Let’s hope this newly revived dedication to the Challenge keeps up! Patrik and durrrr logged their third session in a week yesterday, playing for a little over an hour on Sunday afternoon.
Challenge play got underway around 1:30PM ET and continued until 2:45PM or so. The relatively brief session added an additional 411 hands to the tally and saw durrrr regain the lead once again. Durrrr logged a $123,849 profit on the session, erasing Patrik’s lead and giving him a $15,238.50 edge overall. The slim lead is less than ½ a buy-in and is the smallest margin of difference we’ve seen so far.
Almost all of the action took place on Challenge Table #4 and by the end of the session, durrrr was up nearly $150K at that table alone. Unlike last session, where Patrik bought-in for $80K, he opted for his typical $40K yesterday while durrrr bought in for $60K. The decision saved Patrik some money early on, as durrrr doubled up on the very first hand of play at Table #4.
Aside from two $80K pots on the #4 Table, the rest of the session proved to be relatively uneventful. Few pots exceeded $20K and, though Anotnius was able to turn a tiny profit on the remaining tables, it failed to make up for the $150K he dropped at #4.
Now that the pace of the Challenge has quickened, we thought we’d remind you that there is still time to enter our prediction contest. We’re still about 9,000 hands from closing the predictions, but now is the time to start thinking about what your guess will be. With so many lead changes and the miniscule gap between the winner and the loser, this is feeling more and more like a statistical coinflip.
Here are the biggest hands from yesterday’s action. All but one of them took place on the same table and they were all won by durrrr:
durrrr Doubles Up on the First Hand
Full Tilt Poker $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
durrrr (BB): $60000.00
Patrik Antonius (BTN/SB): $40000.00
Pre Flop: ($600.00)
Patrik Antonius raises to $1200, durrrr calls $800
Flop: ($2400.00) Tc 6c 5h (2 players)
durrrr checks, Patrik Antonius bets $2400, durrrr raises to $8900, Patrik Antonius calls $6500
Turn: ($20200.00) 7h (2 players)
durrrr checks, Patrik Antonius bets $20200, durrrr raises to $40400, Patrik Antonius calls $9700 all in
River: ($80000.00) Jh (2 players – 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $80000.00
durrrr shows Kh 9h 8c Qd (a flush, King high)
Patrik Antonius shows 8h 6d Td Ad (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
durrrr wins $79999.50
(Rake: $0.50)
durrrr’s River Bet Good Enough for $55K
Full Tilt Poker $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
durrrr (BB): $101799.00
Patrik Antonius (BTN/SB): $38200.00
Pre Flop: ($600.00)
Patrik Antonius raises to $1200, durrrr raises to $3600, Patrik Antonius calls $2400
Flop: ($7200.00) 6s Th 2s (2 players)
durrrr checks, Patrik Antonius bets $5600, durrrr calls $5600
Turn: ($18400.00) Kd (2 players)
durrrr bets $18400, Patrik Antonius calls $18400
River: ($55200.00) 5h (2 players)
durrrr bets $55200, Patrik Antonius folds
Final Pot: $55200.00
durrrr wins $55199.50
(Rake: $0.50)
durrrr Wins the War of Aggression
Full Tilt Poker $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
durrrr (BB): $60799.50
Patrik Antonius (BTN/SB): $39198.50
Pre Flop: ($600.00)
Patrik Antonius raises to $1200, durrrr raises to $3600, Patrik Antonius calls $2400
Flop: ($7200.00) 2d 9h 2c (2 players)
durrrr bets $3800, Patrik Antonius raises to $10800, durrrr raises to $19500, Patrik Antonius folds
Final Pot: $28800.00
durrrr wins $28799.50
(Rake: $0.50)
Another $58K for durrrr
Full Tilt Poker $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
durrrr (BTN/SB): $120197.50
Patrik Antonius (BB): $59797.50
Pre Flop: ($600.00)
durrrr raises to $1200, Patrik Antonius raises to $3600, durrrr calls $2400
Flop: ($7200.00) Ks 4d Kd (2 players)
Patrik Antonius bets $4800, durrrr raises to $12500, Patrik Antonius calls $7700
Turn: ($32200.00) 2d (2 players)
Patrik Antonius checks, durrrr bets $12700, Patrik Antonius calls $12700
River: ($57600.00) 6d (2 players)
Patrik Antonius checks, durrrr bets $57600, Patrik Antonius folds
Final Pot: $57600.00
durrrr wins $57599.50
(Rake: $0.50)
durrrr Flops a Full House in the Biggest Pot of the Day
Full Tilt Poker $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players
durrrr (BB): $159391.50
Patrik Antonius (BTN/SB): $40592.00
Pre Flop: ($600.00)
Patrik Antonius raises to $1200, durrrr calls $800
Flop: ($2400.00) Qc 6d 6s (2 players)
durrrr checks, Patrik Antonius bets $2000, durrrr calls $2000
Turn: ($6400.00) 8d (2 players)
durrrr checks, Patrik Antonius bets $5200, durrrr calls $5200
River: ($16800.00) Ad (2 players)
durrrr checks, Patrik Antonius bets $12800, durrrr raises to $55200, Patrik Antonius calls $19392 all in
Final Pot: $81184.00
durrrr shows Qh 7d Qs 7c (a full house, Queens full of Sixes)
durrrr wins $81183.50
(Rake: $0.50)
