Patrik Antonius and durrrr face off

The only high-stakes game going right now is between the dreamy Patrik Antonius, and the 24/7 degen durrrr, known to his mother as Tom Dwan.

Maybe it's the time of year, or the major tournaments starting up in the next few days, but the online action is on the slow end today. For all of you action-junkie railbirds, don't get too upset, as it won't be long until things heat back up again.

At the moment, the only serious action is a $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha table on Full Tilt, currently playing as a heads-up game between the two high-stakes giants.

Unfortunately, the only pot large enough to be worth mentioning also happens to have completed before showdown, meaning we don't get to see the cards either player was holding. Instead, we get to speculate.

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Game: $200/$400 - Omaha Table: Antonius (deep-six) Players: Patrik Antonius, durrrr Date: Jan. 3, 2009 4:17:01 ET Hand ID: 9829866603

Table Setup
Patrik Antonius: Seat 3 - Stack size: $74,598.
durrrr: Seat 4 - Stack size: $85,398.
Patrik Antonius posts small blind of $200.
durrrr posts big blind of $400.

Pre-Flop
Dealing down cards.
Patrik Antonius raises $1,000.
durrrr raises $3,200.
Patrik Antonius calls $2,400. 

Flop [2♥ 5♣ 2♠]
durrrr bets $4,800.
Patrik Antonius raises $15,600.
durrrr calls $10,800.

Turn 2♥ 5♣ 2♠ [4♠]
durrrr checks.
Patrik Antonius bets $21,200.
durrrr calls $21,200. 

River 2♥ 5♣ 2♠ 4♠ [9♠]
durrrr checks.
Patrik Antonius bets $34,198.
durrrr folds.
Uncalled bet of $34,198 returned to Patrik Antonius.
Patrik Antonius mucks.
Patrik Antonius wins $80,800.

These two players have played countless high-stakes hands against each other. The pre-flop raise and call were standard; there is really no information we learn from them other than that neither player is holding absolute garbage ... just possibly mostly garbage.

durrrr's flop bet could mean any number of things: he could be betting for information, attempting to steal the pot on the rainbow low-paired board, or betting for value after hitting the flop.

Once Patrik Antonius raises, durrrr now believes that there is a decent chance that he's behind in the hand, but either feels that Antonius could have been bluffing, or that he has enough outs to make the call worthwhile. Hence durrrr calls.

Fresh face belies a durrrr-ty mind.

On the turn, durrrr checks, Antonius bets and durrrr calls. We are still under the same assumption as on the last street: durrrr is either hoping to hit, or believes Antonius might be bluffing. There is also a very good chance durrrr is hoping for a scare card on the river to make a bluff on.

The river comes bringing a backdoor flush, not the scare card durrrr needed. Once Antonius ships, it becomes obvious to durrrr that he's beat in the hand, and mucks his cards, as the odds of this being a three-barrel bluff from Antonius are almost nil at this point.

All in all this was a completely standard, average and uneventful hand. The only difference between it and the hundreds of hands you and I will play over the next week is that this pot was worth $80,000. For the players involved, $80k is almost nothing. I guess you could say that Tom Dwan trying to suck out in the hand was a durrrr-ty deed done dirt cheap.

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