TEXAS HOLDEM ONLINE POKER

It looks like a regular Texas Holdem poker game, but Larry Olmsted is no regular poker player.

"I enjoy playing."

Olmsted is anteing up an awesome task; play poker non-stop for 72 hours. If he bets right, he'll cash his chips in the Guinness Book of World Records.

"What do you to prepare for this?"
"Well, I got a good nights sleep last night. I have played Texas Holdem for considerable lengths of time before. Never 72, but 48, and I'll drink a lot of coffee."

Guinness's rules are strict: play every hand, one 15 minute break per 8 hours. Meals will be served at the table and a medic is on call at all times. Foxwoods is watching too, to make sure he doesn't slack off.

"Every four hours we're signing off that he indeed was at a table playing poker, not nodding," says Kathy Raymond.

"What kind of obstacles are in your way when you play 72 hours of poker?"
"Mainly exhaustion," says Larry. "I'm not that worried about the playing Texas Holdem poker itself."

Instead of lucky charms, he's got support from friends like Matthew Rosenthal.

"So is it your job when you see him nodding off, to give him a swift kick under the table?"
"I think the idea is to keep him talking, to keep him interested."

And with the poker room full of players ready to beat the odds, Larry's looking to beat the clock. Of course, he'll have to have the cards on his side if he's gonna make it.