In order to set a world record and enter the Guinness Book of World Records, a person needs to not only be extremely determined and focused, but also a little bit crazy.  It seems that David Cain has a perfect mixture of these qualities, which is why there is a very good chance that he will be breaking a world record within the next few days and finding his way into the Guinness Book of World Records. 

David, a poker player from the United Kingdom, is currently in the process of trying to break the world record for the longest amount of poker played consecutively.  You may think that those late night sessions you have played with your friends are long, or the seemingly never ending matches that you have watched players endure on television during major tournaments are long, but neither of these types of poker come close to matching the current record for the longest amount of poker played consecutively.

The current record holder for this title is Larry Olmsted.  A poker player from the United States, Larry set the record back in 2004.  He began playing at the Foxwoods Casino, and continued to do so for an astonishing seventy-two hours and two minutes (the two minutes may seem insignificant after playing poker for that long, but Olmsted has said that they were the hardest part of his record setting feat).  According to first hand accounts from Olmsted's feat, towards the end of his streak, he became so tired that he had to rely on others to tell him the face value of the cards.  Amazingly, Olmsted played fifty cent Seven-Card Stud during his marathon, and actually walked away from the casino with over one thousand dollars in winnings!

To top Olmsted's record, David Cain is shooting for one hundred hours of continuous poker play.  Cain's game of choice for his attempt at the record is heads up poker.  Since his attempt has drawn quite a bit of attention, he has made the decision to use his publicity for good, and plans on donating all of his winnings to St. Barnabas and Louth and District Hospice.