Monthly Archives: March 2013

As previously reported, Daniel “jungleman12” Cates called out Tom “durrrr” Dwan on Twitter last week, essentially demanding exigent action on the duo’s prolonged hiatus from the Durrr Challenge. Shortly after, Cates told HighStakesDB.com that everything was set and it seemed that the challenge would, indeed, be continuing sometime in the next few weeks. Now, Cates doesn’t seem so certain. Dan spoke to PokerListings‘ Thomas Hviid, and the story wasn’t unraveling quite as anticipated. According to Cates, the only reason he called Dwan out in a public forum was because his previous attempts, via private text messages, were met with no response from the hypothetical heads-up poker king. “He doesn’t really want to play based on his actions,” Cates told Hviid, “so I thought if I called him out on Twitter, he’d feel more pressure to play.” Cates was obviously irritated by the fact that “durrrr” had returned to Full Tilt… Read More »

It’s been a long time since we had anything to report on the Durrrr Challenge – entirely too long! Needless to say, we here at the official fan site of the Durrrr Challenge could not be more ecstatic to report that poker pro Daniel Cates has called out the elusive Tom Dwan in an effort to rekindle the multi-million dollar contest on Full Tilt Poker. For those of you who have forgotten exactly what the Durrrr Challenge is all about – which is likely a lot of you considering how excruciatingly long the hiatus has been – here’s a little reminder on the rules and minutiae of the competition. The Durrrr Challenge Timeline It all began in 2009 when Tom Dwan could no longer find anyone (except Phil “OMGClayAikin” Galfond) who would dare play him at high-stakes heads-up tables on Full Tilt Poker. The rules were simple… -Play 50,000 hands… Read More »