Monthly Archives: March 2011
More Momentum for jungleman12
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 of huge hands from the session played on March 30th. Biggest hand of the session Full Tilt Poker $200/$400 No Limit Hold’em – 2 players durrrr (BTN/SB): $54287.00 jungleman12 (BB): $95678.00 Pre Flop: ($600.00) durrrr raises to $1200, jungleman12 raises to $4800, durrrr calls $3600 Flop: ($9600.00) 7c Jh Kd (2 players) jungleman12 bets $4800, durrrr calls $4800 Turn: ($19200.00) 9s (2 players) jungleman12 bets $14400, durrrr calls $14400 River: ($48000.00) 6h (2 players) jungleman12 bets $71678 all in, durrrr requests TIME, durrrr calls $30287 all in Final Pot: $108574.00 durrrr shows Ts 7s (a… Read More »
jungleman12 Adds $39,000 to Durrrr Challenge Lead
Another 1,099 hands of the ongoing Durrrr Challenge between Tom Dwan and Dan “jungleman12” Cates were played on Tuesday around dinnertime in the United States. The 50,000-hand contest, which is taking place exclusively at Full Tilt Poker, is now 19,335 hands through to completion and Cates leads by a monstrous $1.25 million. Play on Tuesday stretched for a little over two hours and saw the largest pot weigh in at $108,000. Dwan took it down after a failed bluff by Cates on the river, but Cates struck back by winning a pot worth $101,000. In that hand, both players flopped trip eights, but Cates held the better kicker. The river was run twice and Cates’ superior holding came out on top both times. Many in the poker community have suggested that Dwan is as good as dead in this incarnation of the Durrrr Challenge, but we’ll let you decide for… Read More »
The Cates Train Rolls On
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 – 2 players durrrr (BTN/SB): $75995.00 jungleman12 (BB): $63994.50 Pre Flop: ($600.00) durrrr raises to $1200, jungleman12 raises to $4400, durrrr calls $3200 Flop: ($8800.00) 6c 7h 5s (2 players) jungleman12 bets $4800, durrrr raises to $12500, jungleman12 requests TIME, jungleman12 raises to $59594.50 all in, durrrr calls $47094.50 Turn: ($127989.00) Jc (2 players – 1 is all in) River: ($127989.00) Jh (2 players – 1 is all in) Turn: ($127989.00) 9s (2 players – 1 is all in) River: ($127989.00) 4c (2 players – 1 is all in) Final Pot: $127989.00 durrrr shows 5h 6h… Read More »
Dan Cates Extends Lead to Over $1 Million in Durrrr Challenge
If you’re a fan of Tom “durrrr” Dwan, then the future isn’t looking so bright in the ongoing Durrrr Challenge. In a 780-hand session that played out on Friday morning, Dan “jungleman12” Cates booked $270,000 in profit and now leads by a commanding $1.2 million in the challenge after just over 18,000 hands. Is it too late for Dwan to come back? The largest pot of yesterday’s session came in at $127,000. In it, Dwan raised to $1,200 before the flop and Cates popped the price of poker to $4,000. Dwan called and the flop fell 5-6-7, rainbow. Cates bet $4,800 and Dwan pushed it up to $12,500. Cates 3bet all-in for nearly $60,000 and Dwan called, setting up a $127,000 bounty. Do you already know what Cates and Dwan had? The former showed 8-7 for top pair and an open-ended straight draw, while Dwan tabled 6-5 for bottom two… Read More »
A Case of the Run-Goods
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 more of Cates dominating the game. In 348 hands, “jungleman12” brought in another $122,050. Let’s take a look at some of the hands from yesterday’s action! Title of Hand DurrrrChallenge – $200-$400 No Limit Hold’em Button is durrrr with $33,199.50 Big Blind is jungleman12 with $48,789 Pre-Flop durrrr raises to $1,200. jungleman12 3bets to $3,600. durrrr calls. Flop (Pot = $7,200): 9h 8h 6h jungleman12 bets $4,400. durrrr raises to $29,599.50 and is all-in. jungleman12 calls. durrrr shows Ah Tc for the nut flush draw, two overs, and a gutshot straight draw. jungleman12 shows 9s… Read More »
Dan Cates Continues Surge in Durrrr Challenge, Now up $941,000
It’s been a rough go for Tom “durrrr” Dwan in the second installment of the Durrrr Challenge. Dwan’s battle against Dan “jungleman12” Cates has seen him trail nearly the entire way. Earlier this week, Dwan’s woes continued, as he dropped another $122,000 to Cates over the course of 348 hands played late Monday night and into Tuesday morning. A total of 17,456 hands have been played of the 50,000 required for completion. In a sizable $80,000 pot during this week’s encounter, a flop of 9-8-6 with two diamonds brought fireworks from our two favorite high-stakes poker players. Cates, after 3betting pre-flop, checked and Dwan fired out a bet of $4,800. Perhaps not surprisingly, Cates check-raised to $10,800 and Dwan moved all-in for $48,000. Cates called for his stack to set up an $80,000 pot. When the hands were revealed, Dwan showed pocket sevens for a pair and an open-ended straight… Read More »
