Durrrr Challenge Update

Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius shocked online poker railbirds by getting together to continue the challenge. Not much changed. Actually Antonius padded his lead a little bit and perhaps more important chewed out another 874 hands. The Swede now leads the youngster by $447,684. If you factor in the odds of the bet, where Dwan is on the hook for 1.5 million if he is bested, right now Tom is looking at an almost 2 million dollar deficit to the Nordic one.

Thought things were going to slow down during the world series? So did we. Antonius thought better of dropping 40k into the big event, and Dwan thought nothing of it, and promptly was one of the first players out. Thus, the two had some time on their hands.

The Durrrr challenge is schedule for 50,000 hands. If Antonius is up even 1 cent over that span he wins 1.5 million from Durrr plus whatever he wins (see first paragraph). If Durrrr wins, he keeps his winnings plus 500,000. Things aren't looking so good for Durrrr as the challenge is now over 15,000 hands old. Meaning while there is still a lot of time to go, if Patrik keeps incrementally increasing his lead he may get too far ahead.

Due to the multi-tabling nature of the challenge, play is either PLO or No Limit Hold 'Em sometimes two big pots can happen at once. On one screen, Durrrr raised$1,200. Antonius reraised to $3,600 and Durrrr called. Antonius clicked bet $6,000 after the flop and Durrrr called. On the turn, the big guy checked and Dwan bet $19,200. After a moment, Antonius went over the top moving all in for over 52k. Dwan called. The river paired the board and Dwan took down the pot with aces up.

At the exact same time on a different screen. Antonius was busy opening for $1,200 and Dwan three-bet. Antonius four bet it, and Dwan five bet it to $32,400. Antonius called. Dwan moved all in on the flop for his remaining $28,800 and Antonius called. After the river, and seconds after scooping the other pot, Dwan won another huge pot.

More amazingly Dwan also won the biggest pot of the session. Yet, he still gave up ground. Has to be frustrating for the youngster. Only seconds after hauling in that last six-figure pot, he dragged another, worth 122.5k.