Back in January 2009 online poker superstar Tom “durrrr” Dwan issued an open challenge to the poker community offering them 3:1 odds that he would beat anyone, except his close friend Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond, over 50,000 hands of heads-up poker. The rules stated that the stakes had to be at least $200/$400, the game could be no-limit Hold’em or pot-limit Omaha

Many of us have logged onto an online poker site for a quick 10-15 minute session, but in what may go down as the most memorable 1/6 of an hour Tom Dwan was able to relieve Patrik Antonius of over $230,000 in just 9 minutes! The session puts Dwan’s lead in the “Durrrr Challenge” $1.9 million after 33,303 hands. Patrik Antonius is definitely runningRead Full Article

With 31,000 of the 50,000 hands in the books, Tom “durrrr” Dwan is steadily pulling away from Patrik Antonius in their “Challenge Match”. The two players were able to log some 2,000 hands over two separate sessions with Dwan winning close to $150k over the two sessions; putting his total lead to $1,077,932. There is still a long way to go