15 March 2010

Dwan extends lead further in durrrr challenge
» Dwan extends lead further in durrrr challenge

Patrik Antonius can’t be feeling too great about the $200/$400 PLO durrrr challenge at the moment – with less than 20,000 hands to play he’s trailing by a whopping $1.98m, the last session seeing him drop $230,710 in less than 100 hands.

» Urindanger profits from huge PLO action

Eight players of $300/$600 result in some huge pots for Di “Urindanger” Dang.

» PokerStars Sunday Million awards $271,000

Highway51 beats 9,686 other players to take a huge first place prize.

12 March 2010

Phil Galfond takes $1.66m from Isildur1
» Phil Galfond takes $1.66m from Isildur1

Isildur1 and Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond haven’t clashed much at the high stakes tables but that changed last night – an intense match of $300/$600 PLO and NLHE soon became $500/$1,000 PLO and by the end of the session Galfond found himself $1.6m richer.

11 March 2010

Isildur1 wins $2.2m then loses big to durrrr
» Isildur1 wins $2.2m then loses big to durrrr

Isildur1 has had an amazing past 36 hours. He took on Cole South, winning $785,000, before making over half a million from Brian Hastings. South then fell victim to the Swedish player again, losing a further $465,000.

10 March 2010

Isildur1 wins $800,000 from Cole South
» Isildur1 wins $800,000 from Cole South

Isildur1 seems to be enjoying an excellent run against Cole South, who is now nowhere near the $3.5m profit mark he had set at the beginning of this month. Last night, the Swede took on CardRunners instructor South and won almost $800,000 playing everything from $50/$100 to $300/$600 PLO.

» Brian Townsend wins big for the first time in 2010

Hopefully his downswing is over with a tidy $250,000 profit at Full Tilt.

09 March 2010

Isildur1 wins $1m then loses $500,000
» Isildur1 wins $1m then loses $500,000

That’s the Isildur1 we know and love! In a massive session at Full Tilt Poker, Isildur1 managed to win seven figure before losing the majority of it. He took on Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies at $300/$600 and $500/$1,000 PLO, winning over $1,000,000 before losing $550,000 to Brian Hastings in PLO and a further $300,000 to Cole South and Justin Bonomo at NLHE.

» Durrrr Challenge locked up? Antonius down $1.75m

A $342,000 victory for Dwan extends him to a seemingly insurmountable lead.

08 March 2010

Tom “durrrr” Dwan wins $1.33m online
» Tom “durrrr” Dwan wins $1.33m online

Tom “durrrr” Dwan has now broken the seven-figure mark for 2010 earnings, doing most of it on Saturday night after a huge session left him $1,338,000 to the good.