Luke “FullFlush” Schwartz Wants in on the Durrrr Challenge

Luke aka FullFlush1 Schwartz recently wrote a blog on Blackbelt Poker saying that he is interested in playing the Durrrr Challenge, but would much prefer to play only around 20K hands or so after seeing how long Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan are taking in this first Durrrr Challenge, taking about 4 months to complete just 20K hands.  FullFlush1 is willing to reduce the odds from 3:1 to just 2:1 if Tom Dwan will agree to shorten the required number of hands.

This matchup would be great for poker because there would definitely be more trash talking and much more excitement than the current Durrrr vs Patrik battle.  FullFlush would also likely choose to play no limit hold’em, which would also be more exciting to follow than the PLO that all the other entrants will likely be choosing.  FullFlush is known for saying what he thinks, no matter how rude or inappropriate that is, which has brought him a lot of press in the online poker community.

Before any new Durrrr Challenge can begin though, the first one has to finish.  Currently Durrrr is up just over $725K after a huge swing that saw Durrrr win $750,000 in a huge 15 hour session.  The two have now played slightly over 20,000 hands so there is still a lot of time for Patrik to make up the difference and get back in the challenge.

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Full Tilt Poker Brings Back the $25K Heads Up Championship

After the success of the last $25K NL Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha heads up championships Full TIlt Poker is bringing back the $25K no limit heads up tourney.  The best heads up players from around the world are sure to compete in this big online event including Full Tilt Poker professionals like Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen and Patrik Antonius.  The last time this tournament ran David Singer took down the title when he beat “whitelime” in the finals.  The other two notable mentions included Andy Bloch and Brian Hastings.

This tournament is set to begin at 3Pm EST on Saturday May the 23rd.  The tourney will play down to the final four and then go on break for the evening.  The final four will go back at it at 4pm EST on Sunday the 24th and play down to a champion.  There will likely be sweat tournaments again where you can play in the semi-finalist’s tourney who you think will win it all.  Then if you win your sweat tournament and your player wins the $25K heads up championship you will win an extra prize.

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This tournament could be what brings a relative unknown into the poker spotlight.  Make sure to book the weekend off in order to rail all of this high stake heads up poker action.

Kevin Smith Plays Poker at Full Tilt

Kevin Smith recently announced on his Twitter that he plays poker at Full Tilt under the username : askewsme.  His graph shows that he is not the greatest player, with him down almost $20K in less than 2000 sit and go’s, but I guess being loaded means you don’t have to worry as much about whether you are a top quality player.

Soon after his twitter Smith was found playing in a $22 Full Tilt sit and go with Andy Bloch, where Bloch asked him if he would be attending ante up for Africa.  Smith said he was busy in July shooting a movie so he wouldn’t be able to attend.

This just goes to show that you could be playing with celebrities at Full Tilt without even knowing it or without them being highlighted in red .

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Full Tilt Poker Fight Train

Full Tilt has joined forces with UFC and is bringing 10 lucky winners to UFC 97 Redemption.  All of the winners join Full Tilt pro’s Howard Lederer, Erick Lindgren, Gavin Smith and Perry Friedman on the Full Tilt Fight train from Toronto to Montreal on April 17^th.  The main fight of the evening will feature Anderson Silva defending his middleweight title against the challenger, Thales Leites.  The other feature match of the evening will be UFC legend, Chuck Lidell vs Mauricio Rua.

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The ten winners will also be attending two UFC-themed parties and will be able to meet the fighters and chill with the UFC ring girls.  This package is a must have for any MMA fan and it can be yours from Full Tilt today.  Full Tilt will be running three Fight Train Freerolls daily, with the top 18 finishers in each advancing to the Fight Train Weekly Final each Sunday until April 12^th.  The top 2 finishers in each weekly final win the prize packages, which include tickets to the fight, a ride on the Fight Train and 2 nights’ accommodation in Montreal, all for you and a guest.

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Durrrr Jumps Back Into the Lead After Good 4th Session

Durrrr had a very good session Monday winning $206,757 off of Patrik Antonius is the fourth session of the durrrr challenge.  3,952 total hands have now been played with Durrrr winning 2,196 of them to build an almost $150K lead.  The challenge has now been played for 12 hours and 37 minutes and if it keeps going at this rate we will have a winner in about 9 weeks.  There have been plenty of swings and lead changes and there are no signs of this changing in the future.

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New $10 Minimum Deposit and Micro Limits at Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker has just lowered their minimum deposit down to $10, which is substantially lower than the old minimum deposit of $50.  Full Tilt has also added new micro stake tables with blinds as low as $0.01/$0.02 where players can buy-in with as little as 40 cents.

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At Full Tilt Poker you can find games of all varieties and types to suit your liking at any time of the day.  There are also scheduled tournaments running every few minutes with very large player pools.

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Full Tilt has hands down the most poker pro’s playing at their site.  You can play in games or tournaments with some of the most well known players in the world including Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius.  This can also help your poker bankroll because if you bust out a Full TIlt pro in a tournament with 30 or more players you win the buy-in of the tournament back up to $200.

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Antonius Takes Session 2 in Durrrr Challenge

Patrik Antonius has moved into the lead in the Durrrr Challenge with a strong performance today in a 6 hour and 56 minute session.  Patrik was in the black on each of the 4 durrrr challenge tables profiting a total of $228,069 for the day.  This win for Antonius puts him at a profit of $56,177.50 after 2,921 hands over 12 hours and 5 minutes.  Only just over 47K hands left to go!

We’ll keep you posted on the challenge, or you can check it out for yourself by signing up for Full Tilt Poker rakeback and watching the challenge yourself.

Gus Hansen Loses to Theo Jorgensen in GusTV premier Boxing Match

In the Premier event for the launching of GusHansenTV.com Gus was bested by his friend and fellow poker pro Theo Jorgensen by judges decision after three rounds.  Gus who gave himself odds prior to the fight, looked like the aggressor through the first two rounds, but Theo’s extra training may have taken over in the third.  Gus now owes Theo $35,000 for the loss, whereas Theo would have only owed Gus $25K.

GusHansenTv.com is Hansen’s new web blog where you can watch footage of Gus throughout the day.  Gus will be taping himself on the poker tournament trail as well as some online cash game footage against the best players in the world.  Overall the Boxing event was a success with a packed crowd in attendance.  Hopefully there will be a rematch of some sort in the near future.

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Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan Strikes first in Heads Up Challenge

The Tom Dwan vs Patrick Antonius heads up challenge has officially begun.  The two have four-tabled $200/$400 PLO Hi for almost 5 hours now and Tom Dwan has managed to build a lead.  Of the 1541 hands that have been played so far Tom has won 853 and is up $134, 911.50.  According to a written agreement in the chat at the end of their last session the challenge will continue tomorrow, February 20th at around 7am EST.

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