GAMBLING NEWS
The Durrr Challanges has reached close to halfway
Sep 9, 2009
The Durrr challenge is one of the most talked about poker happenings that has ever occurred between two players. It might be because of the massive side bet on the game or just because thousands like to sit and watch (railbird) when the big poker players battle it out for pots reaching far beyond $100.000. The Durrr challenge between tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius has been on hold for close to two months due to both players attending the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas during July and August.
When play picked up again Tom “Durr” Dwan was ahead with $726.000 but after the first session where Patrik Antonius destroyed the internet superstar, Antonius was ahead in the game again with $34.000 After that play have been going up and down and after the contestants has played close to half of the game 23,197 hands of the total 50.000 they will play Patrik Antonius has a slight lead over Tom Dwan with $34.143. The total time that the players has been sitting down and played has been just under 3 days and 2 hours.
The Durrr Challenge has been announced to go live as well. Tom Dwan has challenged four poker pros to face off in London During the WSOPE. The rules for the challenge is that the players each put up $500.000 and sit down to play 500 hands of heads up either in Omaha or Texas Hold’em. A player sitting down isn’t allowed to leave until the 500 hands has been played or if one of the players are broke. 4 players has accepted the challenge so far.
It is possible to follow the online high stakes action on Full Tilt Poker where they play the challenge.
