Monthly Archives: February 2011
Dan Cates Drops $51,000 to Isildur1 in PokerStars SuperStar Showdown
The Durrrr Challenge has been silent for a month now, but that doesn’t mean our two favorite competitors, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Dan “jungleman12” Cates, have been completely absent from the virtual felts. In fact, the latter just dropped $51,000 to PokerStars pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom in the third installment of the SuperStar Showdown. The PokerStars SuperStar Showdown spans 2,500 hands and, in the case of Cates and Blom, took place on four $50/$100 No Limit Hold’em tables on PokerStars. It was a railbird’s dream of sorts and the action took place last Sunday. The match lasted about four hours and in many ways paralleled the Durrrr Challenge on Full Tilt Poker; the goal was to profit as much money as possible off your opponent in the time allotted. One of the largest pots of the session capped out at $54,400. In it, Cates and Blom saw a flop of… Read More »
