Tom Dwan Issues the Million Dollar Challenge (Ivey and possibly DB and PA accept)

phantom_lord

opr wrote: »

I would say it has more to do with them being mates and stuff. Didn't they live together for ages ?

Opr

that's probably it, i don't think they lived together tho, are u thinking of raptor maybe?

phantom_lord

this is super sick btw:

http://www.pokertableratings.com/overview/durrrr?site=fulltilt

marty smyth

pgodkin wrote: »

O yeah baby marty thinkin about it!!! Go marty

i'd take him on if we only played flips every hand... i might even give him 3-1 odds if that was the case

Mr.Plough

opr wrote: »

I would say it has more to do with them being mates and stuff. Didn't they live together for ages ?

Opr

i'd say bluefirepoker just being unveiled has something to do with it

marty smyth

just saw this link while i was reading up on the challenge... this is nuts. why does anyone still play on this site, and why does anyone still have anything to do with PH? don't know if there's already a thread about it here?

http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2008/12/24/ultimatebet-publishes-statement-regarding-doubleballer-philhellmuth-hand/

Ste05

I'd say he wouldn't play Galfond for 2 reasons, (1) they're mates; (2) Galfond would be as good as Durrr at multi-tabling and IMO he is the best in the world ATM.

I think Durrr sees his edge in these bets in the 4 tabling and playing for extended sessions part of it, AFAIK, Ivey doesn't usually play many tables and if he loses a buy-in or 2 he quits the person, IMO Durrr sees his edge on Ivey in playing multi-tables and playing for extended periods.

Antonius, I'm not sure about, but I'd be pretty confident he'll back out in the end. Did anyone read his interview about the bet, he said it could take a year to complete, I'd say this is exactly the opposite of what Durrrr had in mind.

This is all just a my uninformed opinion, but I'd say durrrr would have an edge on Ivey if they're playing 4 tables at a time, if it was only 1 or 2 tables, then I presume Ivey has the edge or at least it's VERY close, i suppose it all depends on how quickly Ivey adjusts to playing 4 tables.

thedini

marty smyth wrote: »

just saw this link while i was reading up on the challenge... this is nuts. why does anyone still play on this site, and why does anyone still have anything to do with PH? don't know if there's already a thread about it here?

http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2008/12/24/ultimatebet-publishes-statement-regarding-doubleballer-philhellmuth-hand/

wow u would want to be crazy to play there.

peterswellman

marty smyth wrote: »

just saw this link while i was reading up on the challenge... this is nuts. why does anyone still play on this site, and why does anyone still have anything to do with PH? don't know if there's already a thread about it here?

http://www.pokerkingblog.com/2008/12/24/ultimatebet-publishes-statement-regarding-doubleballer-philhellmuth-hand/

More controversey.

Like it says on the article the fact that Hellmuth was involved is extremely fishy. They really aren't doing themselves any favours by allowing such crap to happen on such high stakes.

Love how Hellmuth wouldn't even transfer the guy back the money. He is supposed to be a rep for that place. I won't ever deposit on that place after all this bad publicity.

Although, if the losing hand wins......I might stand a chance of making some money.

opr

Durrrr and PA 4 tabling against each other at the moment on the 500/1000 HA (Hold'em/Omaha hi) tables.

Dunno if its part of the bet or not.

Opr

peterswellman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v_H_huRnQk

I dunno if it would be according to this.

MrPillowTalk

He actually comes accross quite well in that video, usually I think he is a tatal flute but he seemed reasonably humble there

The C Kid

marty smyth wrote: »

also, does anyone know why galfond is excluded? is he basically saying that galfond is the best HU player in the world, but he's better than everyone else?

Just doesn't want to give the nit anymore action imo.

opr

First match Vs PA just kicked off.

Opr

Ste05

Nice, off to Datamine it to look over later...

opr

Over a thousand people viewing nvg today !!! You can follow how the match is going here.

http://www.highstakesdb.com/challenge/durrrr-vs-antonius.aspx

Very early days but so far Durrrr has the best of it by about two buyins.

Opr

Tar.Aldarion

Nice, looking forward to results

White Knight

Looks like they finished the first session with durrrr around +150k

Ste05

Ste05 wrote: »

Nice, off to Datamine it to look over later...

That's annoying, for some reason none of the hands were saved???

Anyone have any ideas? I can datamine any level except High Stakes HU matches, do I need to do anything specific in PTO??

Actually I just checked and it doesn't seem to import any HU hands?? Are they special in someway??

EDIT: I see in the Observed Hands tab, it says only import hands where there are 4 or more players, but the tab is greyed out and I can't change it???

I'll prob have to re-edit this when I figure it out... :rolleyes:

RE:EDIT: Figured it out...

The Tourist

Ste05 wrote: »

Nice, off to Datamine it to look over later...

Let us know what you dig up there! What are you hoping to learn?

phantom_lord

ste's fourth on the challenge list.

Ste05

phantom_lord wrote: »

ste's fourth on the challenge list.

LDO!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Just remember, you have 90% of my action...

The Tourist wrote: »

Let us know what you dig up there! What are you hoping to learn?

I often datamine high stakes games anyway just to look through different people's games and maybe learn from them... problem is not seeing all the whole cards but meh. I remember reading about Ben Grundy and hearing how loose he was and it's actually crazy just how loose he is PF, but he's still a huge winner, obviously there's nothing really to learn from guys like that, because they're just on another planet normally, but just looking through the winners at 25/50 and 10/20 and comparing the regs etc. I've only been doing it a while and only every now and again, so my sample size is tiny ATM, but it's just something I do.

aya14

you can keep up to date here

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/results-durrrr-v-pa-challenge-416117/

opr

FullTilt have a page with all the stats.

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/durrrr-vs-antonius

Opr