James Dempsey (Royal Flush) is selected for the Blonde Hall of Fame for his attempt to break the World Poker endurance record, on behalf of Poker4charity,at the Gutshot Club in London on the 3rd - 6th June 2005 The main reason this attempt became a record attempt was to get sponsorship for the charity from online cardrooms, but it was going to happen to raise money for the children no matter what. James funded all his own buy-ins.
Alas, James didn't quite make the golden 72 hours needed for it to qualify for the record books, as Davey Newth (the Truth) had to call an end to it at 66.5 hours, with only 6 hours left to go after James suffered severe hallucinations and chronic fatigue that was getting so severe that everyone watching were all extremely concerned for his health. Indeed several Blondeites who were there watching the record attempt were " in tears watching, many times, it was very distressing to watch".
James went through periods where he totally forgot how to play, times that he thought he was in a hotel and the cards/chips were baggage in the corridor, and even a time that he has described "was like being on Star Trek with the table having 3 tiers that lit up and doors that made that swooshing noise!!!"
He made a true valiant attempt, and never tried to give up even with all the leg cramps, back pain, nausea, and utter exhaustion. He was desperate to achieve this for P4C and James recieved a lot of respect for what he achieved.