In the middle of May, we could read about Phil Laak and his plans on breaking the world record in staying awake as long as possible and play poker. The old record was held by Paul Zimbler who last year managed to stay awake for 78 hours. Anyhow, a couple of days ago, Phil Laak Laak started his world record attempt at Bellagio in Las Vegas.
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i can imagine some freaks do that "online" day for day
sick...yes and no. why not try something extraordinary once in your life. curious to see his last hour. on u tube ? did he asleep on the table or how did the record end ?
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That´s sick.... is it even possible without drugs ??? I was up for 25 hours on weekend trying to play a tournament on ps i could not even see my cards the last hours
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Posted by blipblop: That's sick.... is it even possible without drugs ??? I was up for 25 hours on weekend trying to play a tournament on ps i could not even see my cards the last hours
haha, there is the first proof for my "i can imagine some freaks do that "online" day for day"
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Is that 2 records held by the unabomber, most games played and the longest time played. Or was the outher beat? Anyway, pointless if you ask me. Try most money won Laak.
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Posted by B1gfoot: Try most money won Laak.
Man you can be mean B1gfoot. Made me laugh lol.
Laak is one of my fav high stakes cash game players, because every time he sits down the table gets alive. He do plays a lot of abc, but thats only to make table image for himself before he starts fireing off. Still makes me laugh how he raised with AA in HSP 50k preflop, just to get 4-5 limpers off the pot and take the money lol.
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Lucifer bless Americans . . . I used to have stay-awake contests with my cousins back in the day, and I could only go a day and a half. I can't even comprehend how he was able to make it past 3 days, doing something mentally intensive like playing Poker. However, when I first started playing cash games, I would play for 9 or 10 hours straight. Still, this is a beast of a feat, even if technically anyone could replicate it.
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wow 115 hours i think is not possible without drugs.When he make it without drugs he is a alien or cyborg lol. Anyone knows what for blinds he´s playing
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I frickin ridulous. He was 5k up? Holy crap. I know that at Harrahs casino in Indiana, the dealers say there was once a guy who was there for 6 days. By the end his skin was pink and he was shaking. Yet , he was 15k up just playing 2-5 no limit. Is it worth it?
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Damn amazing he made a profit! You would think ha was sitting with matches holding up his eyelids making bad calls the last 48 huors. Me, I start playing bad after about two hours!!