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MilkyBarKid Grundy may accept Durrrr Challenge

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:15:28 +0000

In a recent blog post by young UK Pot Limit Omaha expert Ben “milkybar-kid” Grundy, Grundy toys with the idea of taking up the $1.5 million “Durrrr Challenge”, an open challenge issued by Tom “Durrrr” Dwan to all takers in the poker world. Unlike a lot of successful online players, Grundy hasn’t embraced media whoring and self-promotion, seemingly preferring to just grind away and make millions. Accepting the challenge will more than likely give the young Brit some serious international exposure, and possibly infamy if he did triumph over Dwan.

If Grundy does play Dwan, his bankroll can probably survive the hit if he does lose, as his PokerTracker statistics show him as a serious winner, with a profit of over $7,695,980!

the offer of $1.5 million if i beat him, compared to paying out $500,000 is really appealing. I’d definitely do it if i could sell a big enough percentage. I’d guess the worse case scenario would be losing $2 million ish, then having to pay up $500k. I’m way to much of a bankroll nit to take the chance of that kind of loss. It would be interesting, i’m not ruling it out under the right circumstances

Dwan is currently more than half the way through the challenge with big-game poker-superstar Patrik Antonius (with Dwan in the lead by $1.8M), see the Fulltilt Durrr Vs Antonius challenge Page for detailed statistics.

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Irish Pot Limit Omaha Championship 2010 Details announced

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:07:35 +0000

Pot Limit Omaha players in Ireland can chalk off 4th to 7th March 2010 in their poker calendar, as the three-day Irish Omaha Championship has been announced to take place in comfortable Eglinton casino in Galway, Ireland on those dates.

Other events include a 1K, 16 players max heads-up tournament, and ror all of the No Limit Holdem Poker junkies, two hold’em side events will be on offer, with smallish buyins of €150 and €250.

Irish poker player Padraig Parkinson observed that “the Irish poker calendar has been crying out for an event like this.”No doubt the event will draw crowds, as Pot Limit Omaha is becoming the most popular poker game in Europe, and Ireland is catching on quickly.

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Annette Obrestad wins Aussie Millions PLO Event

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:36:41 +0000

No surprises that internet poker legend annette_15 /Annette Obrestad won the 2010 Aussie Millions $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha Event. Many speculated before the final table began that there was no doubt that Obrestad would win.

Annette started the final table as the third largest chipstack and once she gained the chiplead there was no looking back as Annette bulldozed her way to winning her first ever Pot Limit Omaha title, and a prize of $40,000.

Final Payouts Aussie Millions Event #4 PLO

1st: Annette Obrestad – $40,000
2nd: Billy Seri – $31,200
3rd: Ryan Gutch – $22,800
4th: Oliver Gill – $17,600
5th: Con Angelakis – $11,200
6th: Emad Tahtouh – $8,800
7th: Paul Taylor – $6,400
8th: Tony Bloom – $4,800
9th: Michael Sampieri

The Aussie Millions Continues…

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Isildur1 is not Viktor Blom

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:54:42 +0000

The poker forums on 2+2, P5s and elsewhere are ablaze this month with posts about poker player Isildur1 who was cleaning up on FullTilt Poker, beating up on Tom “Durrrr” Dwan (to the tune of 5 Million Dollars), and holding his own against the top players (Ivey, Antonius, Benjamine).

Suggestions as to the real identity of Isildur1 on the forums have ranged from Todd Brunson (yeah righ!) , Martonas, Viktor Blom and Robert Fink. As of yet, nobody has stepped forward to admit that they are Isildur1 (some speculate this is due to tax reasons, as Isildur1 is in Sweden), however Swedish Pot-Limit Omaha player Viktor Blom has categorically denied that he is the mystery player Isildur1.

“I am not the one you are looking for. Keep searching”.

said Blom.

The mystery Continues – perhaps soon the real Isildur1 will be revealed.

Edit: Online Poker News site PokerNewsBoy.com has an interesting Bio of Isuldur1, which shows the highs and lows in the story of the mystery high-stakes poker player.

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