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Durrrr Challenge: Durrrr vs. Patrik Antonius

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.

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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 Plays Durrrr at Full Tilt.com

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, LarsLuzak Played at the Hansen Blendor

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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Ivey, Lederer, trex313, Hansen and durrrr Play at the Ivey Mix

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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Patrik Antonius Played Durrrr at the Hansen Blendor

Patrik Antonius ($138,693) played heads up against durrrr ($81,294) at the Hansen Blendor. Gus Hansen wasn’t sitting at the table where he has a seat reserved. The blinds at the table were $500/$1000 and they played HA.

There were some large pots while I was watching the poker game. One had Patrik Antonius raising to $3,000 and then getting re-raised to $9,000 didn’t take long before another re-raise to $27.000 which durrrr called. With a flop of [4d Jh Ah] Patrik Antonius bet $32k which casued an immediate fold and Patrik Antonius won the pot worth $53,999.50.

A similar hand was played when durrrr raised to $3k was re-raised to $9k and then raised again to $27k which Patrik Antonius called. The flop of [7s 5d 5h] and Patrik was the first to act and checked and right away durrrr bet $39,793.50 pushing in all his chips, this was again a fast fold and durrrr raked in the pot worth $53,999.50 making the last hand large pot that Patrik Antonius won a wash.

After 46 hands Patrik Antonius sat out and the chip counts were:

Patrik Antonius ($134,089.75)
durrrr ($85,892.25)

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Patrik Antonius vs. David Oppenheim at Full Tilt.net

Patrik Antonius ($59,596.50) played against David Oppenheim ($140,395.50) at the $2000/$4000 Patrik Antonius table at Full Tilt. The table is a HEROS mixed poker table with 6 seats available but during the time when I watched it was just them so a heads up match.

The game wasn’t long as Patrik Antonius took a couple large pots in about 10 hands winning: $44k, $25k and a $40k hand. At this time David Oppenheim sat out.

The $44k hand was a good one, after 4th street Patrik Antonius bet $2k and was then raised to $4k. On 5th street Patrik Antonius bet $4k which was again called by David Oppenheim. On 6th street same bet and finally on seventh street Patrik Antonius throws out another $4k bet and this time was raised to $8k by David Oppenheim which he called. They showed their cards and Patrik Antonius won the pot worth $44,599.50 with 9,8,7,5,4. While David Oppenheim showed the losing hand of [Kd 6s Kc 3d Qc 9c As] Q,9,6,3,A.

When they stopped playing the chip counts were:

Patrik Antonius ($107,893.25)
David Oppenheim ($92,094.75)

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Hansen, OMGClayAiken and LarsLuzak Played HA

Gus Hansen ($48,499), OMGClayAiken ($196,189.50) and LarsLuzak ($355,284) played HA at FullTilt.net. Later on in the game OnTheRize and tsarrast joined the table. They played at the Ivey a 6 max table that plays HA with the blinds $500/$1000.

One of the larger hands at the table was between OMGClayAiken and LarsLuzak. There was a pre-flop raise of $3000 which they both called as well as OnTheRize. The flop came [6h 5d Th] and LarsLuzak bet $8,000 and at this time OMGClayAiken took a little time and then raised it to $24,200. OnTheRize folded while LarsLuzak calls. The turn was a [2d] and LarsLuzak checked and then OMGClayAiken did the same. The river was a [8s] and they again both check. They both show and OMGClayAiken had [6d 4d] for a pair of Sixes while LarsLuzak had [Td Jd] and won the pot with a pair of Tens. The pot was worth $57,398.

Another large hand was between OnTheRize and OMGClayAiken. A normal pre-flop raise of $3,000 and then a flop of [7d 2c 9d]…OMGClayAiken then bet $6,800 while OnTheRize took a couple seconds and raised to $29,400. OMGClayAiken then re-raised to $52,000 and then without hesitation OnTheRize called. At this time they both showed their hands and OMGClayAiken had [6s 7s 9c 8c] while OnTheRize showed [Jh Qd Kd Jc]. The turn and river where 6c and 6h. OMGClayAiken won with a full house sixes full of nines beating OMGClayAiken’s Jacks and Sixes. OMGClayAiken then raked in the pot worth $85,480 while OnTheRize added an additional $40k to the table.

After about 70 hands the chip counts were:

LarsLuzak ($432,107)
tsarrast ($0), is sitting out
OMGClayAiken ($222,113.50)
OnTheRize ($36,997)
Gus Hansen ($68,688)

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Durrrr, Trex313 and Gus Hansen Play HA at Full Tilt.net

Durrrr ($114,795), trex313 ($241,556) and Gus Hansen ($155,226) played at the Hansen Blender a HA table with blinds $500/$1000. Tsarrast ($68,818) also played at the fulltilt.net.

I watched for a bit and there were definitely some high stakes hands played. The average pot that was played at the table was $15k. One of the larger hands was between trex313, Gus Hansen and durrrr. Pre-flop was raised to $3k by durrrrr. The flop was [7d 3d 8d] and this time durrrr bet $7,200 and at this time Hansen folded but trex313 called. The turn was [6d] and they both checked . The river was a [6c] and durrrr bet $18,600 which after thinking for a bit trex313 called. Durrrr then showed a full house eights full of sixes. trex313 mucked the pot and Durrrr took down the pot worth $60,598.

The second largest hand at the table was between Gus Hansen and trex313. After a pre-flop raise of $3k by Gus Hansen trex313 called. The flop was [Qs 8h Ts] and Gus Hansen bet $6k which trex313 called. The turn was a [3c]…after taking some time Gus Hansen checked and this time Trex313 threw out a bet of $13,800 which Gus Hansen called after taking some more time. The river was a [7c] and Gus Hansen bet $44k which after a couple seconds of thought was called by trex313. On the showdown Gus Hansen showed a queen high flush winning the pot worth $133,598.

The largest hand played was between trex313 and Durrrr. The pre-flop was a standard $3k raise. After a flop of [8h Kd 9d], durrrr bet $7,200 and trex313 called. The turn was a [Ts] and durrrr bet $18,600 and trex313 waited a bit then bet $48,900….durrrr thought about it for a bit and pushed his whole stack making it $161,587 which at this point trex313 had his mind made up and called with his last $43,152 and going all-in. They both showed and durrrr had [8c 8s] while trex313 showed [Td 7d]. The river was [8d] and durrrr won with for of a kind 8′s and took the pot worth $207,503.

After watching for a bit the chip totals were:

Gus Hansen ($265,206)
trex313 ($20,000)
durrrr ($311,037)

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Gus Hansen vs OMGClayAiken at the Hansen Knockout

Gus Hansen played OMGClayAiken each starting with $50k and I was there from the start. They played at the Hansen Knockout which has a reserved seat for Gus Hansen and has room for one other player. The limits at the table were $500/$1000 and the game was Omaha Hi played at FullTiltPoker.net.

I haven’t written much lately because I have been busy but also because there has been less action at the high stakes tables. This could be because of the tournaments going on right now but hopefully with the holidays over poker players will get back to grinding at the full tilt.net tables and I will have some good high stakes reporting.

The largest hand at the table had Gus Hansen raising to $3k pre-flop and OMGClayAiken raising to $9k, Gus Hansen then took some time and raised it again to $27k which OMGClayAiken then called. The flop was [As 6d Jd] and OMGClayAiken then check’d while Gus Hansen bet $18k…OMGClayAiken took time (most likely taking a deep breath) and then went all-in raising $72,699. Gus Hansen called with his last $20,497.50. At this time they both showed and OMGClayAiken had [Ks Qd 7d Qs] while Gus Hansen showed [5c Jh Ad Ah]. The turn and river were not enough help for OMGClayAiken which were 3s and 3d. Gus Hansen took down the pot with a full house (Aces full of threes) and raked the pot worth $130,995.

At this time OMGClayAiken added $64k to the table making his total $100k which would help him play against the Gus Hansen stack of $130,994.50. Though after 2 hands Gus Hansen commented “Im gonna take a little break with my first win in decades.”….seems like Gus Hansen was on a cold streak and wanted to enjoy his big hand.

When Gus Hansen left he had $129,994.50.

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Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen and Durrrr Play HA at FullTiltPoker.net

Phil Ivey ($151,080.50), Gus Hansen ($20,000) and durrrr ($142,907.90) played at the Hansen Blender a $500/$1000 HA table at FullTiltPoker. Later world1969 joined the table with $20k.

One of the larger hand was between Durrrr and Gus hansen. Durrrr raised to $2,444 and Hansen went over the top to $7,332…After some thinking Durrrr raised to $21,996 and at this point Gus Hansen shoved all-in. They were playing Pot Limit Hold-em and they both showed their cards with durrrr showing [Qh Kd]
and Gus Hansen [2h 2c]. The flop came down [Jh 9s 7c Th] [Ah] and Durrrr hit a straight on the river and won the $41,797.50. At this point Gus Hansen went broke at the table but quickly added another $20k to keep playing.

Phil Ivey and Gus Hansen had a big hand playing Pot Limit Omaha Hi. Phil Ivey raised to $3,500 and Hansen called. The flop came down [3d Kd 3s] and Gus Hansen checked while Phil Ivey bet $5k which Hansen called. The turn was a [Js] and again Gus Hansen checked, Phil Ivey bet $14k, thought this time Gus Hansen raised to $40,998 going all-in…Which Phil Ivey called. At this time they both showed Gus Hansen had [Ts 6s 8h 3h]
while Phil Ivey showed [4s Jd Ah Jc]. The river was a [4d] and Phil Ivey won with a full house jacks full of threes while Hansen lost with three of a kind three’s. Phil Ivey won the pot worth $99,495.

The largest high stakes hand of the table went to Phil Ivey and Durrrr playing Pot Limit Omaha Hi. Phil Ivey raised to $3k and durrrr raised to $9k which Phil Ivey called. The flop came down [8d Tc Ac] and durrrr bet $13,200 while Phil Ivey raised to $57,600 and then Durrrr went over the top going all-in with $127,400.90 and Phil Ivey then called $57,470 going all-in. At this point the cards flip and durrrr shows [8c 6h Kc Kd]
while Phil Ivey had [Ts Qc 3s Td]. The turn was [5d] and river [3d]. Phil Ivey won the hand with three of a kind tens against durrrr’s kings and Phil Ivey then raked in the pot worth $248,139!

After watching about 50 hands the chip counts were:

Gus Hansen ($45,391.50)
Phil Ivey ($242,391.50)
durrrr ($29,670.90)
world1969 ($20,000)

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