Laak is Poker Endurance Champion
Fuzion Poker had informed in a poker blog that Phil “The Unabomber” Laak would be trying for the endurance poker record. On Saturday June 5 at 12.06 PM Las Vegas time Phil Laak became the official poker endurance champion by breaking the record of 72 hours and 2 minutes. This had been set by Larry Olmsted. For some reason the record of 78 hours 45 minutes set by Paul Zimbler is not treated as official. But that will not matter now because Laak has crossed that one as well. And The Unabomber will make things more difficult for the next man trying to break the endurance record. As per current plans Laak intends to keep playing for 90 hours. Who knows, once he reaches that he may try for a full century?
Laak began the mission on Wednesday June 2 at the Bellagio Casino. He is permitted a five minute break for every hour played. Laak accumulated his time so he could shower or do yoga. He has been eating under the guidance of a nutritionist, who provided meals every five hours. In fact the nutritionist has kept Laak on a strict no-sweets and low-fat diet since January 2010 in order to ensure that he is fit for the event.
It did baffle many why Laak chose the WSOP period for pursuing the record. Therefore he explained, “I wanted to just do it when I knew there would be games. I needed people around because you need that energy when you do long sessions. I didn’t think I was playing the $50K anyways.”
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