In the month of September, Thuy Doan went public with a very sad message in her blog - she had been diagnosis with cancer. Since Thuy Doan was diagnosed with cancer, she has been a break from the poker scene, but still she has continued writing in her blog about her fight against the cancer.

Now, a few months later, 16 of the world's best poker players (Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, Barry Greenstein, Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Bertrand "ElkY", and Grospellier - just to mention a few) shaved their heads in soldiery for her. This really shows that even after all the success these players have had, they still have huge hearts and care for other people.

It seems like Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius find it hard to find some time to play the durrrr challenge lately. And when they play, it's usually only one to two hour sessions. This time was different. In this session they played multiple sessions with shorter breaks over an eight hour period.

Tom Dwan has been playing very well in the durrr challenge lately, and it seems like the poker gods are on his side when he needs to get lucky. In this session Tom Dwan stayed in the lead against Antonius all the time and also took down the most bigger pots (around $200-$300k). An example of when Tom Dwan got lucky in this session is when he and Antonius went all-in pre flop. Antonius had a much better hand and flopped trips. At this point, Tom Dwan only could win with a runner, runner straight. Tom Dwan prayed to the poker gods, and the poker gods answered his prayers by giving him the straight and the pot of $190,000.

Tom Dwan has now increased his lead with another $82k. This means that after 27,185 hands of the durrrr challenge, Tom Dwan has a lead of $779,248. Of course it's still a long way to go of the durrrr challenge. Anything can still happen, and that is probably why it's still so interesting to follow the durrr challenge?

 

Another durrrr challenge session has now been played between Tom "durrrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius. In this session they played 1063 hands, and it was "durrrr" who dominated the game and took down the biggest and most important pots. "durrrr" won $418,440 from Antonius this time and he's now in a big lead with $697,000 with less than half of the 50,000 hands remaining.

The durrrr challenge information
Tom "durrr" Dwan and Patrik Antonius will play 50,000 hands at the stakes $200/$400 pot limit Omaha at Full Tilt Poker. After that all the hands have been played, the winner will keep both his winning from the durrrr challenge + that he will get the side bet.

The side bet
Tom "durrrr" Dwan will give $1,5 million to Antonius if he loses
Patrik Antonius will give $500,000 to Tom Dwan if he loses

Tom "durrrr" Dwan had a really tough start in the beginning of the year with millions of dollars lost. But the last few months he has improved his poker and is now over $1,5 million plus, he's also leading his own challenge (durrrr challenge) versus Patrik Antonius.

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It's not enough for Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies and Tom "durrrr" Dwan to play extremely high stakes like $500/$1000 Pot Limit Omaha. Last weekend they raised the stakes to $3000/$9000 and one got to see some huge pots, many of them around 300,000 US dollars!

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Tom "durrrr" Dwan has been playing some really good poker lately. And the night between Monday and Tuesday he really got paid off when he took on the Danish poker pro, Gus Hansen, in Pot Limit Omaha $500/$1000

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Gus Hansen had a rough start of 2009, loosing lots and lots of millions. Now however it seems like he's getting back on track as he has been playing much better lately and also thanks to a friendly board that has been running his way. Last weekend he won around $2,000,000, in just 2 days. This big win makes up for a lot of the money he lost in the beginning of the year.

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Some players have had a great start this year, some not so good start. But then there are also players like Gus Hansen that have lost a lot of money in just a few weeks, but still is up over $1.5 million dollars. Another notable player is Tom "Durrrr" Dwan that had a great 2008 and a not so good 2009 with a small minus of $500,000. But if he loses his own challenge against Patrik Antonius it will cost him another $1.5 million.


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Last night the action was really on at Full Tilt as Gus Hansen and 'Durrrr' Dwan played heads-up on the highest limits. The blinds were $500/$1000, and the game was Pot Limit Omaha. Thousands of people were watching, and not many of them can have been disappointed with the action and excitement this duel delivered.

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