Monthly Archives: November 2010
Hand Analysis from Latest Session
We finally got to see some action in the Durrrr Challenge. Hopefully this is the start of what will be a ton of sessions to close out the year, as both Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Dan “JungleMan12” Cates have expressed an interest in getting this leg of the challenge done quickly. Let’s take a look at two critical hands from this past session, which saw Dwan take back a very small percentage of his lost bankroll. durrrr locks the hand with the river card Full Tilt Poker $200/$400 No Limit Hold’em – 2 players durrrr (BTN/SB): $28492.50 jungleman12 (BB): $79290.00 Pre Flop: ($600.00) durrrr raises to $1200, jungleman12 raises to $3600, durrrr calls $2400 Flop: ($7200.00) jungleman12 bets $3600, durrrr raises to $24892.50 all in, jungleman12 calls $21292.50 Turn: ($56985.00) (2 players – 1 is all in) River: ($56985.00) (2 players – 1 is all in) Turn: ($56985.00) (2 players… Read More »
Dan Cates Up $645,000 Overall in Durrrr Challenge After Two Friday Sessions
Play resumed in the Durrrr Challenge between Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Dan “JungleMan12” Cates on Friday. Dwan continued to cut into Cates’ lead, this time narrowing the overall margin to $645,000. The second incarnation of the Durrrr Challenge is quickly approaching the 10,000-hand mark out of the 50,000 required for completion. There were actually two sessions played on Friday. The first, a 1,354-hand encounter, saw Cates go up $35,000. Then, a 769-hand session ended with Dwan picking up $47,000 to end the day up about $12,000. The largest pot of the 80-minute, 769-hand session totaled $88,000. In it, Cates was first to act pre-flop and raised the price of poker to $800. Dwan made it $2,400 and Cates pushed it even further, this time to $4,400. Dwan called and the flop came Q-5-2 with two spades and $8,800 up for grabs. Dwan acted first and checked, while Cates fired out… Read More »
What Happened to the Durrrr Challenge?
On October 5th, we saw the last play in the second incarnation of the Tom Dwan Million Dollar Challenge, or Durrrr Challenge for short. The ongoing battle between Dwan and Dan “JungleMan12” Cates stretches for 50,000 hands. But, as of the end of the October 5th session, just 7,660 had been played. When will see resumption of the Durrrr Challenge? The railbirds came out in earnest when Dwan and Cates first started their challenge in late August. After all, this was one of the most feared players in all of poker facing off against one of the game’s rising superstars. Since then, Cates and Dwan have wagered an amazing $46 million and Cates has built a $657,000 lead. In case you’re not familiar with the Durrrr Challenge, here are its parameters. Dwan and Cates are battling for a total of 50,000 hands of $200/$400 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em. If Dwan… Read More »
Tom Dwan Gets Political
On Tuesday, poker players from across the United States headed to the polls for midterm elections. In Nevada, a hotly contested Senate race featured incumbent Harry Reid, a Democrat, facing off against Sharron Angle, a Republican. In a race that was called late Tuesday night, Reid, the reigning Senate Majority Leader, garnered 50% of the vote for the win; Angle could only muster 45%. What on Earth does this have to do with the Durrrr Challenge, you ask? Why are we talking about politics on a poker site? Tom “durrrr” Dwan, our favorite protagonist, got political on Twitter by weighing in on the two challengers for the open Senate seat in Nevada. In fact, it’s potentially the busiest that the youngster from New Jersey has ever been on the social networking site. Dwan Tweeted, “Sharron Angle’s against a lot of things, including education and poker players. Either vote against her… Read More »
