PTP Hit and Run: Aug. 25th, 2010

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Annie Duke takes PokerStars to task for Daniel Negreanu’s comments, WSOP coverage, and a WPT final table. It’s all in today’s PTP Hit and Run.

Annie Duke bashes PokerStars:Quick summary of the recent flare up of the feud between Duke and Daniel Negreanu: They don’t like each other from a long time ago, Daniel recently called her a c-word you shouldn’t call women, Daniel said he said the word off the record for an interview, but he’s not going to apologize, PokerStars said they aren’t going to censor Daniel. The latest? Annie takes PokerStars to task for not reprimanding him. Part of a letter she wrote: “I am not offended by Daniel’s opinion. He has a right to disagree with me and dislike me. And I, just like PokerStars, would encourage him to express his views and opinions. This is not about his views. It is about a particular word he chose to express those views. The word “c**t” is not an opinion, it is an abusive epithet, and PokerStars is completely ignoring the use of that term in their response. But more distressing is the use of the word encouraged here. So, PokerStars, you are encouraging Daniel to continue to express views in this manner, to conduct these public attacks using offensive slurs and inappropriate language? I am more than dismayed that PokerStars is making a statement here that they encourage this kind of behavior, this kind of language use. According to PokerStars, this kind of behavior enriches our community.” You can read PokerStars’ statement and her whole missive here.

Durrrr Challenge history lesson: If you’re a little fuzzy on what’s happened or what’s going on in the durrrr Challenge between Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonius, you’re not the only one. If you want to catch up with what’s happened over the last year and a half, we have a recap here. Dwan is getting ready to take on jungleman12 in the second edition of the challenge, before the first one is over.

More Patrik: Antonius had been in the midst of an epic comeback from earlier in the year. After being down about $3 million for 2010 at Full Tilt’s high-stakes tables, he was up about a million at one point. But he’s given most of those profits back in one session. Read about it here.

WSOP day two: ESPN has broadcast its day two coverage of the World Series of Poker main event. Head over to pokertube.com to watch the whole thing.

This Week in Poker: If you missed the live online poker show yesterday, you can watch it on youtube below. World Poker Tour personality Kimberly Lansing was the featured guest.

Final tablements: Speaking of the WPT, the Legends of Poker event at the Bike in Los Angeles is at a final table. No big names are left, but you can check out live updates at the WPT website.

Online rankings: The latest rankings for online poker are out, and CardRunners instructor Mickey “mement_mori” Petersen is still on top. Up to second now is Chris “moorman1″ Moorman. See the whole rankings here.

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