStars pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom going heads up against Alexander “Kanu7” Millar. After a second loss to Isaac Haxton earlier in the month, Blom was able to get more in the black with a $37,687 come up off Millar. Millar was the 11th opponent since the PokerStars [...]
Read More Mar 21
When the online poker industry was served a massive blow last April 15th, known as Black Friday, two of the biggest online poker sites in the world didn’t survive, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker. PokerStars was also a target of the sting, but they managed to pull out of it alive. Full Tilt Poker [...]
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Ever since Full Tilt Poker closed, perhaps one of the most unfortunate things has been the absence of Rush Poker, an uber-fast online poker game that let you fold the hand you were dealt if you didn’t like it and instantly seated you at a new table with new players and a brand new hand. [...]
Read More Mar 19
While the Mississippi intrastate online poker bill officially died this week, other states are still working on legalizing and regulating intrastate poker. The Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming Act of 2012 indicated rules that would regulate the state’s online gambling industry via the Mississippi Gaming Commission, the same forum that regulates casino gambling, legal in the [...]
Read More Mar 13
It was recently announced that some new big name poker pros will be joining the lineup for the 5th annual PartyPoker Premier League. The three new additions to PartyPoker Premier League V are Tom “durrrr” Dwan, Phil “The Unabomber” Laak, and Dan “Jungleman12” Cates, who will be joining the already impressive lineup that includes Vanessa [...]
Read More Mar 11
Since Black Friday and the series of unfortunate events that followed Black Friday throughout the past 11 months, many televised poker shows have gone off the air. A lot has happened in poker, but now that the dust has settled, it looks like some of our favorite poker TV shows will be back on the [...]
Read More Mar 7
With the real money poker Challenge on indefinite hiatus due to Black Friday and legal developments in the US gaming space, DurrrrChallenge.com will laser focus on nosebleed stakes news, live and online, relating exclusively to Tom Dwan and his elite Challengers. If you're interested about poker's fastest rising up and coming players, then Real Money Poker org will delight you with their exclusive player profiles, on top of offering content to take any player's game to the next level.
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Another session and even more money is heading to Dan “jungleman12” Cates. We know that this game can be swingy, but this is getting ridiculous. It’s time we admit that although this thing isn’t over, it is going to be a serious uphill climb for durrrr to win. Let’s take a look at a couple [...]
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Two Hands from Sunday’s Session It looks like things continue to go from bad to worse in the Durrrr Challenge for Tom “durrrr” Dwan. During the last session, Dan “jungleman12″ Cates continued to dominate, so let’s take a look at what happened. Biggest Hand of the session Full Tilt Poker $200/$400 No Limit Hold’em – [...]
Read More Mar 29
Dan “jungleman12″ Cates and Tom “durrrr” Dwan, both participants in last weekend’s National Heads-Up Poker Championship, finally got back together for two short sessions yesterday. Perhaps the two ran into each other at the taping, recognized each other, and reminded themselves that they had a challenge to finish. Either way, we saw more action and [...]
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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. On top of covering this hot topic in the online gaming world, we'll also show our esteemed readers how to play poker against friends, and review legislation and news in non-US gaming spaces, for example online poker real money inside Canada .
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: | $1,251,059.00 |
| Hands: | 19,335 of 50,000 |
| Sessions: | 19 |
Last update: March 29th, 2011
| Leader: | durrrr |
| Amount: | $2,059,719.5 |
| Hands: | 39,436 of 50,000 |
| Sessions: | 64 |
Last update: August 3rd, 2010
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