274:. In August 2010 Cates agreed to take the Durrrr Challenge, playing Dwan at four tables of $ 200/$ 400 no limit for 50,000 hands. If Cates should beat Dwan by $ 1 or more after 50,000 hands, he will win $ 1.5 million from Dwan. As of April 2011, the two had played 19,335 hands, and Cates was up over a million dollars. On December 31, 2018, Cates called out Dwan publicly on Twitter for his apparent welching. However, Cates also said that Dwan paid out approximately $ 700,000 in 2017.
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