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Update On My Pokerstar's Challenge

Figured I'd try $5.20 games to test them out first. I found antes are high so it's worth it to steal blinds more often. Anyway, I played 24 of them today. First 10, I got the worst bad beats ever lol. I didn't play many hands and I seemed to lose every hand I played whether it was a coin flip or they got runner runner straight/flush. So I only won 2 out first 10 sngs.

I went for a break and I got very lucky in the second session. Not so much in one hand but I won crucial pots when it counted. I won 9 sngs in a row. I than felt like I can win in this game and perhaps more up to $10.40 tomorrow.

So 12/24 for today.
Hours Played: 3
Bankroll: $595.20
FPP points: 24 of 3000

Here's one hand from today, one of the bad beats I got.

Jacks vs ...

Edit Jan 14th: I've been busy lately so I will I will continue the challenge Feb.1st since there's no way I can make Silver Star with so little time left in January. I will play a little bit at Action Poker, I'll post some hands if you guys want.

You can track my Pokerstars progress at Sharkscope here, I started the challenge at around 500 games played.

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Tom "Durrrr" Dwan's Million Dollar Challenge [Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonious and David Benyamine Accept Challenge]

Durrr states:

"I'm making this heads-up challenge to the world. Anyone can accept. Four tables, minimum of $200/$400, and I'll put up $1.5 million to their $500,000. We play 50,000 hands minimum and if they end up a dollar after rake they keep the side money or whatever. So basically, if you and I played and you won a dollar, you would get my $1.5 million and if I won a dollar I would win your $500,000. So I'm giving a million dollars free if anyone thinks they can do it."

Tom "Durrr" Dwan has three players who have taken him up on his million dollar challenge. The players are no small fish by any means and have the ability and bankroll to take on Durrr. The players are Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonious and David Benyamine, three of the highest rollers in the online poker playing community.



Tom "Durrrr" Dwan talks to Card Player TV at the PCA about his recent challenge and whose in line to play.

The Durrr Challenge

It would appear that Durrr may have gotten more than he bargained for when he issued his brash challenge. Should Durrr lose to all of his opponents, he stands to lose whatever he loses at the table, along with $4.5 million. On the flip side, if he defeats all three players, he would win $1.5 million in side bets. From a practicality standpoint, the risk vs. reward aspect here seems to be fundamentally flawed.

To reiterate, the way the challenge will work is that Durrr would face his adversary heads up in either No limit Hold em or Pot Limit Omaha at four tables simultaneously. At the conclusion of 50,000 hands, if the opponent is up by at least a single dollar, Durrr will give them an additional $1.5 million. If he is up a single dollar, Durrr would be paid $500,000.



Ivey confirmed his acceptance of the challenge on pokerroad.com in an interview with Barry Greenstein. Ivey confirmed that Durrr will first face Benyamine before stepping onto the virtual felt with himself. Though Antonious has confirmed his participation, it is not yet known if he will face Durrr before Ivey or after. No statement on the matter have been made by Durrr so it appears the challenge is still open if anyone else wants to partake.

At press time, start dates have yet to be confirmed, but with the interest this has stirred on the poker forums, the secret will be out before long.

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My Pokerstar's Challenge

Hey guys. Here's my next challenge. I will attempt to play 1500 $10 + $0.40 Turbo Double Up Sit and Go's within 2 months. I have 6 months to work off the pending bonus but I would like to do it in 2 months so I can become Pokerstar's Silver VIP member.

Game Type: $10 + $0.40 Turbo Double Up SNGs
Number of SNGs: 1500
Bankroll: $600
Time Frame: 60 days (180 days if I fail)
Goal: 3000 VPPs points and hopefully 20ROI+

Estimated time to complete: 180 hours, 25 SNGs per day.

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PokerStars ‘Guinness World Record Attempt’

Leading online poker site PokerStars continues preparations for its December 28th attempt to rewrite the entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest-ever online poker tournament. With a target of 35,000 players, the event should outdraw by 50% some of the largest online tourneys recorded to date – including a Sunday "Hundred Grand" tourney at Stars in July of 2007 that was capped at 20,000 players, thereby setting the published record. With advance registrations proceeding at a fast clip, the special tourney is also likely to be capped well in advance of its start. Even if this tournament should fill up there will be a $150 000 overlay in the prize pool.

If you haven't signed up for Pokerstars, there are 5 $500 freerolls everyday until Dec.27th. To enter, click here and make your first real-money deposit, using any of our convenient payment methods, and enter the code “FDF1” into the bonus code field at the cashier. You'll then be able to play in as many of the daily freerolls as you wish. In addition, you'll also get our 100% First Deposit Bonus of up to $50.

The Dec. 28th event, scheduled for 3:30 pm ET, carries a modest $10+1 entry. The usual buy-in for Pokerstar's $500k is $500+30. The huge number of entrants planned for makes it necessary to be run as a "turbo" event, with ten-minute levels and ten players per table. Over 5,200 players have registered at the time of writing so if you want to make sure you get a spot in this tourney you will probably need to register before the 28th of December because chances are that it will fill up before that.


Leading online poker site PokerStars

Interested players can search for the event by its tournament number (#126551369) [click requests tab, click find tournament copy and paste 126551369], or look for it by selecting the "Tournaments" and "Special" tabs from the main PokerStars lobby. PokerStars is enriching the prize pool as well, guaranteeing $500,000 for the event, despite its being capped at 35,000 players, who will start with 3,000 chips each. Stars plans to pay the top 8,750 finishers, with the top ten pulling down significant paydays:

1 $30,000.00 2 $20,000.00 3 $15,000.00 4 $10,000.00 5 $7,500.00 6 $5,000.00 7 $3,500.00 8 $2,500.00 9 $2,000.00 10 $1,500.00

11-15 $1,150.00 16-20 $850.00 21-30 $700.00 31-40 $600.00 41-50 $500.00 51-70 $400.00 71-100 $300.00 101-150 $225.00 151-200 $175.00 201-300 $150.00

301-400 $125.00 401-500 $100.00 501-700 $90.00 701-1000 $80.00 1001-1500 $70.00 1501-2000 $60.00 2001-2500 $50.00 2501-3000 $40.00 3001-4000 $35.00 4001-5000 $30.00

5001-6000 $26.00 6001-7250 $22.00 7251-8750 $20.00

As with all official Guinness record attempts, the tournament results will go through the firm's verification process, which normally takes about six weeks

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Poker Books Sale - 50%-95% Off, Plus Free shipping until Dec.31st

Hey guys, I bought about 25 Poker books from Bookcloseouts and I paid less than than $100. And right now they have Free shipping on order of $35 or more. I like to look in the scratch and dent section, because you get an additional discount and usually they just have a small scratch. If you get some books, enter this coupon to get free shipping.

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PayNoRake the only site solely dedicated to rakeback

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"Not many sites are equipped to give up to 100% rakeback to players and pay it daily. This can save an average player $400 to $500 per month and a high-roller could easily pocket $30,000 to $40,000 in a year - on top of any winnings.

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