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 a man who has recently 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.
Online poker is rapidly growing in its popularity around the world as there is such easy access to poker tables and sometimes you can play for just 1 cent a game. 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. 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. The player was quoted by PokerStars as saying that he had only actually completed 20,000 hands in one day prior to this record breaking effort but he was confident it was achievable.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. 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 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.
