Whats the longest session you ever played?

Running Bing

Just wondering as you often hear stories about players playing sessions that go on for days with no sleep. I dont know how they could do it. So whats the longest session you ever played?

Marq

I played live for 28 hours once.

BigDragon

18 hrs live.

ianmc38

Live 10 hours. Online about the same.

Pokerevents

Babybing wrote:

Just wondering as you often hear stories about players playing sessions that go on for days with no sleep. I dont know how they could do it. So whats the longest session you ever played?

Last year at the WSOP I was staying at the Orleans Hotel/casino (great poker room). A friend Stephen "megs" Dunphy decided to come at the last minute. I offered to share my room as he had nothing booked.
He was drawn for the second day of the main event. I was playing day 3, but I accompanied him for the support. We arrived at Harrahs @ 10.30 a.m and tournament started @ 11.00 ish(maybe 11.10). Stephen was playing a solid game throughout. At about 11 that night I left Harrahs and hit the bar in the Orleans. Stephen was comfortable, just over the average stack when I left. I hit the sack @ 1.00 a.m and checked AntesUp and Stephen seemed to be still there.
I woke up at about 6ish and no sign of Stephen. I thought the guy has got through and is gone on the piss as qualifiers from day 2 would have a day off.
I re-awoke @ 10, still no sign of Megs. I'm beginning to be concerned. I called into Pat O C's room next door. His reply was "this is vegas man". O.k, but I still thought it was strange. I had my breakfast, and as I was heading out the rear door of the Orleans, I noticed Stephen in the Pokerroom. He cashed out and headed down to Harrahs with me. This was 10.40. I said where the f0ck were you, and are you through to day 2. Oh yea ,he said, I've 35k we did'nt finish till nearly 3 and then I decided to unwind with a cash game.
15 hours @ the main event wsop immediately followed by 8 hours at a cash game. Thats what I call a session.

ocallagh

Marq wrote:

I played live for 28 hours once.

was it a winning session? how did u feel after it?

I managed 14hrs live before and I was shattered (Satellite + Fitz monthly)

Marq

It was a winning session, though not a very big one. I started on saturday afternoon in a fitz freeroll, then played the cash game directly after that, and the round-of-each tournament at 8:30. when I got knocked out of that I got into the omaha cash game which I played until 6 or 7 in the morning, then went from the club to a friends flat for some more cash action. We stopped for lunch around 1:00, but then resumed and continued to play until the sunday free-roll started at 6:30. I busted out of that, sat into the round-of-each cash game and left for the last bus home about 11.

for all of that I was only up a couple of hundred euro.

I felt extremely tired.

Imposter

I've done 12 hours live - 3 1/2 tournament and the rest a stud game - I was absolutely shattered after it. And stud takes a sh1tload of concentration.

Norwich Fan Rob

late december i arrived at this fitz at 4 for the freeroll to their first 500 game, made the final table on this b4 busting out, str8 into a satellite, 3rd, another satellite 2nd, bought in anyway and finished up with a 4 way deal at 5.20am,
13 hours str8 playing live.

Online, have done 10am til 3am with breaks of no more than 1.5 hours total.

Iago

Pokerevents wrote:

Last year at the WSOP I was staying at the Orleans Hotel/casino (great poker room). A friend Stephen "megs" Dunphy decided to come at the last minute. I offered to share my room as he had nothing booked.
He was drawn for the second day of the main event. I was playing day 3, but I accompanied him for the support. We arrived at Harrahs @ 10.30 a.m and tournament started @ 11.00 ish(maybe 11.10). Stephen was playing a solid game throughout. At about 11 that night I left Harrahs and hit the bar in the Orleans. Stephen was comfortable, just over the average stack when I left. I hit the sack @ 1.00 a.m and checked AntesUp and Stephen seemed to be still there.
I woke up at about 6ish and no sign of Stephen. I thought the guy has got through and is gone on the piss as qualifiers from day 2 would have a day off.
I re-awoke @ 10, still no sign of Megs. I'm beginning to be concerned. I called into Pat O C's room next door. His reply was "this is vegas man". O.k, but I still thought it was strange. I had my breakfast, and as I was heading out the rear door of the Orleans, I noticed Stephen in the Pokerroom. He cashed out and headed down to Harrahs with me. This was 10.40. I said where the f0ck were you, and are you through to day 2. Oh yea ,he said, I've 35k we did'nt finish till nearly 3 and then I decided to unwind with a cash game.
15 hours @ the main event wsop immediately followed by 8 hours at a cash game. Thats what I call a session.

That's Dunphy alright, there's no stopping him once he gets going. He's played right through the night on many occasions online, more energy than sense if you ask me

I played for 12 hours one day online, wrecked at the end of it though and my concentration was shot to pieces, made about $900 profit after losing $400-$500 in the last hour with stupid mistakes.

delanec8

I played for 2 days straight in Vegas last summer. Think i had one break of about an hour and whatever else i had to eat was at the tables. The only other time i got up from a table was to move between 3 different casinos. I was up $400 by the end but had been over $1000 but lost a lot of it late on as my eyes started closing on me.

It was pretty sick but i was definetely on the Vegas buzz that anyone who loves to play poker will be on when they go. Im sure i destroyed my insides with the amount of red bull i drank but it did keep me going. I would do it again but only if i was in Vegas for a few days as opposed to a couple of weeks. I need help.

Bp!

Nothing serious live wise, maybe 6 hours or so , online about 12 or more , MTTs just kept overlapping, was on auto pilot towards the end. Its impossible to sleep at that stage without dreaming about poker , funny dreams them ones !

LOL actually last thursday night after the tournaments here locally few went back to my house and we played till about 11 the next morning ! so that was about 8 hours live Great memory i have...we had to stop cause one or 2 people had to go home and bring their families to mass 8-) ! I collapsed on the couch !

AmarilloFats

in vegas a month ago Played for 36hours ...But I had to walk between casinos so fresh air was hard, that probably disqualifies me. Started at about 2am In excalibur playing 1/3 NL, then MGM playing 1/2, then PAris tourney, then Bellagio 2/5, Caesars 1/2 and then MGM 11am $70 tourney which I won...then Some craps in hooters baby.

ionapaul

13 1/2 hours live play in January at City West, that's including breaks, tournament clock showed almost 10 hours play. I've played blackjack for over 20 hours a few times before in Tahoe and Vegas, woo hoo no need to sleep in a fancy casino

cardshark202

Im not one for long sessions really. you're all sick.

tabatha

9 1/2 hours and never again :eek:

JoeyJJ

15 hours in a home game, no break for me as I was 1/2 in all games... Great night was had, and lots of cans sank, the hangover for the last 5 or so hours didn't seem to harm my play too much.

Online about 7 hours, I enjoy the live game alot more so it was probably harder to play the 7 hours online, needed to pick a good soundtrack to the night.

Rnger

played the 30e FO on sunday 4:30, played the freeroll after and then played holdem cash game till 7:30.

15 hours.

fixer

at one of the pokerevents nights in Cork, I went out somewhere in the final table (4-5 hrs play) then off to a home game with Vinnie "the long lad", trevor the txi driver, geoff the dealer (card dealer, you degenerates), and a couple other guys. Game broke around noon after 11 hrs of play.

roryc

Played for 14 hours live before. Never played more than 4 hours online... I'd shoot myself