durrrr Challenge: Antonius takes the lead

Score one for the Prince!

Patrik Antonius dominated session 7 of the durrrr Challenge and is now up by $107,455 on Tom "durrrr" Dwan.

The pair restarted the Challenge yesterday; Antonius quickly drew even with Dwan, and never looked back.

In the first hour of play Antonius got the ball rolling with several pots worth $80,000+. Dwan fought back, however, and toward the middle of the challenge looked like he would reduce his deficit to zero.

Instead, Antonius would win close to $170,000 in the last 100 hands.

The biggest hand of the session came near the end as both players got it all-in on a Q♣ 6♠ 5♣ flop with flush draws. The river came and both players made the flush.

Unfortunately for Dwan, Antonius had a better one, and he raked the gigantic $155,683 pot.

As the Challenge drew to a close for the evening durrrr mentioned he'd been having connection problems:

"durrrr: i guess i need to quit
durrrr: until i fix intnet
durrrr: that was almost pretty costly
durrrr: well
Dealer: durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr: i guess it wouldv saved me $$ lol
durrrr: but lost ev
Patrik Antonius: k"

The latest graph.

Observers expect the players will renew the challenge as soon as Dwan's Internet situation is repaired. As always, keep checking the MarketPulse section of PokerListings.com to track all the high-stakes action, or download Full Tilt Poker and rail the action yourself.

durrrr Challenge by the Numbers for March 22, 2009:

• 161,000: Total amount of profit for Antonius in the most recent session.
• 107,455: Amount Antonius is ahead of Dwan
• 5,517: Total hands played in the session
• 425: Hands played in session 7
• 17:14: Time played in the Challenge
• 7: Sessions in the durrrr Challenge thus far
• 1: Multimillion-dollar poker player with a bad Internet connection

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