From Russia
How Many Hands of Poker Have You Played?
If you thought that you were a big player of online poker, then think again. Most of us would fall out of our chairs at the very thought of playing 40,000 poker hands in just ONE SINGLE DAY! There is one man who has now gone out there and set a new record that will be pretty difficult to beat! A Russian player known by the handle ‘innerpsy’ has clocked up a staggering 40,000 games in just 18 and a half hours. Imagine the rakeback that he must be generating aside from any winnings! I bet he is great at Littlewoods Poker and Betfair Poker.
As some of the games are as cheap to play as 1 cent, online poker is rapidly gaining in its popularity around the world due to the fact there is such easy access to poker tables. It was during the late 1990s that online poker first appeared and it has grown steadily with a real explosion hitting us in the last few years. I don’t think that at any point, however, did anyone foresee one player managing 40,000 hands in just 18.5 hours!
The attempt at the record was hosted by Pokerstars.com and Card Game Masters, which is a Russian forum for poker players. This record attempt was a big draw for curious watchers and a high volume of nearly 10,000 people logged on to see the live video footage. Innerpsy sat down to play at 8.30am Moscow time and stopped playing 18 hours and 33 minutes later. He had completed 40,088 games. “Before this challenge, I had never actually played more than 20,000 hands in a day before but the idea came up and I just figured I could do it,” the player was quoted by PokerStars.com. It was one of the hardest things I have ever achieved, but I am very proud of what I have accomplished.”
The player has actually only been playing for a couple of years and has every intention of working hard at improving his record. He may have some stiff competition as a competitor known as joeingram 1 has contacted the Pokerstars network informing them that he intends to complete 50,000 hands in just one day. They will broadcast the event by webcam so that fans can follow their progress and the attempt to break the record again! They have been quoted as saying they will have a go at the record by playing no limit Hold’em or pit limit Omaha tables.
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