Daniel "Jungleman12" Cates was the biggest online high stakes cash game winner of 2010 and he came out in dominant fashion to start 2011 on Monday in his ongoing durrrr Challenge with Tom Dwan. Cates played the first lengthy heads up session with Dwan at $200/$400 in weeks, logging a big $319,103.50 win.
The two played 2,918 hands across four tables of $200/$400 NLHE on Full Tilt Poker.
The largest pot of the night of $216,505.50 was won by Cates. He was the pre-flop raiser, continuation bet with his J high flush draw which hit on the turn, then he value bet the river only to have Dwan reraise all in. Cates called the additional $40k re-raise instantly, and Tom Dwan flipped over a smaller flush.
Cates now has a $819,213.50 lead with roughly 17k hands completed of the 50k hand challenge.
The two played 2,918 hands across four tables of $200/$400 NLHE on Full Tilt Poker.
The largest pot of the night of $216,505.50 was won by Cates. He was the pre-flop raiser, continuation bet with his J high flush draw which hit on the turn, then he value bet the river only to have Dwan reraise all in. Cates called the additional $40k re-raise instantly, and Tom Dwan flipped over a smaller flush.
Cates now has a $819,213.50 lead with roughly 17k hands completed of the 50k hand challenge.
