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Poker Tournaments for You This Week
There is never a dull moment in a poker player’s life. Obviously, the main reason for that is the constant existence of poker tournaments and poker events that one can participate in. These events are not just for making money, but also to have some fun and get better at the game in the process. Several live poker tourneys are lined up for this week and the coming weeks. Here is a note on some of the tournaments you can … Read the rest
2012 PokerStars Macau Poker Championships Announced
PokerStars is one online poker room that never takes a break from hosting tournaments. The poker room recently released details about its upcoming event, the PokerStars Macau Live Tournaments. The Macau tournaments hosted by PokerStars is one of the biggest and richest poker events held in Asia. It includes 4 major poker series – Macau Poker Cup (MPC) Red Dragon, Asia Championship of Poker, Macau Poker Cup Championship or MPCC and the yearly Asia Pacific Poker Tour event at Macau. … Read the rest
The $30,000 Winner Wednesday Dozen Unveiled
Winner Poker has partnered with pokernews.com to bring a new promotion to its new members. The online poker room announced its new promotion called Winner’s Wednesday Dozen Freerolls, which literally lets you win free money. The new promotion is open to all the new players who register with Winner Poker and make a deposit. The promo will run for three months, and all you need to do is play poker and earn as many Winner Points as you can. Here … Read the rest
Tom “Durrrr” Dwan’s Million Dollar Challenge
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 by Phil
It looks like one of the exciting on-line poker stories of the year is quickly emerging after Tom “Durrrr” Dwan announced his open challenge in heads-up Holdem or Omaha. In his statement, Tom Dwan describes the conditions of the challenge. It would include a play of a minimum of 50 thousands hands on 4 heads-up tables with $200/$400 stakes. In addition, Tom Dwan offers a side bet of 1.5 million dollars against a $500,000 bet of the contender, where the winner of the match will receive the side bet after the game.
In his phone conversation with Phil Ivey on the “Tuesdays with Ivey” segment on Pokerroad.com, Barry Greenstein briefly discussed the issue. From the exchange it is clear that both Ivey and Greenstein are puzzled by the nature of the challenge and actually doubt its necessity. The main argument is that the high stakes poker environment presents an ongoing challenge for anybody who wants to put enough money on the table. Phil Ivey for many years declares his readiness to play anybody in any game and virtually for any money. It seems that Tom Dwan actually trying to secure 4 heads-up table format and guarantee substantial amount of time allocated for play. Even heads-up online on 4 tables, 50 thousands hands will probably translate into 150-200 hours of actual play.
One of Ivey’s remarks about the situation refers to an amount of money which will inevitably exchange hands during such a long match. Phil Ivey pointed out to Greenstein that considering the substantial stakes it is possible to loose or win a number of millions before the game is over. According to Ivey, in most of the cases when he is in a match against a specialist in any given poker discipline, he considers himself an underdog in the beginning and needs to make some adjustments before he can turn the tide.
According to Greenstein; Ivey’s strongest quality is his ability to adapt and adjust his game in order to accommodate his opponent’s tendencies. If this is true, Tom Dwan’s wish to play a very long match with a lot of money involved might become a liability instead of being an advantage. Considering that Patrik Antonius expressed interest in playing and rumors suggest that David Benyamine is thinking about accepting the challenge as well, Tom Dwan might have a “full plate” for some time. Lets hope nobody runs out of money too quickly and an old saying: ” be careful, what are you asking for might come true” will not haunt Tom this time around.
