Asian Poker Tour Targets Guinness World Record for Longest Poker Tourney
Here’s something you don’t see every day. The Asian Poker Tour (APT) is busting out all the stops at an upcoming Manila event by hosting the Iron Man Poker Challenge. The Challenge will seek to break the world record for the longest single poker tournament, a mark that currently stands at 36 hours, 34 minutes, and 41 seconds set at Delaware Park in 2012.
The Iron Man Poker Challenge begins on December 13 and has a buy-in of $700. Registration will be open until the start of Level #7 and there are 250 seats available. There are no scheduled breaks or chops allowed, but players can remain away from the table at any point for as long as they’d like, although blinds and antes will continue to be taken. The only way the tournament can end is with a single winner being crowned.
Each player in the Iron Man Poker Challenge in Manila will get a starting stack of 50,000 in chips and blinds kick off at 25-50, which means each entrant receives 1,000 big blinds. The first ten levels will run for an hour, Levels 11 to 20 will run for 90 minutes, and all levels thereafter will stretch for two hours. Additionally, according to the event’s website, the “starting level for the final table will be at a minimum average stack of 30 times the big blind.”
In Delaware last August, Czech Republic player Peter Konas (pictured) came away with the title and $27,000 for first place. The event drew nearly 200 runners and just over $100,000 was in the purse. Delaware Park’s blog noted at the time that the field was, by the waning hours, pretty drained: “It seems as if the preferred method of staying awake tonight is standing up at one’s seat and walking around a few feet until the next hand is dealt. Although, there are numerous Red Bull cans and coffee cups around the poker table tonight, so the tried and true method of caffeine intake is still in use.”
Other tournaments besides the Iron Man Poker Challenge will take place in Manila from December 11 to 15, including a $2,500 High Roller contest.
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