The durrrr Challenge: The 2,040 hand slug fest

The session started around 4 p.m. ET and lasted all the way until 1 a.m. this morning. At around 10:30 the boys took a one-hour break before returning to play the final 470 hands of the night. The session was an all out slug fest with 22 $100k+ pots contested, including the largest of the entire...

The session was an all out slug fest with 22 $100k+ pots contested, including the largest of the entire night online, worth an impressive $293k.

The almost $300k pot saw Dwan raise all-in on the flop holding top-two pair with a flush and gut-shot straight re-draw. Antonius was quick to make the call holding a wrap straight draw with four over cards.

The turn and river both blanked for Antonius, shipping the pot to Dwan, who ended up with a full house.

The second largest pot of the night saw Dwan flop the case 7 giving him top set against Antonius's top pair. The money got all in after the turn brought Antonious two pair.

With just two outs to win the pot, Antonius failed to suck out on the river, shipping most of his stack and another massive pot to Dwan.

Thanks mostly to winning the three largest pots of the night, Dwan was able to book an $81k profit, bringing his lead in the challenge up to almost $780k.

With the end closer than the beginning, hopefully the players will continue putting in long sessions to bring the contest to a close before the year's end.

durrrr Challenge by the numbers:

• 217,037,659: Total amount wagered in the challenge
• 1,263,602: Prize for 9th place at the 2009 WSOP Main Event
• 779,248: Amount durrrr is ahead
• 27,185: Total hands played so far
• 54: Percentage of challenge completed
• 1: number of breaks during last night's 9-hour session

Below are the three largest hands of the session, you can find the rest in MarketPulse:

Quite the drawing hand.

A very bad turn for Antonius.

A sick hand.