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On Monday, the Durrrr Challenge continued with a 3,000 hand long battle, and Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates has further increased his lead, now $819,000 ahead of Tom 'durrrr' Dwan.
The biggest pot of the second Durrrr Challenge so far was won by Cates on Monday, when Dwan raised preflop with 5-4 of hearts and Cates fired a 3-bet to $4,800 with J-2 of hearts. Dwan called, and the flop showed Q-8-6 with two hearts, giving both players a flush draw and Dwan a gutshot straight flush draw. Cates bet around half the pot on the flop, and Dwan called. The two players saw a King of hearts on the turn.
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Tom 'durrrr' Dwan - is he in trouble now?
Both players had their flushes, and Cates bet out $16,800 and Dwan called. The river was a 3 of diamonds. Cates started the action again, this time betting $43,600. Dwan shoved all-in with $81,000. Cates called and took down the tremendous $216,000 pot.
Durrrr took a huge pot as well, when he managed to win $181,000 with a nut flush, but Cates won 58% of the total pots. Dwan and jungleman12 have wagered a massive $113 million so far, with Cates taking down 8 of the 10 largest pots during the second round of the Durrrr Challenge.
The challenge is currently one-third of the way through, and although anything can happen, Durrrr will surely have a hard time trying to defeat jungleman12.