If you thought that you were a big player of online poker, then think again. Most of us would fall out of our chairs at the very thought of playing 40,000 poker hands in just ONE SINGLE DAY! There is a man who has recently set a new record that will be pretty difficult to beat! A player from Russia, known only by the handle ‘innerpsy’ has amassed an astounding 40,000 games in just 18.5 hours. Imagine the rakeback that he must be generating aside from any winnings! I bet he is great at Littlewoods Poker and Betfair Poker.

As some of the games are as cheap to play as 1 cent, online poker is rapidly gaining in its popularity around the world due to the fact there is such easy access to poker tables. Online poker first came to our shores in the late 1990s and has seen a steady growth with a real explosion taking place in the last couple of years. I don’t think that at any point, however, did anyone foresee one player managing 40,000 hands in just 18.5 hours!

The attempt at the record was hosted by Pokerstars.com and Card Game Masters, which is a Russian forum for poker players. This record attempt was a big draw for curious watchers and a high volume of nearly 10,000 people logged on to see the live video footage. Innerpsy sat down to play at 8.30am Moscow time and stopped playing 18 hours and 33 minutes later. He had completed 40,088 games. “Before this challenge, I had never actually played more than 20,000 hands in a day before but the idea came up and I just figured I could do it,” the player was quoted by PokerStars.com. It was a real challenge, but I am very proud that I have managed to accomplish such a task.”

The player has actually only been playing for a couple of years and has every intention of working hard at improving his record. He may have competition though as a player known as joeingram1 has contacted the Pokerstars network to tell them that they intend to complete 50,000 hands in 24 hours. They will broadcast the event by webcam so that fans can follow their progress and the attempt to break the record again! They have been quoted as saying they will have a go at the record by playing no limit Hold’em or pit limit Omaha tables.