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This Week in Poker with Jason Calacanis, Dan Druff and Durrrr (Ep. 11)

by Wicked Chops Entity on 9.1.2010 in Poker News | 5 comments


Solid show yesterday on TWiP.

Full write-up coming later, but this week’s ep featured entrepreneur and Full Tilt red pro Jason Calacanis discussing his experience on the PokerStars Big Game and some insight on how he’d have handled managing the UltimateBet super-user cheating scandal.

On that note, Calacanis was followed by Todd “Dan Druff” Witteles, who shared his UB thoughts plus discussed his Coolio controversy.

Finally, the show wrapped with Tom Dwan talking about his latest Durrrr Challenge.

All that, plus Jess Welman‘s headline. Watch the above vid for more.

UPDATED:  Show details below:

0:00 – Cold Intro

:58 – 3:27 – Show starts, Jason Calacanis says nice things about This Week In Poker.

3:28 – 4:25 - Word from our Sponsors SkullCandy and MyMixedNuts.com.

4:45 – 15:16 – Poker Headlines with Jess Welman, including the latest with the Durrrr Challenge, poker players petitioning Commerce Casino, updates from the WPT London, EPT Villa-whatever and WSOP-C and the latest on the Sorel Mizzi multi-accounting allegations.

15:17 – 19:59 – Interview with Jason Calacanis begins.

20:00 – 26:34 – Jason talks about his appearance on the Big Game, including one particular hand with Daniel Negreanu, and what other poker shows he may appear on.

26:35 – 31:14 – We ask Jason how he would have handled the UltimateBet super-user scandal if he was running UB right now.

31:15 – 33:30 – Poker Metaphor Signifying You Have To Act Quickly Round with Jason.

33:34 – 53:29 – Interview with Todd “Dan Druff” Witteles about his beef with Joe Sebok over the UltimateBet scandal and the Naked Coolio controversy.

53:30 – Interview with Tom “Durrrr” Dwan. Topics discussed include playing on UB, the Durrrr Challenges with Patrik Antonius and Dan “Jungleman12″ Cates, his WSOP bracelet prop bets and how it doesn’t suck to be a rich, young, online poker player with a hot girlfriend.

Tagged as: Durrrr Challenge, Jason Calacanis, This Week in Poker, Tom 'durrrr' Dwan

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Durrrr Challenge 2 > Durrrr Challenge 1 (UPDATED)

by Wicked Chops Entity on 8.27.2010 in Poker News | 3 comments

Extree--extree--read all about it...Durrrr Challenge 2 underway...

The second installment of the Durrrr ChallengeTM got underway yesterday.

Much like Godfather Part 2, The Empire Strikes Back, the second season of Temptation Island, or the second time in the same day when you were sex as teenager, it looks like the second go-around will be much better than the first.

In this edition, Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan is taking on Daniel ‘jungleman12′ Cates. With 5,829 hands already in the books after one session, Cates surged to an early lead, posting a $518,000 profit.

Of course, the first Durrrr Challenge is still going on after 18 months, with Patrik Antonius so far behind, it doesn’t really matter anymore. Antonius needs to make like France and surrender already.

For those who need a refresher on the challenge:
- You play durrrr 50,000 hands of $200/$400 or higher on four tables at a time.
- If either player drops below 75 big blinds at any point…reload.
- Durrrr laid 3:1 odds on his victory.
- At the conclusion of the 50,000 hands, if durrrr is ahead by $1 or more, his opponent must fork ship $500,000 to durrrr (along with whatever was lost, of course, during play). If durrrr’s opponent is ahead by $1 or more, then he would ship $1.5 million to said opponent.

UPDATE: Jungleman increased his lead over durrrr in another session, now posting almost a $700,000 lead. Additionally, there is a “run it twice” option for the whole challenge. Track the challenge more closely here.

In completely unrelated news, more Kelly Brook Playboy outtakes here (NSFW).

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Tagged as: Durrrr Challenge, featured, Jungleman12, Kelly Brook, Tom 'durrrr' Dwan

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Here’s A List of Things That Have Happened Since Durrrr Challenge Began

by Wicked Chops Entity on 8.5.2010 in Poker News | 10 comments

Rick Pitino wishes he had the longevity of the Durrrr Challenge.

On February 18, 2009, the Durrrr Challenge officially kicked off.

For some of our newer readers or those who don’t really follow what’s happening online, here are the basics: Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan issued an open challenge to any member of the poker community (except for his good friend Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond). The challenge requires you to play durrrr in 50,000 hands of $200/$400 or higher on four tables at a time. After 50,000 hands, if durrrr is ahead by $1 or more, you pay him $500,000. If you are ahead by $1 or more, durrrr pays you $1.5 million. Of course, the winner also keeps whatever money he won over the course of the 50,000 hands.

The first to step up to the challenge was Patrik Antonius. Durrrr and Patrik just wrapped another session a couple of days ago. A total of 39,436 hands have been played now, and durrrr has a massive $2,059,719 lead.

With 10,500ish hands to go, it could be awhile before this thing wraps and durrrr takes on his next opponent (Brian Townsend? Jungleman12?). So with that in mind, here are a list of things that have happened in the world since durrrr announced he’d play Patrik Antonius:

Add to the list in the comments section, please. Have at it.

Tagged as: Durrrr Challenge, Online Poker, patrik antonius, Tom 'durrrr' Dwan

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Natasha Wicks Brings You Today’s Poker News Link Dump

by Wicked Chops Entity on 10.28.2009 in Poker News | 2 comments

Watch Top 5 Super Sexy Halloween Costumes of 2009 on RawVegas.tv

The above vid is RawVegas.tv‘s annual top 5 sexy Halloween costumes feature. It’s amazing how similar “Beer Wench” and “French Maid” are when you really get down to thinking about it. Anyway, to view some of their other Peabody Award winning sexy Halloween vids, go here here and here. On with the links…

:: Ante Up for Africa gets the CNN spotlight. [link]

:: Kara Scott to replace AJ Benza on High Stakes Poker? [link]

:: Jim McManus tells the story of poker. Does this mean he’ll have the top two best poker books off all-time? [link]

:: The never-ending “durrrr Challenge” continued…only seven billion more hands to go. [link]

:: Not sure when exactly people will learn, but this is why you don’t list your home games on websites. [link]

:: Proof that poker is a fad…and has been since 1847. [link]

Tagged as: Durrrr Challenge, high stakes poker, Natasha Wicks

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Geraldine Neumann Brings You Today’s Poker News Link Dump

by Wicked Chops Entity on 8.28.2009 in Poker News | 4 comments

Life in Argentina is about to get a whole lot better, and not just because 79% of the female population are super-models...

Life in Argentina is about to get a whole lot better, and not just because 79% of the female population are super-models...

As most of you have heard, PartyGaming has outbid Gamynia (which would be the PERFECT name for a new African country if Africa decides to start one) to buy the World Poker Tour for $12.3 (read the WSJ’s write-up here). We haven’t made much of a big deal about this since nobody at the WPT is. Across the board we hear “business as usual” and we generally believe that. However, our quick take on it is: good for the WPT, keeps them around and viable, and gee we wonder if this means Party Poker is looking to get back in the U.S. market soon. They just bought their own version of the EPT and NBC Heads-Up/Poker After Dark. Not really complicated. Even an Argentinian super-model like Geraldine Neumann (more pics of her here) can understand that. Anyway…

:: Speaking of Argentina, Geraldine’s homeland is making moves to embrace online poker. [link]

:: Pauly has a video of a big ass burrito being chowed down at the NASCAR Cafe at the Sahara in Vegas. Works for us. [link]

:: Hey look, the Durrrr Challenge is still going on. Durrrr saw his lead trimmed to around $344k in the last session. [link]

:: The APT Macau wrapped Day 2 with Kyle Cheong as chip leader. [link]

:: Jeff Shulman = Giant Douche. [link]

:: Now here’s a blog post that speaks our language: Top Five Hottest Girls at the WSOP. [link]

:: Cult of Personality Eric Buchman and Howard Lederer make an appearance on ESPN’s Inside Deal. [link]

:: And fellow N9′er Steven Begleiter joins Laura Lane on the Poker Edge. [link]

For some non-poker related stuff this weekend…get some UFC 102 gambling advice here. And check out the Champions League draw here.

Tagged as: Durrrr Challenge, Party Poker, World Poker Tour

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