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At this point many know of the Durrrr Challenge. It is a challenge made by Tom Dwan (durrrr) who has challenged the online poker world putting up $1.5 million dollars for whoever beats him in 50,000 hands (4 tables simultaneously) . If he wins then the loser pays $500k if he loses he has to pay the full $1.5 million giving players 3 to 1.

The challenge has been accepted by Patrik Antonius, David Benyamine and Phil Ivey. Patrik Antonius is first up and they will be playing 4 tables of Pot Limit Omaha Hi. FullTiltPoker.net has opened up special durrrr challenge tables that are heads up and are $200/$400.

At the start of today they had played for 9 hours and 29 minutes. Patrik Antonius was in the lead with $56,177.60 after 2,925 hands. This lead is not very large and at any point this could change.

Full Tilt Poker Durrrr Challenge

The first hand I saw at the durrrr challenge 2 table was worth $103,999. I was able to see durrrr call a bet of $30,8000 by Patrik Antonius and win the pot with a flush king high against Patrik Antonius queen high flush.

Here is an interesting conversation that they had mid game. There was a $500/$1000 HA game being played by Gus Hansen and others.

durrrr: theres 2 500/1ks running
durrrr: u want to play here or there?
durrrr: 3 500/1k now
durrrr: id rather play there if u dont care
durrrr: but since ur stuck ill play here if u want
durrrr: ur call
Patrik Antonius: can u send me some $$$?
durrrr: 300 otw
Patrik Antonius: sounds good

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Phil Ivey ($82,792) played against durrrr ($477,974.50) at the Ivey Mix HA table at Full Tilt.com. The blinds at the table were $500/$1000. They were also playing at the Ivey Thunderdome with blinds of $500/$1000 and the game was Pot Limit Omaha Hi.

This report is on the Ivey Mix table mainly because I was watching both but reporting on a $253k hand was to much to pass up. The hand was Pot Limit Hold-em and Phil Ivey raised to $3k which durrrr called. The flop was [Td 3s 4s] and durrrr checked while Phil Ivey bet $4k which durrrr then raised to $13,300 which Ivey called. The turn was a [Ts] and after a bit of thinking durrrr bet $23,600 which Ivey then raised to $74,000 which didn’t take long before durrrr raised all-in….which cost Phil Ivey an additional $36,385.50 to call as he went all-in (and was the smaller stack). At this time durrrr showed [Tc Ac] while Phil Ivey had the flush with [8s Js]. The river was a [Qh] not improving either hand and Phil Ivey took down the monster pot worth $253,370.50.

A few hands later they had another large hand with Ivey raising to $3k pre-flop and durrrr re-raising to $9k which Phil Ivey called. The flop was [Js Th 8h] and durrrr bet $11.4k which Ivey called. The turn was a [5d] and durrrr waited and then bet $31,200 which Ivey called. The river was [2h] and durrrr checked which Ivey followed suit. Durrrr showed a straight while Phil Ivey showed a ten high flush and took the pot worth $103,199.50.

At the end of about 80 hands the chip counts were:

Phil Ivey ($386,061.50)
durrrr ($174,682.50)

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Phil Ivey ($189,426), LarsLuzak ($131,719) , OnTheRize ($95,308.50), tsarrast ($17,498.50), extacymoney ($90,456) played $500/$1000 HA at the Hansen Blendor.

One of the larger hands at the table was between Phil Ivey and extacymoney. Extacymoney raised to $3,000 and Phil Ivey then re-raised to $9k which extacymoney called. The flop of [2h 9s 8s] came down and Phil Ivey bet $14k and extacymoney raised to $60k which after taking some time Phil Ivey called. The turn was a [Qh] and extacymoney went all-in for his last bit of money ($957.50) and Phil Ivey quickily called. They both show and extacymoney had [9c 5s 9h 5d] while Phil Ivey showed [3d 4d Ad As]. The river of [Jd] didn’t help Ivey and extacymoney won the hand with three of a kind nines and took down the pot worth $139,913.

This isn’t going to be a long report since Phil Ivey left after 39 hands (that I watched). Phil Ivey left with ($156,798.50).

The Rest of the Full Tilt.com Table:

trex313 ($51,494)
tsarrast ($19,500)
extacymoney ($138,406),
LarsLuzak ($142,865)

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Phil Ivey ($58,500), Howard Lederer ($127,491), trex313 ($35,581.50) Gus Hansen ($105,068.75), durrrr ($50,386), David Oppenheim ($79,594), Niki Jedlicka ($21,497), Chau Giang ($39,497) played at the Ivey Mix at FullTiltPoker.net. Usually there are only 5-6 players max at the table but I guess everyone was feeling like some poker action as the table was filled with 1 on the wait list. Later ziigmund sat down after OnTheRize who was sitting out left the table

It is always interesting when you have a full table because players play tighter (obviously) and their are a lot less hands per hour. The pots though were pretty high with the average at $24k.

The largest hand at the table was between Howard Lederer and Ziigmund. Ziigmund raised to $4,500 after the hole cards and everyone else folded but Lederer. On the flop of [Qc 6d Kd], Lederer checked while Ziigmund bet $10,500. After a little time Lederer raised to $35k which didn’t take long before Ziigmund pushed his stack all-in adding another $64,997 to call….which Lederer eventually did after taking almost all the time he had. The cards where then exposed and Ziigmund had [4d 7s Ks Kc] while Howard Lederer showed [Js Qh Kh Ad]. The turn was a 3s and the river a Ah…not improving Lederer’s hand enough to beat the three of a kind kings of Ziigmund. Ziigmund then raked in the pot worth $214,491.

Phil Ivey left with $98,500.

I watched for about 15 more hands…the chip counts were:Seat 1:

• luckexpress10 ($30,497)
• Gus Hansen ($33,349.75)
• trex313 ($43,078.50)
• durrrr ($133,642)
• David Benefield ($20,000)
• Niki Jedlicka ($33,220)
• Chau Giang ($69,488)
• Howard Lederer ($71,538)

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