Durrrr challenge continues

Tom Dwan records further success in 2010 as the Durrrr Challenge continues with him leading fellow Team Full Tilt pro Patrick Antonius in the FullTiltPoker.com Million Dollar Challenge

Tom "durrrr" Dwan has proved that you never know when your luck is going to change. Despite ending his 2009 campaign in poor shape, he's turned things around in 2010 and has just recorded his second seven figure hit in two weeks on FullTiltPoker.com.

The first hit was two weeks ago, when American professional player Dwan played a lengthy day of poker, logging approximately 2,700 hands against players including Cole South, Brian Townsend and Llari "Ziigmund" Sahamies. By the end of the day, Dwan was up just short of $1 million. He then spend the next few weeks trading small six-figure scores with some of the regulars, before recording $1.3 million in winnings, most of which came from player PixKim.

It seems that wasn't enough for Dwan, as he promptly resumed his play against Patrick Antonius in the durrrr challenge, where he won $343,157, to extend his overall lead to $1,755,708. The two have so far played 370 hands and at this point Antonius will have to win approximately $105 per hand in order to avoid paying out an additional $500,000. Although that task seems a bit unrealistic at this stage, Antonius may still be able to get back some of his losses before the challenge ends.

Despite his recent on-in success, 23 year old Dwan has not been able to match this with his performance on the live circuit. He lasted just a few levels at the LA Poker Classic and was eliminated in the first round at the NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship by Phil Gordon. His on-line performance has been first rate however, and his recent cash wins have made him one of the biggest overall winners of 2010, up an estimated $2.5 million for the year.

The Tom durrrr Dwan Million Dollar Challenge is open to any member of the poker community apart from Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond. The challenge requires opponents to play Dwan in 50,000 hands of $200/$400 or higher on four tables at a time. At the conclusion of the Pot Limit Omaha or No Limit Hold'em hands, a winner will be crowned. If Dwan is ahead by $1 or more, his opponent must fork over $500,000. If his opponent is ahead by $1 or more, Dwan has offered to pay $1.5 million. In each case, the victor will also keep the spoils of the 50,000 hands of play.