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After what would be a suicide-tinged tirade for most mere mortals, Tom “durrrr” Dwan ended a 1 million dollar losing session on Full Tilt Poker with the simple reply:

durrrr: bleh gg
durrrr: im done
durrrr: -1m on day not playin well
Patrik Antonius: k

With much speculation about the health of his bankroll, it’s safe to say that his rather dry reply to losing more than most people earn in a lifetime is a reflection on how solid his remaining funds are. He was back the next day and ran very well, making up for almost 335K of the million that he lost the day before.

One key hand that crippled him for this day involved David Benyamine –

Seat 2: pr1nnyraid ($47,953.80)
Seat 5: durrrr ($217,807.60)
Seat 6: David Benyamine ($457,281.25)
pr1nnyraid posts the small blind of $500
durrrr posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #6
Pre-Flop
David Benyamine raises to $3,000
pr1nnyraid folds
durrrr raises to $10,800
David Benyamine calls $7,800
Flop: [7  J  4 ]
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $15,600
David Benyamine has 15 seconds left to act
David Benyamine has requested TIME
David Benyamine raises to $37,000
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr raises to $83,400
David Benyamine has 15 seconds left to act
David Benyamine raises to $272,300
durrrr calls $123,607.60, and is all-in
David Benyamine shows [4  4 ]
durrrr shows [J  A ]
Uncalled bet of $65,292.40 returned to David Benyamine
Turn: [7  J  4 ][A ]
River: [7  J  4  A ][3 ]
David Benyamine shows three of a kind, fours
durrrr shows two pair, aces and jacks
David Benyamine wins the pot ($436,114.20) with three of a kind, fours
durrrr is sitting out
Summary
Total pot $436,115.20 | Rake $1
Board: [7  J  4  A  3 ]
Seat 2: pr1nnyraid (small blind) folded before the flop
Seat 5: durrrr (big blind) showed [J  A ] and lost with two pair, aces and jacks
Seat 6: David Benyamine (button) showed [4  4 ] and won ($436,114.20) with three of a kind, fours
As the month of September wraps durrrr is still in the red but rapidly heading back towards profitability. At the stakes he plays combined with his unique style of play, it may not take long to see durrrr on a big upswing.

On Wednesday another record was broken, and this time it was for the biggest cash game pot in online poker. Three hands had pots as high as $474,949 another for $476,305 and finally the biggest of them all $499, 037. More importantly were the players involved and according to reports, Tom “durrr” Dwan managed to win the $474,949 pot, however the other two he lost to Jepsen, (aka Peter “Pors” Jepsen a Red Pro with Full Tilt Poker). The record breaking pot was won with Jepsen’s 69 off suit giving him the straight .

Obviously this is huge! The biggest pot prior to this was $465,451 and according to the Poker King it was a hand played two years ago between bad_ip and Fast_Freddie at the $200/$400 NLHE at Ladbrokes. Two days later and durrr is now making accusations against the Full Tilt Pro. According to Jepsen, durrr was later seen that evening at a table with Phil Ivey and expressed his concerns to Ivey that Lars was playing Jepsen’s account and not Jepsen, thus giving Phil an unfair advantage by not knowing who he was up against.

Jepsen took the chat to the forums writing;

“I’m chosing to take this quote personally, because I learned that Durrr told Phil Ivey in the chat on FTP, that he suspected it was not me playing on my Red Pro account the other night (The night I won the “biggest” pot vs Durrr - 499K). I don’t really see why would want to spread ignorant rumours like this. With all the recent multiaccounting / sharing of accounts going on, I take these accusations very seriously. The fact that you made the comment in the CHAT makes it even more inexcusable and without merit. Also, it was made on a table I wasn’t playing myself - so I didn’t even get the chance to respond. If you have a problem I suggest you have FTP check IPs and or betting patterns. Bottom line… Stop whining and ship me an apology, after all it’s okay to finish 2nd to a champ like me :)  /Peter ”

Durrr responded claiming that he still believes the pro lent his account to Lars based on the play that night and the fact that he took down such a big pot has nothing to do with what he said. He also believed it based on the number of times that Lars has been caught using new names and although it is not classified as technically “cheating” it could have cost Phil hundreds of thousands of dollars had he not know who he could have been up against. Taken from durrr’s post at 2 + 2;

“In my opinion making sure that someone doesnt get taken advantage of in a highstakes poker game is more important than possibly hurting your feelings if im wrong. Also the fact that whoever was on your account ran well doesnt mean anything as i have no problems accepting losses, or playing anyone you know hunlhe just in case your comment wasn’t in jest….. Normally i wouldn’t have mentioned anything in chat, however in this case i didn’t have much of a choice- because of the ridiculous amount of money on the line.”

You can check out the 2 + 2 thread here.

Phil Ivey has had an incredible start for the month of September, and saying he’s eating his competitors alive would be an understatement. Seen earlier this week at Full Tilt Poker, Ivey took the other players at the table for over $1.2 million in $500/$1,000 PLO while playing at his own personal table – the Ivey Thunderdome. Players who felt his wrath included; Ziigmund, LoLina, guaranteed376, slaktarn, durrrr and fellow Full Tilt member David Beyamine. A few no names were also present but no matter what anyone did they couldn’t seem to beat him, especially durrrr, who took the biggest beating of the group. Each hand between the two players would have the same outcome – durrrr goes allin, Ivey wins, durrrr reloads.

If you missed these games, Ivey will be playing in this weekend’s first ever Full Tilt $25K PLO Heads Up World Championship, which is scheduled to start Saturday September 6th – 7th. Other big names expected to appear include Chris Ferguson, Gus Hanson and rumour has it, the beatings Ivey gave to durrrr weren’t enough to keep him away, and he is expected to show as well. Unless you’re one of the few who have an extra $25K lying around, you can still qualify for a seat however time is quickly running out. Visit Full Tilt Poker here.

893249273 TABLE : Ivey Thunderdome $500/$1000 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - Mon Sep 1st 2008 - 4:02pm ET

Table Setup
Seat 1: Phil Ivey ($255,339.25)
Seat 2: durrrr ($124,144.50)
Phil Ivey posts the small blind of $500
durrrr posts the big blind of $1,000

The button is in seat #1Preflop
Phil Ivey raises to $3,000
durrrr raises to $9,000
Phil Ivey raises to $27,000
durrrr calls $18,000
Flop [3d 5s 9s]
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $54,000
Phil Ivey raises to $108,000
durrrr calls $43,144.50, and is all in
Phil Ivey shows [Ad 2d As Qs]
durrrr shows [7s Qh 8h 6d]
Uncalled bet of $10,855.50 returned to Phil Ivey
Turn [3d 5s 9s] [2h]
River [3d 5s 9s 2h] [5c]
Phil Ivey shows two pair, Aces and Fives
durrrr shows a pair of Fives
Phil Ivey wins the pot ($248,288.50) with two pair, Aces and Fives
durrrr adds $50,000
Summary
Total pot $248,289 | Rake $0.50
Board: [3d 5s 9s 2h 5c]
Seat 1: Phil Ivey (small blind) showed [Ad 2d As Qs] and won ($248,288.50) with two pair, Aces and Fives
Seat 2: durrrr (big blind) showed [7s Qh 8h 6d] and lost with a pair of Fives

Well, John Juanda didn’t exactly lose his house, but with the money he (almost - he managed a comeback after writing this post, but it is still a great story) lost from flipping you could have bought a very nice one.

After about 4 hours of $8k flips on FullTiltPoker.com, Juanda (who we suspect was intoxicated judging by his awful chat skills) typed into the chat box:

John Juanda: im stuck 320 fcking thousand here

About 2 minutes later, like a true degenerate gambler, he asked flipament expert Ziigmund if he wanted to do $40k flips. Ziigmund agreed, then proceeded to take another $80k of Mr. Juanda. Even after Ziigmund told Juanda he was leaving, like a crack fiend asking for one more hit, Juanda typed “2 more” into the chat. Unfortunately Ziigmund was long gone by then, and Juanda was left down $400k.

Most people would probably be grabbing the noose to shove around their neck at this point, but not Mr. Full Tilt Pro. Juanda started another table where he continued to do more $8k flips. One of the players that took him for around a few $100k and was up over $300k from $8k flips on the night, ICallSoWhat, couldn’t resist and joined in on the action with another high stakes player, LoLina. The two were multi-table flipping as they knew Juanda was just too profitable to pass up on.

Juanda continued to try to entice them to do a $16k flip, but neither player would have a peice of it. Juanda managed to actually scrape back about $100k at this table, but then decided to try his luck over at the $16k cap table, where the stakes were doubled.

Juanda managed to scrape back around $50k before I logged off, but chances are he ended up losing it all back, as his competition wasn’t really willing to risk as much as he did in these games.

EDIT: Actually I was wrong, he made back about another $200k more, so in the end he was still down $100k.  He posted this chat as he left:

John Juanda: i was stuck 440k
John Juanda: ended up losing 100k
John Juanda: not too bad
John Juanda: :-)))
John Juanda: lost a Mercedes McClarran then got it back:-)))
John Juanda: gn guys

The whole situation was best summed up by another Full Tilt Pro, David Oppenheim in the chat:
David Oppenheim: learn chat and watch the pros act like idiots

To check out these gambling degens doing stupid things live, head on over to Full Tilt Poker.

Here is a classic video from the High Stakes Poker TV Show. Jamie Gold shoves with top set into Patrik Antonius’ nuts. They run the hand 3 times for a pot worth just over $743,000.

I don’t want to spoil the hand, so watch and see what happens: