Some people can play poker for a long time. I’m sure that I could handle a 24-hour session no problem. I’ve had a few 16-hour sessions, and I can’t recall any of them being difficult. There are some legendary stories about sessions going on for days. The official leader is Larry Olmsted, with a 72-hour session at Foxwoods in Connecticut. He started with $100 playing $0.50 ante Seven Card Stud. He managed to win close to $1,000.

Michael Mizrachi claims that he played for 75 hours at the Mirage. He played $6/$12 limit holdem and continued on a good run for the length of the session. He didn’t stay for any reason other than he was winning lots of money.

The official record for a game is 43 hours. It was set in 2006 by a bunch of guys in London England. They only stopped for bathroom breaks.