Monthly Archives: May 2013
Isaac Haxton Abandons Durrrr Challenge with Tom Dwan
Isaac Haxton initiated the Durrrr Challenge with Tom Dwan more than two years ago, taking the third place in line behind Patrik Antonius and current contender Daniel “jungleman12” Cates. In a recent interview with Poker Tube, Haxton made it very clear that he no longer has any intention of going through with the challenge, calling it a joke. Tom “durrrr” Dwan began his challenge with Patrik Antonius in 2009, but the two never finished the 50,000 requisite hands to see it through to the end. Daniel Cates began his run for $1.5 million of Dwan’s money in 2010, but again, that challenge has yet to be completed. In Dwan’s defense, both competitions were forced into a very long, 18-month hiatus due to the closure of Full Tilt Poker on Black Friday. The fact that it took durrrr and jungleman12 an additional six months to actually resume the challenge brings the… Read More »
Dwan and Cates Play another Short Round in the Durrrr Challenge
Every time we think we’re about to get some real action in the Durrrr Challenge, things get cut short. That’s exactly what happened on Saturday as Daniel Cates Tweeted via his Junglemandan account “durrrr challenge now @ Tom Dwan”. The action got underway, and did include one of Full Tilt Poker’s biggest hands of the day, but just over an hour into it, the competition was already coming to a close. Dwan let it be known that he thought he had more time, but that he had to leave. There were actually two major hands that went down, but one of them resulted in a split pot that would have been worth $160k to jungleman12. Dwan 4-bet pre-flop with 96 off-suit, called by Cates. The flop came down 954, giving durrrr top pair. He opened with $12k, only to be raised $27k by jungleman. Tom shoved a 3-bet all-in, snap… Read More »
Tom Dwan Applauds as PokerStars Puts an End to Annoying Bum-Hunting
PokerStars has made it official – No more bum-hunting! “Did you just say ‘bum-hunting’? That sounds gross…” Yes, I did say bum-hunting, and no I’m not talking about dirty old men praying on the tight tooshies of young athletic 20-something ladies… or the other way around, for that matter. Over the last many years, there has become an all too common practice at online poker sites known as ‘bum-hunting’. It is essentially an unethical and extremely annoying practice wherein advanced poker players sit at moderately priced tables in an effort to prey upon less experienced players who may stumble upon that table looking for a cash game. Okay, so far it all sounds pretty regulation. There’s nothing wrong with waiting for an opponent at an empty table, right? For the most part, yes, but it’s the way these players do it. Let’s say a card shark takes a seat at… Read More »
Another Great Week for Tom Dwan, Winning Over $1m at FTP
Some of the biggest poker pros in the world have been tearing up the virtual felt this week. Among them, Tom “durrrr” Dwan pilfered the tables for $572,000 on Thursday alone, accumulating more than $1 million throughout the week. Other big winners (in order of highest to lowest) include Ben “Sauce1234” Sulsky, Kyle “cottonseed1” Hendon, Niklas “ragen70” Heinecker, the nameless Norwegian “Odd_Oddsen”, Patrik “FinddaGrind” Antonius, and Isaac “luvtheWNBA” Haxton; all clipping the chips for $130k-$1m+. Dwan had already been plowing through the nosebleed stakes for a few days when he ran across a $500/$1000 PLO table of the most fortuitous kind. He played several hundred hands here, accumulating stack upon stack of chips. The largest pot of all brought in $110,000 for Dwan on a close 3-way hand that he just couldn’t give up on, despite the fact that he was trailing up until the turn. “SetoKaiba1” led out with… Read More »
Daniel Jungleman Cates Registers for Battle of Malta Poker Event
We love to keep track of our favorite poker players, particularly Tom Dwan and Daniel Cates, who continue to sporadically compete in the Durrrr Challenge on Full Tilt Poker. This week, we found out where “Jungleman12” will be spending a portion of his September. Cates is registered for a paradisiacal poker brawl at the Battle of Malta. No word on whether Tom “durrrr” Dwan will be gracing the coastal glory of St. Julian, but Daniel has confirmed his imminent participation in the second annual running of the Main Event, which boasts an elevated guaranteed prize pool of €200k. Other big-name poker pros who are already on the docket include Johannes Strassman and Andreas Hoivold. On the tides of last year’s inaugural Battle of Malta being so immensely successful, the organizers of this year’s event have heightened the guaranteed prize pool to €200,000, while maintaining the comparably low buy-in of €550.… Read More »
Phil Hellmuth Responds to Release of Scandalous UB Poker Recordings
The terms “Ultimate Bet / UB Poker” and “scandalous” are synonymous. What was once a thriving, respected member of the online poker community turned grotesquely sour back in 2007-2008 when it was unearthed that the site’s owner, Russ Hamilton, and several others involved with the poker site, were involved in a massive ignominy of cheating. Now, former employee Travis Makar has come forward with recordings of a meeting in which Hamilton discussed keeping UB’s limelight pro, Phil Hellmuth, in the dark. The tapes were recorded back in late 2008, right around the time that Ultimate Bet was headlining every poker new source in the world. Hamilton secretly recorded the meeting, ostensibly to cover his backside while detailing the depths of his own reprehensible behavior. At one point, he actually admitted to stealing between $16 and $18 million from patrons of UB by utilizing the software’s back-end ‘God Mode’ feature, designed… Read More »
Tom Dwan Warns Players to “Be Careful” of Lock Poker
Tom Dwan, better known as “durrrr” to the Full Tilt online poker community, sent out a Tweet yesterday that raised a lot of eyebrows. He basically warned other online poker players to steer clear of LockPoker, the flagship of the Revolution Gaming Network. Once highly renowned as a top destination for American players, there is now growing speculation that the site may be going under, and it’s the players that are suffering for it. “Trying to make sure I’m objective because of my ftp/stars affiliation…” read the ominous Tweet from Tom Dwan, “But everyone should at a minimum be careful of lockpoker.” I had heard a few tales around the rumor mill, so I had my suspicions as to what Mr. Dwan was referring to, but it prompted me to do a little further investigating. As it turns out, speculations are rapidly growing as to LockPoker being in the midst… Read More »
Durrrr Challenge: Dwan Chips another $92k off Cates’ Lead
They ran through a lengthy session that saw about 900 hands played across four simultaneous tables, as per the rules of the Durrrr Challenge.
