How Many Poker Hands Have You Played?
If you thought that you were a big player of online poker, then think again. Most people would fall out of their chair at the thought of playing 40,000 poker hands IN ONE DAY! But there is one man that has now set a new record that will surely take some beating! A player from Russia, known only by the handle ‘innerpsy’ has amassed an astounding 40,000 games in just 18.5 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. Online poker first came to our shores in the late 1990s and has seen a steady growth with a real explosion taking place in the last couple of 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. The record attempt was a big draw for curious watchers as almost 10,000 people logged on to see the live video streams. Innerpsy sat down to play at 8.30am Moscow time and stopped playing 18 hours and 33 minutes later. He had completed an amazing 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 a real challenge, but I am very proud that I have managed to accomplish such a task.”
The player has actually only been playing for a couple of years and has every intention of working hard at improving his record. However, his record may not stand for long as a player known only by the name as joeingram 1 has been in touch with the Pokerstars network saying that he intends to complete an amazing 50,000 hands in just 24 hours. They will broadcast the live event by webcam enabling fans from around the globe to follow the progress at the record breaking attempt! 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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