Tom “Durrrr” Dwan one of the world’s online poker sensations of the last few years has decided to set-up a challenge to the world. He is offering a massive $1,500,000 prize money to any opponent playing 500k per hand on four tables, for a maximum of 50,000 hands.

When the last hand is played, the player who is currently in the lead even by $1 wins the challenge. So if Durrr wins he keeps the money which he has won during the game as well as the challengers $500,00 which has been put up. If the challenger wins then they get to keep any winnings as well as the $1.5 million.

Some of the world’s best poker players have already been scheduled to take on Durrr when the challenge starts. Pro’s from Full Tilt such as Phil Ivey are to be amongst the first of Durrr’s opponents.

The following conditions have been set for those who accept the ‘Durrr’ challenge:

* Only No-Limit Hold ‘em or Pot-Limit Omaha are accepted
* $400 minimum stake
* Stake amounts cannot be changed throughout the challenge
* Any below 75 big blinds will mean a player reload

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Steve had started the tournament in 3rd place coming to the final table, with a healthy $2 million in chips. The WPT final was one of the longest on record lasting 2hrs and 45 minutes when the last of 54 heads up hands was played against Kathy Liebert who had been 2:1 down.
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