Poker gamers usually showcase loads of dexterity on the subject of riffling, flipping, and spinning chips whereas on the desk. One participant just lately added fairly a way of stability to that record and earned a Guinness report within the course of.
Italy’s Rocco Mercurio managed to stability 255 poker chips on a single finger to earn a Guinness world report “distinction.” An Instagram video of the accomplishment reveals Mercurio assembling a number of chip stacks on a desk earlier than then stacking these on high of one another on his index finger.
The chip-balancing virtuoso then balances the stack for a number of seconds earlier than finally seeing the stack topple down – pumping his fist in celebration.
Man Of Many ‘Records’
Whether that could be a main accomplishment is within the eye of the beholder. But Mercurio isn’t any stranger to registering Guinness data with a few of his different different feats, together with most cups balanced on the brow, most mugs held in a single hand, most cash spun concurrently, quickest time to flip three water bottles, quickest time to use 10 surgical masks (together with a separate for report for finishing the duty blindfolded), and quite a few others.
No phrase if Mercurio is a poker participant himself, as he doesn’t come up in any poker match database, however he’s additionally prolonged his penchant for record-breaking to billiards, holding the report for many balls held in a single hand at 17.
The video of Mercurio’s chip-balancing prowess acquired greater than 62,000 views since being posted by Guinness on their YouTube web page. However, the response has been fairly combined amongst viewers. Despite the variety of likes, one Instagram viewer famous: “World record … something like this? The whole world has no talent?”
The sport of poker isn’t any stranger to Guinness data. In 2010, Phil Laak set the report for the longest steady poker session, recording 115 hours of play at $10-$20 no-limit maintain’em on the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
That report was then damaged in 2019 by Zach Gensler, who performed 124 straight hours at Resorts World at a $1-$3 no restrict maintain’em desk.
“I wanted to be a part of poker history,” Gensler advised Card Player.
