Tom Dwan Running Away with durrrr Challenge

Tom “durrrr” Dwan has a whole lot of chips.

Well, that’s 33,242 hands down, only 16,758 to go…. Last night Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius sat down to continue their durrrr Challenge marathon. They only played 368 hands, but Dwan was able to make them count. By the end of the night he was up $343,157 for the session, leaving him with a running total of $1,755,708 over Antonius so far.

That’s not an impossible lead for Antonius to overcome, but it’s definitely looking like Dwan is in the driver’s seat. What that means is that if they should ever actually finish the last 16,000+ hands, and Dwan is still ahead, Antonius will fork over an extra $500,000. According to the rules of durrrr’s namesake challenge, if Antonius is up after the 50,000 hands, Dwan will owe him an additional $1,500,000 above and beyond any winnings earned by the end of the challenge.

Last night’s solid showing continues a trend for Tom in 2010. He ended last year on a low note, losing a whole lot of dough to Isildur1 in high-stakes online poker play. But it’s been all gravy for the young American player since the calendar flipped to this year. He’s up more than $2 million in online play so far, and that’s not even counting anything he might take home at the conclusion of the challenge.