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06/26/2010		Online Casino Style: News Laak Breaks World Record
Home History Games News Dictionary		An unusual occurrence has got the attention of online casino and poker fans, aside from the ongoing reports of poker tournament history being made in Las Vegas at this year’s World Series of Poker event. Another well loved poker pro has taken the title of player having played the game consecutively for the most number of hours, achieving his goal of seeing his name entered into the Guinness Book of World Records. How long he might hold the title has yet to be seen. The accomplishment was made by none other than Phil ‘The Unabomber’ Laak, aged 37 years, who has preparing for the feat for some time. He managed to not only meet his goal of 80 straight hours of poker, catching quickly the attention to hard-core poker players from all over the world, in casinos and online casinos alike. He not only met his 80 hour goal, beating the previous record, but kept going to 90 hours, ensuring that the new record would be ridiculously difficult to beat. The former record had been held by Paul Zimbler, who played for 78 hours, 45 minutes. His feat was completed just last September, with Zimbler holding the record for less than a year. Bystanders for Laak’s attempt understandably developed, and he managed to hold on for more than 91 hours before Online Casino Style went to press. For those unable to see the developments live at the Bellagion Casino and Resort in Vegas, online casino fans can track Laak’s progress through live video stream found at Ustream.com. "There have been a few times where I realized if I didn’t stand up I wouldn’t be able to keep going," said Laak. I’ve been stretching a lot. It helped me through." The challenge began on Wednesday, with a start time of 1:00pm. For every hour played, Laak permitted himself a five minute break, and permission to skip the breaks, and allow them to add up if need be. A nutritionist is standing by, as are medical assistance, in case of an emergency. Laak has been preparing for the endurance test by adhering to a no sweets, low fat diet for months.

06/26/2010

Online Casino Style: News
Laak Breaks World Record

An unusual occurrence has got the attention of online casino and poker fans, aside from the ongoing reports of poker tournament history being made in Las Vegas at this year’s World Series of Poker event. Another well loved poker pro has taken the title of player having played the game consecutively for the most number of hours, achieving his goal of seeing his name entered into the Guinness Book of World Records. How long he might hold the title has yet to be seen.

The accomplishment was made by none other than Phil ‘The Unabomber’ Laak, aged 37 years, who has preparing for the feat for some time. He managed to not only meet his goal of 80 straight hours of poker, catching quickly the attention to hard-core poker players from all over the world, in casinos and online casinos alike. He not only met his 80 hour goal, beating the previous record, but kept going to 90 hours, ensuring that the new record would be ridiculously difficult to beat.

The former record had been held by Paul Zimbler, who played for 78 hours, 45 minutes. His feat was completed just last September, with Zimbler holding the record for less than a year. Bystanders for Laak’s attempt understandably developed, and he managed to hold on for more than 91 hours before Online Casino Style went to press. For those unable to see the developments live at the Bellagion Casino and Resort in Vegas, online casino fans can track Laak’s progress through live video stream found at Ustream.com.

"There have been a few times where I realized if I didn’t stand up I wouldn’t be able to keep going," said Laak. I’ve been stretching a lot. It helped me through." The challenge began on Wednesday, with a start time of 1:00pm. For every hour played, Laak permitted himself a five minute break, and permission to skip the breaks, and allow them to add up if need be. A nutritionist is standing by, as are medical assistance, in case of an emergency. Laak has been preparing for the endurance test by adhering to a no sweets, low fat diet for months.