After the National Heads Up Championship drew to a close, many Full Tilt Poker pros hit the tables online. Phil Ivey, of course, being one of them. He didn't waste much time before getting into a battle with Tom "durrr" Dwan.

The first featured hand occurred between Phil Ivey and Durrrr.  It was during a $500/$1000 Pot Limit Omaha hand as Ivey held 5s-Qc-7h-4s.  Preflop, from the small blind, Ivey raised to $3,000 and as usual, Durrrr raised to $9,000.  Ivey called and the players saw a flop of 6c-4d-Qh giving Ivey top and bottom pair.  Ivey led out for $14,000 and Durrrr raised to $49,000 and before you could blink, both players were all in and the pot had $401,999.  Durrrr showed Ad-7d-5c-6d for middle pair, an open ended straight draw and backdoor diamond flush draw.

The turn was the of diamonds giving Durrrr two pair that still trailed Ivey’s two pair of Queens and 5’s but also gave him an open ended straight flush draw.  However, the river was the Jack of clubs, a total brick and Ivey scooped the enormous pot.

Over the course of the session Phil Ivey ended up over $374k in the black over multiple tables.

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We've written about the Tom Dwan challenge before, but it was starting to look like it wasn't going to happen. Then Full Tilt built some tables and it looks like the thing is back on.

The first "durrrr" challenge (slated to be Patrik Antonius vs Tom Dwan) is supposed to get underway at any moment.

Full Tilt Poker has accommodated Dwan and Antonius by opening up four "durrrr" Challenge $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha tables. They are all heads-up tables, as this will be a heads-up challenge.

Antonius is first, then I believe it's David Benyamine and if Dwan has any money left, Phil Ivey. Should be interesting, to say the least.

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After accepting Tom Dwan's challenge it seems that Phil Ivey has been warming up with some Pot Limit Omaha action at Full Tilt. How's he been playing? So far, so good.

River J66T [9]
Ziigmund checks.
Phil Ivey bets $37,200.
Ziigmund calls $37,200.
Phil Ivey shows TJJA.
Ziigmund mucks.
Phil Ivey wins $146,599.

Of course, flopping a full house isn't exactly rocket science but the way Phil Ivey went after this pot (and Ziigmund's money) is still impressive. Expect Ivey to be multi-tabling at Full Tilt for the next few weeks as he gears up for this challenge.

You can always watch his play by signing up for a free account at Full Tilt Poker.

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