Phil "The Unabomber" Laak has officially entered the Guinness Book of World Records for his 115-hour poker session last year. Laak now holds the world record for "longest marathon playing poker by an individual".

Phil "The Unabomber" Laak's world record for the longest single poker playing session by an individual has been officially verified after half a year's wait, Casino City Times reports today.

Phil Laak in June last year set the new world record for the longest poker session during a single sit-down, as the American star played a full 115 hours of live poker without stop.

The record has been standing ever since, however, without being officially verified by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Today the Guinness Society finally came through and acknowledged Laak's record thus allowing him to enter the exclusive club of world record holders.

Before the verification could take place, Laak and his entourage had to provide several pieces of proof and documentation, including witnesses, media coverage following the event, video evidence, drug tests administered by a doctor on site, log books detailing dealer's names and times, Guinness Book of World Records log books detailing the record breaker's activity and rest times among other things.

Upon revising the evidence, the Guinness Book of World Records found that Laak had fulfilled all of the requirements, and he as such now holds the world record for "longest marathon playing poker by an individual".

The event itself took place at the Bellagio Poker Room in Las Vegas, with Laak starting to play at 12.04pm on June 2nd 2010 and finishing on June 7 at 7.04am, breaking the previous world record by 36 hours and 15 minutes.

"I was shooting for 80 hours all along and eventually it came. The obvious next step was to honor the moment by making the most of it. A gambling degenerate by trade this was a once in a lifetime opportunity to see what my inner vampire was really made of," Laak said in a press release.

"It was loads of fun and of course impossible without my crew. This has been one of the most wonderful journeys I've ever taken, touchingly human and beautiful on so many levels. Thanks to everyone who shared in this amazing ride," he added.

Since breaking the record in June, Laak has continued his prosperous poker career, winning among other things his first WSOPE bracelet in a £2,500 Six-Handed NLHE event during last summer's WSOP Europe in London.

Source: Poker.org