It feels like deja vu on the Rabbit Hunt, but the two big stories from last week are the big stories again this week. Mark and Matt look into the latest interviews and posts from Dan Cates and Haseeb Qureshi and see who now is at fault. Then, after recapping the first Epic Poker League event, the two look into some of the criticisms of the league and see how well they hold up to scrutiny.[audio:http://wpc.0997.edgecastcdn.net/000997/podcasts/rabbithunt081711.mp3|titles=Rabbit Hunt: 62|autostart=no]
Today, January 30th @5:30 ET Viktor “Isildur1” Blom will take on Daniel “w00ki3z” Cates in the third installment of the SuperStar Showdown. Cates is better known by his Full Tilt Poker name of Jungleman12 where he came on, and dominated, the high stakes cash scene last year.
Follow @merchdawg on Twitter for updates throughout the 2,500 hand match.
Another good interview from the WPT-London Poker Classic, which seems to be going on for about as long as the Durrrr Challenge. Wha? Nevermind, it’s the PartyPoker World Poker Open … more poker in the same London Palm Beach Casino … but technically a different event.
Anyhow, London-London-London … that’s the hottest spot in the poker world this month. And everyone loves Durrrr (many in a strangely homosexual way according to YouTube comments) … and forget the Patrik Antoniuses and Gus Hansens … now Jungleman seems to be the only non-Ivey nosebleed opponent that matters.
The durrrr challenge with Jungleman ran its second session late Monday morning into the afternoon, playing a shade under 1000 hands this time around. Jungleman (Daniel Cates) continued to hold the advantage, and even when losing big pots he was always able to bounce back within minutes. Durrrr, on the other hand, was found felted on two tables and playing shortstacked poker, despite a rule in the challenge requiring a reload at 75bbs. Jungleman ended up winning $172k in session #2, all NLHE, to bring his total to +$692k after 6820 hands, according to FTP’s Poker on the Rail blog. Not bad (so far) for a 20-year-old college student making the 24-year-old Team Full Tilt pro look something like an old man.
JungleMan’s blog on CardRunners here. Good interview with Daniel Cates here.
