Antonius Retakes The Lead

Another installment of the Durrrr Challenge yesterday saw Patrik Antonius retake a small lead for the first time since his devastating run back at the end of June. After 1.241 hands Patrik was $415,311.50 better off taking him into the black to the tune of $76,104.00 - not bad at all for a few hours work

Delays, and the general slow pace of getting through the challenge have caused many commentators on blogs and forums to ask whether the challenge has lived up to expectations or has turned into a bit of a let down.

Of course, the very act of keeping a blog on the subject means I am biased... however I am tending to agree that the pace really needs to pick up if the challenge has any hope of surviving. If each challenge takes 9 or 10 months then we will see peaks of interest at the start and end of each new opponent's 50k hands... and a slow dwindling of interest in between. If the pace could pick up to 5k to 7k hands a week then maybe things will be different - we will just have to see.

ok, here are the current numbers:

Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan: -($81,112.50)
Patrik Antonius: $76,104.00

Session Length: 1241 Hands
Total Hands Played: 22,683

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