It’s been a long time since Tom Dwan played agains Daniel Cates for the «Durrrr Challenge» where Daniel is still ahead for almost half a million dollars. PokerListings spoke to Daniel about the challenge and poker in general.

«I don’t know. I hope it does. Tom says he wants to do it, and he acknowledges the penalties, so I guess it’ll continue at some point. But he’s busy at the moment with some personal stuff, so I don’t know when.»

Full Tilt Poker is no longer an option for the challenge after the site decided to merge with PokerStars. PokerListings also asked Daniel who he thinks the best players are at the moment.

«Ben Tollerene is very good at PLO, and sauce123 (Ben Sulsky) has been doing very well lately, too. And OTB_redbaron is very underrated. His approach to NLHE ring games is probably more correct than pretty much anyone else’s. Ike Haxton is also very good. He does the math correctly, from what I understand.»

He also spoke about Macau’s high stakes games.

«Not too much, really. There are some very high private games, which is why I can’t talk about them. I wanted to go back to Macau recently but then I decided to rather go to the LAPC and stuff. I will return to Macau though; I like it there a lot.»

If you want to read the full interview you may do so by clicking here: Daniel Cates on Durr Challenge