Another audio interview up at Full Tilt Poker where Patrik Antonius talks frankly and openly about the state of his challenge against Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan (choose 'news and promos', 'durrrr challenge' and follow the links to listen)While Patrik tries to be as polite as possible there is defintely an air of frustration creeping in when it comes to both the number of hands played and the 'unsportsmanlike' behavior of Tom Dwan.
What this boils down to is that Dwan is ending sessions for spurious reasons (especially after losing big pots) such as 'being a little tired' or 'not feeling like playing' while Antonius is actually playing tired specially to ensure that the challenge moves forward... in fact there are now apparently a large number of times when Dwan has declined starting a session for equally weak reasons... hmmm, watch this space folks - this could get tense!
In an interesting and wide ranging interview Antonuis restated that Dwan's advantage from 4 tabling was now gone... that although it took some getting used to, Antonius was now confortable with this setup. He also recommened that people play less tables when learning the game to enable themselves to get better and move up faster - adding more games later when making money is the primary objective.
Two more small snippets from the interview are worth commenting on:
- No challenge play during the world series, though Patrik doubts (because of Dwan's weak excuses) that the challenge will be over by then.
- The pivotal point in this challenge match will be when one player gets ahead by a million, with small variance so far it will be interesting to watch the strategic reaction once this happens.
Remember to bookmark the Durrrr Challenge blog today for the latest news, views and useful links about Tom Dwan's historic challenge.
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