As Tom Dwan went to Twitter looking for the legendary Isildur1 but got intercepted by Jungleman Dan Cates instead, it turns out the Swedish poker sensation was deep in an underground app €2/5 PLO game!
Viktor "Isildur1" Blom was in an uncapped game, trying to run it up against some super-stacked opponents on the Pokio app.
From the looks of it, the game is quite serious. Blom joined the P[...] Read more » Isildur1 Spotted Playing Underground €2/5 PLO Game
Joined: Sep '19
Location: Peru
Age: 29 (M)
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I can't understand that part of this player that, from playing with almost a million dollars at the tables to being at 780 euros, I can't understand that part, I don't know his situation, but I can't understand it, it's actually been run out of money ????. What do you think????.
Joined: Mar '21
Location: Peru
Age: 23 (M)
Posts: 270
I think that isildur1 has had a downturn in his bank, because I cannot explain why he is playing those levels, the conclusions about it are obvious, but I hope that I am wrong, because he is a great player and has marked poker for years, it will always be remembered by many.
Joined: Sep '19
Location: Peru
Age: 29 (M)
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I have seen a video where he loses a pot of almost 1.3 million dollars with patrick antonius, that was spectacular, it gives us to think about many things but from here I wish him to do well in everything that he proposes in poker, I know that it is a player, and soon we will see him back at the level he should be.
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Romania
Age: 44 (M)
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Isildur1 made a show before at online poker tables, but now i have no idea if there are those spectacular games, with too much money as they want in the past. Players had packages of money on tables. Now i have not seen this thing.
Joined: Mar '21
Location: Peru
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Years ago there was the famous poker boom where millions of dollars were mounted on the tables, now you don't see much, but it is beginning to be felt in ggpoker rooms with trueteller, linus, limitles, and many more, I think we are returning at that time, not in its entirety but at least we enjoy it.
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Location: Romania
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I liked it as it was before, but because of the scams many rooms, some problems or Black Friday... they made these things to disappear in some extent. I played with Isildur1 in a tournament with $ 11 or $ 12 buy-in. Had a balanced game, where he preferred to play aggressively but with a little bingo.
Joined: Sep '19
Location: Peru
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Friend, you really played with isildur1, the more of your experience at the table with him, that is wonderful, to be able to play against the best players, you feel like you are learning from their strategies when playing.
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I won a hand with him, but he is the one who eliminated me, because i had a better cards and Isildur1 called with A 7. He caught 7 on the flop and another on turn or river, if my memory is good. I had 2-3 pictures as a memory, but my video card is broken and need to repair it.
Joined: Jan '12
Location: Slovenia
Age: 32 (M)
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So what's the truth now? is he broke or he play low just becouse of restrictions of deposit? So strange to se guy who play like 1k/2k 6 tables like boss few years ago on this low limits. Must be mentaly very strong to even accept grinding those. But he can survive anytime in poker world so he will be just fun, maybe not that big numbers as he used too.
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Romania
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is nice to watch a professional player like Isildur1 how he plays at several tables, but this thing it's just for show. He will never reveal his style of play in front of poker rooms when playing online. Rivals will see and take advantage of his weaknesses.
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Romania
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 13338
I don't think Isildur1 is bankrupt but there are many professionals who build a bankroll with smaller players. I saw a VIP pokerstars a few years ago doing this and he was a great success. He makes money with weaker players and after that he enters with the professionals to try to earn large sums.
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Location: Romania
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Isildur1 will play where he can, to make money as fast or as much as possible. Sometimes it's good to move somewhere else, because you can't play endlessly with the same players without repercussions or customary intervention. People hunt your style and then it starts to win.
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Location: Romania
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I would love to watch this player at the poker tables again, but he doesn't have that huge success of the past. Or maybe he thought of playing less and enjoying life. He had some good results and did not lose much talent, but i think he will make huge surprises with poker in future.
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Location: Romania
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I wonder about this player what is doing now, when he no longer has as much publicity as he had in the past. He had excellent online results in the past and we can see that. He had another period, but since he resigned as Pokerstars ambassador, his career has taken him down. I hope he recovers in future.
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Romania
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 13338
Isildur1 was a player we admired when he had those millions of dollars in online profit results, even if he lost everything afterwards. I don't know why he didn't take them very seriously to play live more successfully. In this version he has not confirmed yet and I would like him to win Wsop tournaments as well. We'll see if he succeeds /
