Amazing news! Isildur1, the world's most infamous high stakes online cash game player, has joined the world's largest poker site, PokerStars, and now it's probably just a matter of days till we finally get to know his real identity. Well, at least if we should believe the information on PokerStars website. It will be interesting to see if Isildur1 actually is Viktor Blom from Sweden. Many respecta[...] Read more » BREAKING NEWS: PokerStars signs Isildur1
Joined: May '09
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now soon we'll find out who he is and all the fuss about him will be over since the only exciting thing left about him was his identity. just wonder why they havent revealed it yet
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Every sport/activity needs its heroes and characters to attract and maintain attention, and poker could use one right now. Tony G is fun (and sometimes annoying too!) to watch, and revealing Isildur's identity and having him be more active is a good thing for poker.
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Posted by SuperNoob: now soon we'll find out who he is and all the fuss about him will be over since the only exciting thing left about him was his identity. just wonder why they havent revealed it yet
i don't think he is 1 of the best players yet, but he sure is 1 of the highest stakes player...
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Posted by shokaku: Funny. That guy made his name playing at Full Tilt, and now Pokerstars steals him from Full Tilt. But i guess Negreanu is easier to beat at Holdem than Dwan.
VB did get a name after playing HS over at FT, but dont forget he was also cheated, the site recongnised this and took little action and never compensated him for being cheated by FTs own sponserd players. So does not supprise me that he wouldent get sponsership from FT or possably turned them down. Im looking forward to see who wants a peice of him first.
Excellent news! We'll see his face in his PokerStars' avatar! I suppose he'll participate to the great PS Events like Sunday Million. I hope follow him at these events
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Posted by SuperNoob: now soon we'll find out who he is and all the fuss about him will be over since the only exciting thing left about him was his identity.
That`s why I think the will not reveal it for very longtime.
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Posted by Rainman:
Posted by SuperNoob: now soon we'll find out who he is and all the fuss about him will be over since the only exciting thing left about him was his identity.
That`s why I think the will not reveal it for very longtime.
Definitely . . . of course, this article implies that they will drop the bomb on us. I honestly don't think we'll know until the next WSOP coming up . . . he'll obv. be playing sponsored and won't be able to conceal his identity unless he's never covered by ESPN (certainly possible, but unlikely, wouldn't you guys agree). In other news . . . RUSH POKER IS CRACK!!!
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^ I agree, smart move for PS - I'm not overly interested in his ID though - since I really dont follow pros anyway - it'll mean basically nothing. But definitely +1 move for PS
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And again there is loud about Isildur1 ^^. Maybe here he willl be a winning player. But by being in Poker Stars Pro he can't play Fulltiltpoker? Kinda sad because i liked when he owned Durrr.
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never heard about this player ,but hope that they will put some pictures from him,that can now who is he and to see how he will play as team pokerstars pro!
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Maybe a huge marketing stunt from the beginning? No, I don`t think so, but I would really like to see this guy play something like the sunday Million and see how that works out.
And also really curious about his story and how he got into the nosebleed stakes. Or was he Super-Bankrolled to begin with?? Hope we find out.
Watched a little bit of Isildur's first session on PS yesterday. He played PL Omaha and played like a complete donk. Ended up winning 287 500 $ They already rigged PS software in favor of their new star?
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Posted by schmoyster: Watched a little bit of Isildur's first session on PS yesterday. He played PL Omaha and played like a complete donk. Ended up winning 287 500 $ They already rigged PS software in favor of their new star?
this would be sick if they do stuffs like you say,that they rigged software in his favor!if he is pro,then give him cards and games like regular players!if people see this and if he would win almost every day on s.... cards,then who would play with him?so for poker stars is best to give fair play for everybody!
did get a name after playing HS over at FT, but dont forget he was also cheated, the site recongnised this and took little action and never compensated him for being cheated by FTs own sponserd players. So does not supprise me that he wouldent get sponsership from FT or possably turned them down.
