On January 8, the identity of the mystery swede Isildur1 was finally revealed - something the whole poker world been waiting for for a very long time (second half of 2009 - when he showed up at the nosebleed tables at Full Tilt). In an interview with PokerStars at the PCA, Viktor Blom, 20, admitted that he's the man who has won and lost millions of dollars online under the alias Isildur1. Of cours[...] Read more » The identity of Isildur1 is finally revealed
Joined: Oct '09
Location: Lithuania
Age: 43 (M)
Posts: 2805
So all was saying really good then Ilsidur start play a lot off poker pros sayd that this man must be Blom and they was really right so now we all will in some month or two just not remember him it will be only poker pro but not unknown pro breaker good luck all
Joined: Mar '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 6714
Im hoping he will cause some upset at HS, If this guy gets a good bankroll behind him you can bet all the outher HS players will start twitching, id rather have seen him on FT. I dont think his identity came as a shock to anyone...possably the tax man.
Joined: Jan '10
Location: Germany
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Posted by mazas: So all was saying really good then Ilsidur start play a lot off poker pros sayd that this man must be Blom and they was really right so now we all will in some month or two just not remember him it will be only poker pro but not unknown pro breaker good luck all
hmmm, i wonder if he really wanted to give it up this way... he could have made a lot of money for keeping the secret a will longer...
Joined: Aug '09
Location: Canada
Age: 52 (M)
Posts: 147
yes he would of made a ton more money to keep it under his hat and not had pokerstars say who he was,,but i am sure pokerstars gave him a ton of money to let them tell the world who he was
