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http://www.bluffmagazine.com/poker-news/Tom-Dwan-Issues-the-Million-Dollar-Challenge-1705.htm

Love to, will start a staking thread now :)

WOW Thats pretty sick wonder who/if someone will take him up on his generous offer

50,000 hands.

He may aswell be putting up 10 million, no-one is gonna win. durrrrr>rest of world

Hope someone trys.

Surely a couple of the  nose bleed regulars would take him up on this ???? Valoooo and all that

I think Ivey is the most likely candidate, but I think he would want a bigger bet (Or at least, he would get a load of side bets going).

I think durrrr is probably one of the best out there at the moment (although not as good as Phil Galfond it would seem) but he is a lucky twat and has a really smackable face. He reminds me of the weedy kid at school who was best mates with the hardest kid, who would go round running his mouth off knowing nobody dare touch him.

Anyway I digress, should have an interesting 'bubble' dynamic when it gets towards the last 10,000 hands if one player is marginally ahead.

Other than for publicty reasons i cant imagine why he'd want to do this?

Yeah he's good but to offer 2/1 is ridiculously good value for any of the big pro's out there....it is only a publicity stunt tho aint it

hes giving 3/1! so so sick.

how long would it take to play 50k hands 4 tabling?

Ivey is different class than durrrrr IMO

What about Antonious? I heard that most online pro's try to stay out of his way

You can't tell me that, I'm a complete durrr fan boy.

Ivey pwns live poker and has all kinds of buisness interests and TV work aswell as pwning high stakes online. No doubt he's an all round bad ass.

This contest isn't about being an all-round bad ass though, it's about 50,000 hands of Mr. Dwan's speciality.
It's multi-tabling $200/$400, yo he's gonna win yo

didnt read that right-If Antonius and Durr were to meet I'd take Antonius if offered 3/1 on the side action every day of the week

ivey kills all, live or online!

durrrrr is a super sick super agg lunatic but ivey's reads, instincs and post flop play pwn all!!!

I read that this challenge doesent extend to OMGClayAiken either

Yup Phil Galfond is the only person he won't play.

It's a well designed bet from Durrr. If an opponent gets ahead, they're likely to rock up and protect the lead to win the $1.5m (so Durrr's downside is not much more than $1.5m), but if they fall behind they're likely to turn spewy to chase, meaning Durrr puts himself in a good position to win more than that - min 4-tabling $200/$400 means there'll be a min of around $300,000 in play at all times, and over 50,000 hands there's a lot of scope for Durrr to win $$$$$$$.

very interesting

http://www.pokerroad.com/tuesdays_with_ivey/1-6-09/

Plenty of stuff here inc Ivey 2008 overall cash winner with half size durrrrrrs hand count.
http://www.highstakesdb.com/reports.aspx?Text=durrrr

Good find, Benyamine, Antonius and Ivey all accept it seems

In a way I want durrrr to get owned by all three of them but I guess that would be boring to watch and I certainly will be railing this one. I actually think Benyamine has the best chance of all three, just because multi tabling and grinding 50,000 hands is not one of his weak points.

Its a shame Gus didnt accept, that would have been carnage.

This should be brilliant.  Ivey seems to be up for it as does everybody else!

Interesting to hear Ivey talking about the real risk of someone going bust and if they do a mil or two (sigh, mbn) down, be better off bailing out and paying up.

Where are you finding the Ivey quotes-I cant find anything???

I wonder how much folk queue up to lose cash to Ivey just coz he's Ivey.

Unfazed by the numbers, totally in camp durrrr

I hope Ivey takes a good few million off durrrrr

lol, Durrrr will crush them.

Durr would bust Gus many times over.

LOL no

PLO v degenyamine, only one winner there I'm afraid

+1

i think its just nl. so gg benyamine.

He did mention PLO

No the challenge is definately either NL or PLO.

Its NL and PLO, not sure who decides which tables to sit at, hopefully 2 of each at all times.

Think we might need to get a book going on this one, dunno who i think will win yet tho

It was on the phone link linky posted in the thread.

Where did durrrr post this?

Edit: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/durrrrs-million-dollar-challenge-ivey-accepts-378021-post7940834/?highlight=#post7940834

The only person who will go busto from this is durrrr. Ivey and PA can afford to lose this with out going busto and benyamine only had 1/6th of his own action.

Ivey has stepped up to the plate

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/durrrrs-million-dollar-challenge-ivey-accepts-378021/

durrrr must hate money, giving ivey 3/1 is redic

Obv Ivey will be okay but 50k hands at 200/400 could easily see a +/- 10 mil swing. Could the likes of Antonius or Durr really cope with that? would love to know what sits in these guys bank accounts

you don't think raptor, OMG and the brothers dang will have bought up pieces of durrr?

although it would be pretty cool to play him at .50/1 if he does go bust.

probably massively profitable to remortgage and stake him to play 10/20

I think Antonius could cope with the swings, not sure about durrrr tho. No idea what they have in the accounts but PA must be pretty loaded to buy a % of FTP

I dont think raptor will play him and im not sure how much action (if any) durrrr will have sold off

Id love to see the challenge on Pokerstars, just to tilt Ivey and Antonius. that would be my stipulation.

Do i-poker have $200/$400 tables?

Talk about tilting.  ;D

Raptor is one of his best mates so deffo won't play him. I reckon Durrr might re-think about selling some stuff off if he does play all 3 of them, fair play to him for doing this but I can't think he is much of a fav in any of these games, and deffo not with the odds he's laying.

v Benyamine will own PLO and not play NL if he has any sense
v PA can't think either has much of an edge here, maybe PA a bit in PLO?
v Ivey maybe Durrrs best chance because of Iveys lack of multitabling HU skills, but he is renowned for adjusting to players and finding a way

It could potentially go tits up for Durrr if he's not careful IMO, I imagine a 2 mill+ loss per match is possible plus the sidebet. When Boosted J and OMGclay did a similar thing they were regularly 20-30 BI up/down against each other which swang both ways, but that was NL, PLO is obv bigger swings.

Whatever happens its going to be brutal.. Durrr is definately playing in his preferred conditions, but he was bound to get takers by laying the price he is..

Awesome viewing either way.. Wouldn't want to call it

The 'new' Matusow would take him!

From foxwoodsfiend.........

A lot of people are asking in comments what I think about durrrr’s challenge that he’ll play anybody 50k hands at 200/400 or higher and that he’ll lay 1.5 million to win 500k that he ends up winner. Specifically, people are asking whether I or anybody in Team Israel plans on playing him. Basically, my thoughts on the challenge are:
1) I think that given the 3:1 sidebet, there are some (but not many) people who are +EV vs durrrr. I won’t get into listing who I think these players are, but I will say that I think the number is maybe 10 or so players who are +EV.
2) I don’t plan on playing him. The stakes are too big and after Rail Heaven I don’t have that much $ online right now. The thought of playing 50k hands heads-up against a top poker pro is not particularly appealing. It’s very grueling, the swings would be insane, and the edge (if any) is never as big as you think it is. Maybe if I grind 25/50 and 50/100 for a few months and make a half a mill or so and I’m getting no action anywhere I’d consider taking him up on it, but I highly doubt I’m going to.
3) I think if they play no-limit, durrrr’s a favorite over both Phil Ivey and PA. Ivey I wonder about his ability to 4-table while still playing his A game, and PA’s style I think is a really bad matchup against durrrr’s.

this seems like a great idea for durrr, now he can get constant 4 table action at his preferred game against players he has an edge over playing in those conditions. let the millions roll in, fair play to the cocky little fucker.

It sounds as if PA and DB (if he plays) will play PLO anyway, I don't think anyone knows what Ivey wants to play yet. I'm not sure he's a fav in PLO but it will be close.

When is this due to kick off?

New interview video with him on the beach on pokertube. Bit of ambiguity about whether or not Benyamine has accepted

haha, that interview is com at the end when they jet-ski off.

Durrr has done over a mill to PA in the last few days playing 500/1k HA and its not even part of the challenge.........

Apparently PA and Ivey have accepted but cant play straight away.  Ivey has other things he has to do or somethign before starting the challenge and PA sas he'll need some time and even then, due to having a kid itll have to be a series of shorter sessions until the 50k hands.  Benyamine hasnt officially accepted but is supposedly interested (probably trying to get staked).  Its said that if he does accept he will get the 1st shot since Ivey and PA cant play immediately.

Wonder why ziigmund hasnt shown any interest, he did afterall blow 1m+ because he had a hangover

Make that 2 mill now.........

Durrrr v Ivey HU PLO atm

Ah, was, Ivey just went busto and needs to reload!

He's sat with 172k?

EDIT: was watching the HA table

I'm just ignoring all this so it doesn't ruin it for me when I read the book in 5 years time.

you a bit preoccupied with: "Spot goes to the concentration camp" at the moment?

Was reading a Spot book the other day as it happens. The one where Sally is looking for him coz it's lunchtime.

Spoiler in small text below...

Sally eventually finds Spot, he's in the basket.

you're a fucking liar, ive read that one, Spot was in the garden cowering from the Gestapo whilst sally was trying to convince the SS of his bad money management skills

Sounds like you may have an earlier edition ???

yeah, Spot gave himself away when they said: "we've sent 1256 on the train this week and have a quota of 1300 so you can see we ne need 54 more" when spot jumped in and barked: "thats 44 more my pedegriee chum"!!!

and was never heard from again

four new 200/400 plo tables named durrrr challenge 1 2 3 4

PA is 1st up

This starting 2moro?

yep, apparently so though things are awkward because Antonius is in Thailand atm.

durrrr: wanna try for tomorrow?
Patrik Antonius: did u just wake up?
durrrr: ya
Patrik Antonius: k
Patrik Antonius: we could start tomorrow if u
transfer me some $$$$
durrrr: k
durrrr: u only need 400k or so
durrrr: unless u plan on losing
durrrr: =)
Patrik Antonius: that should be enough
Patrik Antonius: heh
durrrr: ill try to take a nap @ some pt today
durrrr: n mayb start like 20hrs from now?
Patrik Antonius: u think we should play
around 5-6 hours earlier than now
durrrr: kk
Patrik Antonius: sounds good
durrrr: ya thats 6am here, so wont work too
well for me
durrrr: but tomorrow it should be fine
Patrik Antonius: i think i will play around 2h
session tomorrow
durrrr: 4h minimum =)
durrrr: lol
durrrr: k
Patrik Antonius: and u'll get some sleep in lol
durrrr: ima eat
durrrr: tc/gn
Patrik Antonius: gn cu tomorrow
AchillesH33l (Observer): rofl