Monthly Archives: August 2009
Analysis from 8/25 Session
Fortunately for fans of the Durrrr Challenge, it seems that it’s back in full swing and both players have traded off half-million dollar leads so far in fast-paced actions. Let’s take a look at two key hands from the session on August 25th. Patrik Turns Straight in $172K Pot Full Tilt Poker $200/$400 Pot Limit Omahahahahaha durrrr (BTN/SB): $114016.50 Patrik Antonius (BB): $85939.00 Pre Flop: ($600.00) durrrr raises to $1200, Patrik Antonius raises to $3600, durrrr raises to $10800, Patrik Antonius calls. Flop: ($21600.00) 9h 6d 3d Patrik Antonius checks, durrrr bets $21600, Patrik Antonius raises to $75139 and is all in, durrrr calls Turn: ($171877.50) 4h (2 players – 1 is all in) River: ($171877.50) 2h (2 players – 1 is all in) Final Pot: $171877.50 durrrr shows Kc Qc Qd 9d (Pair of Queens) Patrik Antonius shows 7d 6s 5c 4d (Straight, Three to Seven) Patrik Antonius wins… Read More »
How to Make a Boat Without Really Trying
In Monday’s play in the Durrrr Challenge, the word of the day was “boat,” as both Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius crafted arks. We sat down with PokerXFactor instructor Chris “Fox” Wallace to walk through two hands of the Million Dollar Challenge. In the first hand, Dwan raised to $1,200 pre-flop, Antonius pushed the action to $3,600, and Dwan called. The flop came 2-4-8 with two spades and Antonius checked. Dwan bet $4,200, Antonius raised to $19,800, and Dwan called. A four of clubs hit the turn, Antonius bet, and Dwan called all-in. The river 10 of spades completed the flush possibility. Dwan turned over 2-6-8-4 for a full house, while Antonius showed 6-K-J-Q with two spades for a flush. DurrrrChallenge.com: Dwan raised pre-flop with four low cards and only two of one suit. What happened? Wallace: Durrrr raised with one of the worst hands in Omaha pre-flop. He… Read More »
Antonius Regains Lead with Tuesday Session
Patrik Antonius and durrrr put in some serious time at the Challenge tables Tuesday evening with a session that lasted for nearly four hours and logged a total of 1,241 hands. Antonius’ upswing from Monday continued once again and, at one point, Patrik had nearly $1 million spread across the four Challenge tables. By the end of the day, durrrr’s $750K he held for the past two months was erased completely and Antonius took the overall lead by a margin of $76,104. At the conclusion of play on Tuesday, the two players have racked up a total of 22,683 hands. During the session Antonius had an even larger lead thanks to some big hands in which he flopped a set of kings to durrrr’s set of threes and also got it all-in with a flopped straight to durrrr’s set and bigger straight draw and his hand held up. Thanks to… Read More »
Why Isn’t Durrrr a Full Tilt Pro?
This week on the ESPN.com poker franchise “Inside Deal,” Full Tilt Poker pro Howard Lederer joined the show, which is hosted by poker columnist Bernard Lee and “ESPN: The Magazine” contributor Laura Lane. A question submitted by a viewer for Lederer asked why Tom “durrrr” Dwan, one-half of the Million Dollar Challenge, is not a Full Tilt sponsored pro. Lederer’s response indicated that the online poker site is open to bringing aboard the youngster: “Of this young crop of internet pros, I don’t think there’s any question that Durrrr’s the best player and certainly the most dynamic player. I’m sure that Full Tilt Poker would love to have him. I think it’s just a matter of Full Tilt Poker and Durrrr working out a fair price. I don’t think there’s anything in the way of that happening, except for both sides making it happen… One of these days, it’ll be… Read More »
Two Hands From 8/24 Session
Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius are finally back at the Durrrr Challenge tables on Full Tilt Poker after an extended hiatus. The last time we saw these two battle it out at the four Pot Limit Omaha tables, Dwan took an incredible run to overtake Antonius for the lead. Now, it was Antonius that took a great run to slice more than half of Dwan’s advantage away from him. Let’s look at two key hands from the last session. Two Pair vs. Two Pair Full Tilt Poker $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 2 players durrrr (BB): $86196.00 Patrik Antonius (BTN/SB): $213787.00 Pre Flop: ($600.00) Patrik Antonius raises to $1200, durrrr raises to $3600, Patrik Antonius calls $2400 Flop: ($7200.00) 2h 4c 2c (2 players) durrrr bets $4800, Patrik Antonius calls $4800 Turn: ($16800.00) 9h (2 players) durrrr bets $11200, Patrik Antonius calls $11200 River: ($39200.00) Qd (2 players)… Read More »
Patrik Picks Up Almost $400K
Even though summer isn’t over just yet, it appears as though Patrik Antonius and durrrr are back at the grind after a lengthy vacation from Challenge play. Maybe it is because summer is winding down, maybe it is because durrrr’s got some extra cash on hand thanks to action from the mysterious “martonas”. Who knows? What we do know is that the two high stakes pros put in a two and a half hour session this afternoon in which the momentum swung back Patrik’s way as he picked up nearly $400,000 on the day. Play resumed at around 11:30AM ET and continued until just before 2PM. Over the course of the session the duo put in 795 hands, most of which went Antonius’ way as he picked up a total of $392,347.50 on the day. His big win cut durrrr’s overall challenge lead in half and he is now up… Read More »
Tom Dwan Appears on “2 Months, $2 Million”
With action non-existent in the Tom Dwan Million Dollar Challenge, “durrrr” has found ample ways to pass the time, most recently appearing on the G4 online poker reality show “2 Months, $2 Million.” The franchise follows four online poker players as they seek to earn $2 million in – you guessed it – two months. The ensemble includes Dani Stern, Emil Patel, Brian Roberts, and Jay Rosenkrantz, four friends in real life. On the show’s premiere episode, which aired last Sunday, August 16th at 9:00pm ET, the group dined at AquaKnox at the Venetian and were joined by none other than our favorite protagonist, Tom “durrrr” Dwan. Flanking him was Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond. The top-tier online poker players gave the “2 Months, $2 Million” cast a pep talk heading into their monumental feat. Each week of the show on G4 follows a week of action from the house in Las… Read More »
Luke Schwartz (__FullFlush1__) Next for Tom Dwan?
Recently reported by PokerNewsDaily.com, Luke “__FullFlush1__” Schwartz may be the second opponent for Tom “durrrr” Dwan in the live version of the Million Dollar Challenge, which will occur during the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe festivities in London next month. Sammy George is Dwan’s first adversary. Matchroom Sport is organizing the London spectacle and its promoter, Eddie Hearn, told Poker News Daily, “Everyone is crying out for a match between Dwan and Luke ‘Full Flush’ Schwartz. Tom would love to play him for sure. I think the challenge may come a little early for Luke, but I know he is trying to get his bankroll together to make it happen.” Schwartz, a nosebleed cash game player, has a limited number of in the money finishes in major tournaments around the world. In 2005, he was the runner-up to James Hull at the Harbor Lights Poker Festival Main Event,… Read More »
Sammy George Takes Up Tom Dwan on Million Dollar Challenge
Next month, Sammy “Any Two” George will face off against Tom “durrrr” Dwan in a live version of the Million Dollar Challenge to be held in London. Currently, Dwan is battling Patrik Antonius online in the Durrrr Challenge, although there hasn’t been any action in two months. George is a London cash game veteran who has achieved success against the top European players in competitions like Poker Million. George commented on Dwan’s current competition in the Million Dollar Challenge in an article that appeared on Matchroom Sport’s website: “My message to Tom is – paper cannot wrap up a fire. With Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius, you are talking about guys I rate quite highly. Guys like Durrrr to me are normal, you know, they’re nothing special.” Ivey and David Benyamine were also scheduled to compete against Dwan online, although the youngster’s match against Antonius is just 40% of the… Read More »
Tom Dwan May Lose $1 Million in WSOP Main Event Prop Bet
With action non-existent in the Tom “durrrr” Dwan Million Dollar Challenge, the fiery youngster seems to have satisfied his gambling itch by prop betting with Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey. According to mlive.com, a Michigan-area news outlet, Ivey stands to collect $1 million from Dwan if he wins the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Ivey, of course, is one of this year’s November Nine and will enter the final table in three months with the seventh largest chip stack. Here’s a look at how the field shapes up: 1. Darvin Moon – 58,930,000 2. Eric Buchman – 34,800,000 3. Steven Begleiter – 29,885,000 4. Jeff Shulman – 19,580,000 5. Joe Cada – 13,215,000 6. Kevin Schaffel – 12,390,000 7. Phil Ivey – 9,765,000 8. Antoine Saout – 9,500,000 9. James Akenhead – 6,800,000 Full Tilt Poker pro Andy Bloch will see his bank account drop by $2… Read More »
