In response to: Would you want to play in a 36 hour long tournament?



PF_pitboss
PF_pitboss Platinum 3
4625d ago

They made it just under 32 hours, but won't make it into the Guiness World Records book.

 of tournament poker, but Hieu Tran needed quite a bit more than that to win the Delaware Park Casino’s Iron Man Challenge.

It took just under 32 hours, but Hieu Tran succeeded in winning the ultimate test of poker skill and mental strength. Clocking in at 31 hours, 58 minutes, the Delaware Park Casino’s Iron Man Challenge is the record holder for Longest Continuous Poker Tournament, surpassing a 19 hour ironman tournament previously held at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, California. Tran survived the field of 376 to take home $43,761, or an hourly rate of about $1,367 an hour.