Durrrr Loses 1.3 Million in One Day

Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius have started their epic battle on Full Tilt. They have 4 200/400 tables set up for them. As I have previously stated they are playing 50,000 hands. If Durr wins Patrik owes him 500k and if Durrrr loses he owes 1.5 million. This is of course on top of what you win and lose in the match.

So far they have played about 4,000 hands and Dwan is up $150k. However this all seems to be taking a backseat to other big games online. Yesterday Durrrr played Phil Ivey Heads up at the $500/$1000 Pot Limit Omaha Table. Ivey nearly won $1 MILLION in this session alone. Counting Durrrs other loses yesterday he nearly got 1.3 million down. These are tournament chips folks this is real money.

By far this is the biggest cash game ever witnessed by the general public. Its like having GSN's high stakes poker on your computer every night. It has got me wondering whether one of the PokerStars pros will challenge Durrr. All 3 players so far wear the red and black of Full Tilt. This challenge also seems to be capturing the imagination of the poker public. you would think that PokerStars would consider backing someone to play Dwan. I know Barry Greenstein has already said he would be drawing dead againt Durrr.

If you want to keep up to date on the challenge check out this link:

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

Till then,

Krusty

Borgata Brings Back $500,000 Tourney

I have to admit I doubted the guys at Borgata for their guarantee tournaments but it worked so dam well in January. They are back at it again with a $500,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE POOL POKER TOURNAMENT starting on March 21. The structure is a deep stack one and the buy in will be for $1,650 ($1,500 buy-in event plus $150 entry).

The deep stack tournament starts with 30,000 in chips and will be held in Borgata’s 85-table poker room. Unlike the Fall and Winter events which they house in the Events center.

The four qualifying events for the $1,650 tournament will take place:
Friday, March 6 at 11AM ($165 + $35)
Sunday, March 8 at 11AM ($165 + $35)
Sunday, March 15 at 11AM ($330 + $50)
Friday, March 20 at 4PM ($330 + $50)

Get them while they are hot.

Krusty

LAPC Under Way

Matt Savage one of the worlds best tournament directors was brought into revive The LA Poker classic. He has done exactly that. He created an inovative schedule of events that covered all areas of poker like the World Series of Poker. This included a $10,000 buy in Horse event as well as a $5k with one rebuy Omaha event. Scotty Nguyen won the HORSE to back up the 50k buy in event he won at 08 WSOP.

Jeff Madsen had a strong showing. With multiple final tables and a win to his credit. Jeff had fallen of the face of the earth. Matt Stout made a final table taking down 16k for his 5th place finish.

The main event is happening as I write. They had almost 700 entries into the event making this one of the bigger tourneys in the US. Hope the trend continues.

Krusty

Grinding in Atlantic City: Step 1

Alright, you watched way too much poker on TV and you live too far from Vegas so you have decided to be an AC grinder. That means you will be spending your days and nights in the poker rooms of the Trop, The Taj, Caesars and Borgata. However with your limited bankroll you need to save money.

First and froemost make sure you make friends with floor people and dealers at these properties. They will be your doorway to food comps and poker room rates. But at the start you will need time to develop these friendships.

I recommend you try to spend as little as possible on where you stay and what you eat. I suggest places to eat like The Irish Pub. This is the best deal for food and booze in Atlantic City. As far as staying goes, become familiar withe the hotels up and down the black horse and white horse piker. Here are links to a directory for the tow main cities pleasantville and absecon. Many of these hotels offer weekly and monthly rates. Make sure you look for hotels with free wi-fi because you should be grinding on line at nighst and on Sundays.

Thats my two cents. Good luck future Iveys.

Krusty the MF Clown

Durrr Challenge

For those of you who havent heard, Tom "durrrrr" Dwan has offered an open challenge to the poker world. He has offer 1.5 million to 500k that he can beat anyone (save his best friends) in an online poker match. They will play 4 tables at a time of either PLO or NL Holdem. The stakes are a minimum of 200/400. The match is for 50,000 hands. This expected to take about 80 -125 hours of play.

So far 3 people have stepped up to the plate and its a veritable whos who of poker. Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, and David Benyamine. Buzz has been flowing through the world of poker about how this match will turn out. Most have speculated that the winner of the match will most likely make an EIGHT figure score. Thats a spicy meatball.

These matches may well go down in poker histroy with the two other big ones. First being Johnny Moss and Nick the Greek out front of the Horseshoe. The second being the poker corporation vs Andy Beal. Thsi included a 17 million dollar victory by Phil Ivey to swing the match to the Corp. Honarable mention goes to the deathmatch between Ted Forrest and Hamid Damsalchi (definetly misspelled).

I am taking Durrrr. Online four tabling is way to big an advantage.

Krusty

Stout It Out Loud

Last week my boy Matt Stout finally made a big final table. He finished 3rd at the Tunica World Series of Poker Circuit event. He should have probably won. Some back luck killed them when they were 3 handed. Way to go bro.

WSOP Vegas updates.

1) No more rebuys. Whipsers of collusion forced this.
2) There will be a 40k no limit holdem event at the 09 WSOP. that means around 4 mil for 1st.
3) New PLO8 5k event. Wish they would call this the World Championship

ESPN has been airing the WSOP of Eurpoe as of late. This was brought into replace the USPC which is held at the Taj Mahal. Boy did we blow that one.

Krusty