31 March 2010
Revenge of durrrr – wins $1.1m from Ziigmund
Ziigmund and Tom Dwan have been frequently butting heads at the $500/$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tables on Full Tilt with the Finn coming off best until last night. Dwan played a little under 900 hands with Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and won a huge $1.1m – most of which was earned in the last 100 hands.
29 March 2010
Tom Dwan loses $500,000 at high stakes games on Full Tilt
Swings, swings, swings – Tom “durrrr” Dwan was one of the year’s biggest winners last week, being up over $3.5m overall and $3m in March alone. However, he has had some poor luck over the weekend and dropped close to a million, the latest $468,000 loss occurring on Sunday evening.
26 March 2010
Ziigmund beats durrrr for $900,000 at PLO
Pot-Limit Omaha is a crazy game, even more so when you take two of the best players in the world and seat them at a table where the small blind is larger than most players’ bankrolls.
Brutal PLO swings for Cole South – down $3m
This news piece is mostly an illustration of the brutal swings one can suffer playing Pot-Limit Omaha, even if you are one of the game’s best. CardRunners instructor extraordinaire Cole “cts” South was 2010’s biggest winner in February, topping the leaderboard with over $3.5m in profit at Full Tilt Poker.
24 March 2010
Gus Hansen wins in the CAP games at Full Tilt
In 2009, Gus Hansen got off to a roaring multi-million dollar start before hitting a huge downswing throughout the year. Admitting he played poorly, the Great Dane lost over $5.5m in 2009. His losses were matched only by Tom Dwan, and Gus didn’t have a multitude of huge aggressive heads-up battles with Isildur1.
23 March 2010
Isildur1 plays 5,700 hands; makes over $100,000
Isildur1 has seemingly recovered from his latest hit at the hands of Brian Hastings and Phil Galfond – after winning $82,000 from Cole South he took to the high stakes once again, playing six tables of $200/$400 and $300/$600 against top competition.
Daniel Negreanu at nosebleed games on PokerStars
Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu has been setting the discussion forums alight all around the poker Internet after spending time at the $100/$200 shorthanded games on PokerStars.
19 March 2010
Antonius has a winning day
2010 has got off to a terrible start for Patrik Antonius but he has got back to winning ways this week.
18 March 2010
Phil Galfond blogs about his recent battles with Isildur1
Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond has been involved in some epic battles with Isildur1 over the past few days seeing some massive swings in his bankroll. The young American won almost $1.7m in one session against the Banksy of poker, then lost a big wodge of it a few days later.
17 March 2010
Dwan tops 2010 earnings after a $3m March
Tom “durrrr” Dwan has had a fantastic March so far – not only has he helped conquer old nemesis Isildur1; not only has he extended his lead to damn near $2,000,000 in the Durrrr Challenge against Patrik Antonius; he has now risen to the top of the 2010 earnings list.