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Durrrr challenge – Dwan widens lead again
Posted by: James Carter. - Wed, 2010-03-10 04:00
The much hyped Durrrr Challenge, now in its second year, looks like it’s finally approaching a quiet downhill roll to the end. The two players involved in the series, Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius had another session the other day, which resulted in yet another loss for the Finn. This latest loss meant that Antonius had finished 10 of the last 11 Challenge sessions under the red line.
This
online poker clash between the two lasted for a little over an hour and 364 hands were logged.
It all resulted in a $342,157 profit for Dwan, which added to his already sturdy lead, takes the overall gap to $1,755,708, the widest one of the series so far. The truth is though that given the streaky nature of the business, Antonius can yet theoretically rebound, as there are 16,758 hands still left in the Challenge.
Only 3 6-figure pots developed at the specially set up Challenge tables at
Full Tilt Poker during this latest trouncing session. Two of those ended up in Dwan’s possession. The first one of these monster pots started out with a preflop raising war that got $64,800 into the pot before the flop was dealt. The 9c, 3d, 2c which fell on the flop ignited the action. Antonius fired out a pot-size bet and when raised by Dwan, he shoved all-in in response. Dwan made the call and tabled Ac,9h,7h,4c for top pair top kicker and a nut flush draw. Antonius had Ad,Kh,Kc,6d for the overpair and the lead. The 7s on the turn gave Dwan a two pair and the Jh on the river sealed the deal. Dwan took $213,785 on that pot alone.
Antonius took down one of the three 6-figure pots that came about: a $185,000 whooper. This hand started out with a preflop raising war too. By the time the Qs,7c,6c fell on the flop, there were $64,800 in the pot again. Antonius fired out a pot-size bet yet again which had Dwan all-in. Antonius had a pair of Ks again facing Dwan’s wrap draw, but this time, the superior hand held up and the monster-pot ended up on Antonius’ side of the virtual table.
With a little over 16k hands to go in the Challenge, Antonius needs to win an average $104.77 per hand to catch up.
