Patrick Antonius
Some Pre-Christmas Challenge Fun
While several other high stakes pro are deabling with some controversy over datamining, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Patrik Antonius decided to make the most of a slow day at the cash game tables and log some durrrr Challenge hands. The two duked it out for a couple of hours early Tuesday morning and Dwan was able to extend his lead over Antonius and draw nearer to $1 million in profit.
Brian Townsend’s Full Tilt Poker Status Suspended for Isildur1 Controversy
In the wake of the arrival of Swedish high-stakes online poker player Isildur1, Brian “sbrugby” Townsend, a CardRunners instructor, has had his Full Tilt Poker Red Pro status suspended for one month.
New Poker After Dark Cast Will Have Fans “Flipping” Out
The producers of NBC’s Poker After Dark know how to give poker fans exactly what they want. For the next two weeks the action will feature high stakes cash game play with the likes of Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey.
Durrrr’s Big Day and Challenge Play
The high stakes games on Full Tilt may have died down for a day or two since Isildur1’s epic $5 million downswing, but things were not all quiet on the online poker front for long. After laying low for a little while, Tom “durrrr” Dwan got back to his winning ways on Friday, racking up nearly $1 million in profit and even finding time to play a short Challenge session with Patrik Antonius.
Isildur1 in the Red After $2.5 Million Loss
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” anthology, Isildur is one of the kings of the great kingdom of Gondor. He is best known for cutting the infamous, “one ring to rule them all,” off the evil Lord Sauron’s finger and saving the world from complete destruction. Then, rather than destroy the ring, he insisted on holding on to it because of his own greed and hubris, resulting in his subsequent murder and the second great battle for Middle Earth that we all went and saw the Peter Jackson version of at the movies a few years ago.
Isildur1 Beats Dwan, Ivey, Antonius
After saying goodbye to the majority of his profits from the last month, some speculated that Isildur1 might quit Patrik Antonius, or at least settle for a break in the action. Instead, the unknown player from Sweden picked right back up where he left off and challenged the Full Tilt Poker pro to some more high-stakes $500-$1,000 pot-limit Omaha.
Isildur1 and Antonius light up Full Tilt
It took over 5,000 hands and a 12-hour session, but Isildur1 left Full Tilt’s tables with almost $700k of Patrik Antonius’ money last night.
