Christian Little

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! However, one man has succeeded in setting a new record that will 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.

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 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 live event by webcam enabling fans from around the globe to follow the progress at the record breaking attempt! The record is going to be attempted by playing no limit Hold’em, or pot limit Omaha tables.