Posts Tagged ‘24 hour poker marathon’

24 Hour Poker Marathon Part 4

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Welcome to the next installment of my 24 hour poker marathon. In the last excerpt, we were twelve hours through the task and a tify $720 up on our original investment.
7am
I’m beginning to feel quite sore from sitting in the same position for too long at a time and I can’t seem to stop yawning. [...]

24 Hour Poker Marathon Part 3

Monday, August 10th, 2009

In the last installment you will have seen that I was making some progress on our proposition bet. I was up a total of $450 after 6 hours of game time as the clock stuck midnight. The next few hours are documented below:
1am
After a couple of shots of double strength espresso, I’m back in the [...]

24 Hour Poker Marathon: Part One

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

About a year ago, while I was still a student at Oxford, a housemate of mine with an even bigger propensity for proposition bets than me challenged me to one heck of a proposition bet. He bet me a month’s rent (about £600 or so) that he could make more money than me in 24 [...]