The durrrr Challenge is back on and Patrik Antonius finally booked a big win last night, earning over $340k.
The Challenge seemed to be out of gas after over a month without a single session but that changed dramatically last night when the two played 1,184 hands of PLO in five hours.
Antonius was the ultimate winner of the session and made significant strides towards closing the gap between himself and Tom Dwan.
It helped that the session saw 10 hands worth over $100k, including the largest of the night worth $205,595.
That particular pot saw Antonius lead from start to finish, his hand of A♠ A♦ K♣ Q♣ was in the lead with his pair of aces alone, but hitting a third ace on the turn locked it up.
By the time the smoke had cleared Antonius won $346,437, cutting Dwan’s lead to $1,468,655.
At present, there is a discrepancy between the numbers provided by PokerListings own durrrr Challenge tracking software and those that appear on Full Tilt‘s website for last night’s session.
According to Full Tilt, the two played just 221 hands with Patrik Antonius booking a $74,215 win in just over one hour.
The durrrr Challenge wasn’t the only good news for Antonius as he recorded 3,800 hands in 48 hours and is now within $400k of being even for 2010 after initially falling behind by $3 million.
durrrr Challenge by the numbers:
- 313,193,943 Total amount wagered
- 8,546435: First place prize at the 2009 WSOP (Won by Joe Cada)
- 1,468,655: Amount durrrr is ahead
- 385,000: First place prize at the 1980 WSOP (Won by Stu Ungar)
- 346,437: Amount made by Antonius in the last session
- 37,366: Hands played overall
- 30,000: First place prize at the first WSOP (Won by Johnny Moss)
- 123: Hours played in the challenge
- 75: Percentage of challenge completed
Below are the three largest hands from the session.
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The 2010 edition of PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker – All Stakes (SCOOP) runs from May 2nd through May 16th and with 38 events scheduled and a $45,000,000 guaranteed combined prize pool, this is one online poker tournament series you won't want to miss!
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After a month and a half of waiting, the latest session of the durrrr Challenge went down on Full Tilt last night with Patrik Antonius coming out on top.
The match started yesterday at around 1 p.m. ET and continued for a whopping 8.5 hours. This 2,677 hand session puts the Challenge right back on track with an end slowly coming into view.
A total of four pots worth over $200k were played, the largest coming in at $273,393.
This pot saw all the money get into the middle on the flop with Dwan holding a set of sevens and Antonius on an over-pair of queens and the diamond flush draw.
After a blank on the turn, the river brought the fifth diamond for Antonius, but also paired the board.
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Both PokerStars and Full Tilt have made some recent additions to their international rosters, with PokerStars adding four Candian pros and Full Tilt adding two Australian pros to their stables.
PokerStars welcomed Greg DeBora, Patrick Pezzin, Marcello Del Grosso, and Anh Van Nguyen to its Team PokerStars.net Pro Canada Team. All four players competed in the recent North American Poker Tour event at Mohegan Sun.
Debora has over $350,000 in career earnings, including a seventh place finish in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in 2005 and a 109th place finish at the WSOP main event in 2008.
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Under The Gun extends far beyond any existing poker show.
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