Do these records even matter?
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Apparently, the record for the most hands played in a 24-hour period was set on November 25 by a player known as 'innerpsy' with 40,088 hands over 18 hours and 33 minutes. Unfortunately for innerpsy, that record has now been broken by 'ChicagoJoey', who set himself a challenge to play 50,000 hands in 24-hours for a net profit.
ChicagoJoey was successful, playing his 50,000 hands at PokerStars in NLHE and PLHE games at 10c/25c. He finished the 50,000 hands up by $850.53, and continued playing for another 470 hands. In total, he played for around 21 hours, so potentially he could have set the new record even higher if he hadn't given himself a requirement of having to make a net profit. Innerpsy apparently turned a loss for his record, but it was achieved in less time than ChicagoJoey's.
My question is this: does the record for most hands played in a 24-hour period matter? Of course not. It pales in comparison to the records for largest online pots and most players online that have been broken multiple times this year. That doesn't mean it isn't awesome, though, and I'm going to tell you why.
I think that attention paid to trivial matters is one of the greatest signs of success for any hobby, sport, or interest. If we can devote time and effort to keeping track of something as unimportant as this, then poker has really hit the big time! I will admit that it is impressive to be able to turn a profit with 50,000 hands in 24-hours, but simply playing through a massive number of hands doesn't strike me as notable.
Do you think this kind of thing is important? Could you break that record if you had the money and 24-hours to spare? Talk about it in the comments.
- Shad
ChicagoJoey was successful, playing his 50,000 hands at PokerStars in NLHE and PLHE games at 10c/25c. He finished the 50,000 hands up by $850.53, and continued playing for another 470 hands. In total, he played for around 21 hours, so potentially he could have set the new record even higher if he hadn't given himself a requirement of having to make a net profit. Innerpsy apparently turned a loss for his record, but it was achieved in less time than ChicagoJoey's.
My question is this: does the record for most hands played in a 24-hour period matter? Of course not. It pales in comparison to the records for largest online pots and most players online that have been broken multiple times this year. That doesn't mean it isn't awesome, though, and I'm going to tell you why.
I think that attention paid to trivial matters is one of the greatest signs of success for any hobby, sport, or interest. If we can devote time and effort to keeping track of something as unimportant as this, then poker has really hit the big time! I will admit that it is impressive to be able to turn a profit with 50,000 hands in 24-hours, but simply playing through a massive number of hands doesn't strike me as notable.
Do you think this kind of thing is important? Could you break that record if you had the money and 24-hours to spare? Talk about it in the comments.
- Shad
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