The PokerStars Pro Randy "nanonoko" Lew took a new world record during PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in Bahams. In a corner of the tournament room Lew sat and played not less than 40 cash game tables (PokerStars had to raise the table limit) on PokerStars, and in eight hours he managed to play 23,493 hands - about 2936 hands per hour - or just about 0.8 hands per second.
One of the conditions for the record to be approved by Guinness World Records was that Lew had to win something. The profit, however, just ended up being 7,65 dollars, less than one dollar per hour.
For quite some time it looked like he wouldn't make it. In fact, he was about $1,200 minus and decided to play higher stakes - something that quickly paid off and gave him a world record. This is what Randy Lew, who won APPT Macau a while ago, said in an interview after the record:
"To win APPT Macau was pretty big, then this straight after. These 2 things are on top of my list right now."
And this is what he wrote on Twitter:
"Thanks everyone for supporting me in setting a new Guinness World Record for poker! The support is what keeps me going so thank you again!"