I'm talking 3 days straight or longer. Would casinos back a player off or ask them to stop playing if someone was playing for 3 days or more straight?

Just because they were playing 3 days straight? No. Phil Laak a few years ago played 115 hours straight at the Bellagio.

That said, people playing that long are mostly falling asleep at the table and slowing the game down. That will get you asked to leave.

It happens but is fairly uncommon. Normally you would get kicked out due to falling asleep at the table, smelling horrible, and/or being erratic due to lack of sleep and drug use.

Get a room or at least sleep in your car and freshen up with some baby wipes at some point, please.

You will want to check the policy for 'dinner' breaks. Lots of rooms are moving towards either three missed BB or a one hour dinner break before they pull your stack (if there's a list). Your issue will be how long between dinner breaks must you play.

Playing that long can't be very healthy. I would probably want at least a 4-5 hour nap mixed in there each day.

Are you concerned about having to 'start over' with your stack? Or is this maybe for a prop bet?

Phil Laak said it took him a very long time to recover from his 'record' session and he probably would never have done it if he had known how it would affect him. I don't know what kinds of breaks he was taking, but I do know that he plopped down like a $10k 'add on' just to spice things up as the session dragged on. (He was playing 1/2-1/3 most of the time.)

The others are correct ... if you smell or slow the game down those will be the major offenses that the room will step in on. I don't really think a room would have an issue with a Player playing poker as long as they can within the guidelines of the room rules. GL

This. It’s not playing that long that’ll cause them to ask you to leave, it’s all the things that would typically result from staying up for 3 days.

In the beautiful city of San Jose ...

I definitely pulled caffeine/OJ fueled 72+ hour sessions when I was younger.

Is there any law as quoted by Angus that applies to Nevada or Las Vegas?

I'm not sure if the player that made me think of this question actually got kicked out or if he was politely backed off but he did let me know that he's had to leave our casino before he wanted to 6 times this month.

No, it's a California city being a nanny and passing a law to "protect" the public. Word was that some wives complained to the city council about their husbands/fathers spending all their time at casinos. A number of guys told me they got bounced because of the law, so apparently people were playing for long periods of time. The ridiculous thing is that if Bay 101 kicked out a guy for playing too long, he only has to walk a couple blocks to M8trix to play.

Which facility?

If true, I am going to guess that it was not a time-related issue but rather an alcohol-related issue. Alternately, there was a stench-related issue.

I've been at tables where someone was so intoxicated that they were asked politely to take a break. They did not have to cash out, but they could not remain at the table. Had they refused, I am guessing they WOULD have been racked up, cashed out and escorted from the premises...

When was this? I definitely pulled 48+ hour sessions at the Bike... but that was 10+ years ago by now.

Last I checked, the Bike was not in San Jose.

San Jose is especially "protective" of the public. It has also banned comps, jackpots, and pretty much anything designed to encourage people to play.

Oops. Lol.

In a short answer, no.

However, if you are falling asleep at my table, and I have to wake you up more than twice during my down, the floor is getting called and they are going to either:

A) Tell you to rack it up and come back after getting some rest
B) Tell you to go take a break, get some food, some coffee, come back refreshed

It will likely be option B if you are a well-liked regular and don't make a habit of nodding off in the game.

Star Casino in Sydney allegedly makes you leave if you've been there <24 hours but I've never seen it happen. The local laws are quite strict on serving heavily intoxicated people more alcohol but I've seen a few players who were absolutely chitfaced and as long as they a) are not too loud and b) conscious, the staff don't seem concerned about it.

The Hippodrome in London has a 24-hour maximum and I have seen people leave the table because of it.

I used to be a reg at Sky City in Auckland, which closed at 2am every night. During a tournament series they went 24 hours for a weekend and I figured I would see how long I could last. After about 18 hours I and a few others were asked to leave for our own well being.

I lied and said I had left and came back during the night so they let me stay.

Skycity actually has regs?

sleep when your dead.

what if the next orbit the high hand hits or the bbj!?!?


ive personally never seen anyone removed from poker. including when people decide to pay the time to nap at the table.

Used to, no idea what's happening there these days. Love that country.