DURRRRS MILLION DOLLAR CHALLENGE (Ivey and PA accept) - Page 15 - Poker News

Crazy Porto · 01-03-2009, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Moroto

Someone from Finland will accept this bet before the end of January.

We all hope so..

new_draks · 01-03-2009, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Crazy Porto

We all hope so..

i hope it too

wigga · 01-03-2009, 09:03 AM

Durrr just lost 1M

AshleyC · 01-03-2009, 09:16 AM

Ben Grundy had a sick year in PLO and could be + ev in this bet. He's got a backing deal with badbeat.com, not sure whether they'd be prepared to back him for this challenge, or if he'd be comfortable playing 200-400 hu.

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spike420211 · 01-03-2009, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by BiloxiPlyer

I would take on the challenge in live handshuffled game

not feasible. A ShuffleMaster machine's gonna need a full overhaul after 20k hands, and if dealers hafta fill in while it's being overhauled they're gonna get severe arthritis in their fingers.

EDIT:
wait a minit.
u mean like 4 live tables, set up side-by side?
... office chairs w/ wheels- like that YouTube clip of those 2 guys racing backwards @ Commerce?
Durrrr, this could be more epic than u ever imagined...

samsdmf · 01-03-2009, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by perennialloser

While I love the idea of this prop bet a lot; I think it's a logistical nightmare to actually carry it out. I mean for a bet this size to go down smoothly you'll need lawyers to draft up a water tight contract regarding everything from how the money is escrowed, time frame the bet must be completed within, the penalties for failing to complete the bet, etc. I could see many many disputes arise once it gets close to the 50k hands mark and one party is clearly losing and having no chance of coming back. For example, if I were the losing player, what's stopping me from stoppin to play altogether and never get to the 50k hands mark and thus leaving the bet incomplete? There are many problems like this I can think of.

You clearly dont understand how the whole gambling thing works- these are guys who casually ship 6 figures to each other on a daily basis

It will work by: making a blog or forum post stating the rules. Escowing the deniro to a trusted third party- likely a Red Pro

Playing

30 Page NVG thread

Boosted J · 01-03-2009, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Daliman

50k hands HU is a TON, and easily enough hands to discern an edge. I'd venture to say no 2 players in poker history have played 50k hands HU. And that includes Moss and Dandolos.

When me and Galfond played 8-12 tables hu, we stopped at 23k hands and called it quits. We would go from down or up $100k to the opposite for the day, 200k swings at 25/50. We did this until the very last minute at 23k hands and we finished around even. He won about $1k iirc. So we got almost halfway to 50k hands and broke even, but if we stopped 2k hands sooner one of us was up like $100k. Sick variance.

exec771 · 01-03-2009, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by King Niche

I will play if someone puts up the deniro.

Pretty epic match-up imo.

Unless King's chat gets banned then not so much..

SideshowBobb · 01-03-2009, 10:03 AM

ICallSoWhat would do this if he was staked, could probably beat Durrr in PLO, no?

UCBananaboy · 01-03-2009, 10:33 AM

What about Sammy Farha?

isapistola · 01-03-2009, 10:33 AM

i think the most likely opponent for durrrr would be a finnish player. the player would probably be staked since i doubt anyone is gonna take this bet with 100% of his own action. the finnish high stakes players could easily pool up enough money for this and at least three of them (PA, ziigmund, lars - LDO) are close to durrr's skill level.

im also naming benyamine as the dark horse for this challenge. he has the most HU PLO experience of nosebleed players, is used to playing long sessions/many tables and imo has the biggest edge because of this. it all comes down to whether his backers would stand behind him in this one or not.

UCBananaboy · 01-03-2009, 10:39 AM

Jamie Gold has the bankroll too...

UCBananaboy · 01-03-2009, 10:48 AM

lol now any time Durr plays HU vs someone, there is speculation it is a part of the bet...

inn_Nstruct · 01-03-2009, 10:51 AM

degenyamine ldo

CRUDEFINDER · 01-03-2009, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by UCBananaboy

What about Sammy Farha?

He can't even spell pomcuter