Millions Expected to Change Hands in High Stakes Battle

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Millions Expected to Change Hands in High Stakes Battle

“Somebody’s probably going to go broke,” said Phil Ivey. “That’s a lot of money, and a lot of time.”

When Phil Ivey says something is “a lot of money,” most people take notice.

In what will surely become one of the most anticipated heads-up poker matches of all time, should it actually occur, Phil Ivey has accepted Tom “durrrr” Dwan’s open heads-up challenge to the world.

Dwan told Card Player about his challenge last month, and it is described in full detail in the magazine’s upcoming cover story about him, set to hit casinos this week.

Basically, Dwan has challenged anyone in the world — with the sole exception being his good friend and professional poker player Phil Galfond — to play 50,000 hands with him heads up, in either no-limit Texas hold'em or pot-limit Omaha at $200-$400 stakes at a minimum of four online tables.

"I don't get enough people to play me heads up. Even though there is more money to be made in other games, rather than playing heads up at one or two tables, it's so interesting and you learn a lot," said Dwan. "I think I might have an edge here, but it's more to have fun and gamble a bit. That's why I'm making this challenge."

If, at the end of the 50,000 hands, his opponent is up, Dwan will fork over an additional $1.5 million to pad his opponent's winnings. If Dwan is up, he keeps the profits, as well as another $500,000 from the competitor.

It hasn’t taken very long for his 3:1 odds offer to be seized upon by the other vultures of the poker community. Patrik Antonius has taken him up on his offer, and David Benjamine is said to be thinking about it.

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I think Cardplayer forgot to mention about Durrr not wanting to play against an unknown by the name of Finn Pegler, an unbelievable winner at 25nl. Good choice imo.


Fuckin hate that Durrr prick though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK1VyLsUDTg