Tired but Satisfied: Abarone68 Won the 24 Hours Prop Bet

abarone68’s Prop Bet Terms

Aaron started looking for people to bet against him on April 3rd, noting that he was looking to do a prop bet with following rules:

• 150 unique MTTs
• Time limited to 24 hours
• Start on April 15th, 2026
• Re-entries and rebuys do not count
• ABI$40-50
• All on stream

To win this challenge, Aaron had to finish this session in profit. The idea was to play in only three poker rooms with buy-ins:

• 888poker — all tournaments from $11 to $215
• GGPoker — Bounty Hunters, Bigs, Hypers and Turbos from $20 and higher
• PokerStars — Bigs, Bounty Builders, Hypers from $22 and higher

While some people criticized Aaron for choosing a challenge that was boring to watch, the majority was ready to watch him succed (and struggle) for 24 hours.

A week later Aaron decided to lower ABI to $30 and clarified how the session hours would be counted — from the moment he’s dealt into the first tournament. As an extra treat for viewers, he announced two giveaways for the stream:

• One month of UpswingPoker membership for every final table he makes.
• $55 tickets on 888poker and % of his fellow ambassadors’ scores at the €888 Barcelona Main Event as a part of Aaron’s “Bink in Barcelona” promotion.

As a warm-up, he went streaming on April 10th, setting a 100 MTTs benchmark to see how long it will take.

He managed to reach 101 MTTs in 11 hours and 52 minutes by playing an average of 18-22 tournaments simultaneously with buy-ins between $15 and $525. However, this attempt formally failed because he spent $10,941 on buy-ins but won only $9,814, finishing “the trial” stream $1,127 in the red.

Why Aaron Barone Decided to Initiate a Prop Bet

While abarone68 is known for his charitable activities, using streams to unite people for a noble cause, this time the reasoning behind the challenge wasn’t about charity.

The day before the challenge broadcast started, Aaron shared that he wanted to reach two goals: to remind the community about periods when challenges like this one made people fall in love with poker but also — to publicly express his love for the poker grind:

He continued:

“Surprisingly, a lot of people simply aren’t aware of this time period — My theory is, and this isn’t a criticism, but because they’re too young or too old as both groups simply weren’t familiar with the internet back then.  🤣

As an influencer, part of me thought I could use my platform to recapture some of that nostalgia and show people what helped me fall in love with the game of poker. But that’s not the main reason I’m doing this prop bet. The main reason is selfish — I’m attempting to play 150 MTTs tomorrow because I love the grind. I love loading a million tables, feverishly clicking through spots, and realizing I’ve got many deep runs to sweat. It’s exhilarating to have a big stack in a tournament, but somehow almost as fun to be battling for hours with the shorstack. Doesn’t seem possible, but it’s true!

Tomorrow, I get the opportunity to do all of that on a scale that I’ve never done before. I get to play more poker than I’ve ever played before. And that means more big hands, more crazy bluffs, and ultimately, more fun.

Who knows, might just make a bit of money, too. “

150 MTTs per 24 Hours Prop Bet Results

Being the pro we all want to become when we grow up, Aaron beat 150 MTTs for 16 hours and 20 minutes. He had $90-ish profit at that point.

While he won the prop bet, Aaron didn’t stop playing for the next hour, finishing the last six events.

So, formally, his challenge and stream ended at 17 hours and 15 minutes into the broadcast with a profit of $690.

Aaron managed to keep his focus and composure during the entire stream, even though his eyes were visibly puffy during the last few hours.

However, he was quite pleased with himself, stating on the stream:

PokerListings congratulates Aaron Barone on successfully completing the challenge and winning the bet. We hope the next challenge will be even more impressive!