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High Stakes: Viktor Blom Lost Over a Millon Dollars Last Week!

Tags: ben sulsky, high stakes, ilari sahamies, isildur1, sauce123, viktor blom.
Posted on 28 August 2012 by "T".

It's time to have a look at last week's results from the High Stakes Poker World (online). Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky was the biggest winner with $575,996, followed by Ilari Sahamies, who came second in the EPT Barcelona main event for €629,700 last Sunday, with a $508,383 profit.

Viktor "Isildur1" Blom has been on one hell of a rollercoaster ride since he and PokerStars parted ways about 2 weeks ago. The first week without a sponsor was amazing for him as he won close to a million and eliminated a huge part of his losses this year. But last week was a nightmare for the young Swede as he lost $1,150,940 - more than double than the second biggest loser - Andrew "EireAbu" Grimason - $510,020.

Top 5 Winners/Losers:

1) Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky, $575  996
2) Ilari "Ilari FIN" Sahamies, $508  383
3) Gus "broksi" Hansen, $377  896
4) Phil "MrSweets28" Galfond, $330  543
5) BiatchPeople, $301  930

1) Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, $1  150  940
2) Andrew "EireAbu" Grimason, $510  020
3) VietRussian, $297  443
4) madmags4, $289  963
5) Chung ho, $189  597

 

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20 comments on "High Stakes: Viktor Blom Lost Over a Millon Dollars Last Week! "


 remco250428/08/2012 08:32:51 GMT
What a douchebag...haha
 MIGO1428/08/2012 08:54:21 GMT
wow, nice amount of money to throw away.
Would like to have 1% of his loss in one week as a bankroll to play with.
(And would like to know his Banroll Cool )
 remco250428/08/2012 08:59:53 GMT
Can anyone estimate his BR ??

I know we cant see how much he got from sponsors but as far as i know he cant have that much left.

We know he won many millions at FTP but then lost it all and after that got signed by PS.
He has had some succes live and online it was up and down.

You never know what he maybe has lost or won in live cashgames but i dont believe he has to much left as far as i can estimate..

Anyone has any idea what his BR is ...give or take a million Big Smile
 occultum28/08/2012 09:28:30 GMT
I assume at some point he's staked by one of his mates to try to win the money back.. atleast it's what people are saying.
He has been mostly playing games that definitly are not his best.. like stud or pot limit omaha H/L .. and he's playing the highest levels of those games vs the best regs. It's basicly everything one shouldn't do.. it's like he wants to throw his money away or something for amusement.

Galfond just posted on his blog an entry about him.. and he says isildur said he doesn't care about money just for having fun playing and the competition.. i guess it makes sense. He's already getting a hang at the games tho yesterday at the end of the day he had recovered a bit!
 noonlion28/08/2012 10:01:55 GMT
HE may not care about the money now...but he will do when he's 35 and playing medium stake cash games because he blew money when he had it.

The only thing that's of consolation is that he knows he can win money back again.

And to compare him to other rich people throwing money away (not even their own) hedge funders and such invest in markets they cannot guarantee returns on and our economies are fucked because of it.
 occultum28/08/2012 10:51:49 GMT
Yeah i believe he will care later on and i think most people do.. it's just the way he is tho.
Some people don't care much and others have just a adiction problem .. both of them are in big trouble!
I would be really curious too to know what was isildur's financial condition before winning money at poker.. somehow that story of the "min deposit" turn into a million little fairytale many online poker tell about them makes me feel very suspicious. A story like Dwan like he deposit a few times until he got in a crazy run and never looked back again besides a few level drops to build up makes alot more sense.
That is kinda relevant aswell to discuss his money disattachment .. if he was already very wealthy it makes sense. On the other hand.. i think people would already know if he was rich before poker so i dunno.
 noonlion28/08/2012 11:12:00 GMT
Posted by occultum:
Yeah i believe he will care later on and i think most people do.. it's just the way he is tho.
Some people don't care much and others have just a adiction problem .. both of them are in big trouble!
I would be really curious too to know what was isildur's financial condition before winning money at poker.. somehow that story of the "min deposit" turn into a million little fairytale many online poker tell about them makes me feel very suspicious. A story like Dwan like he deposit a few times until he got in a crazy run and never looked back again besides a few level drops to build up makes alot more sense.
That is kinda relevant aswell to discuss his money disattachment .. if he was already very wealthy it makes sense. On the other hand.. i think people would already know if he was rich before poker so i dunno.


Interetsing point.

I also don't believe he turned one deposit into a milly - there's scant info about his family, but I read he made 5000euros working and used it for poker.

He strikes me as being from a wealthy background but who knows.

Galfond said he desposited $50 that someone gave to him for a bday and never deposited again.

As for Blom's BR - it can't be much.

He has won lots of money but he seems to lose as much, like a slightly better Ilari.

Poker is such a tough thing to master, not because the game is absurdly tough, but because you need amazing discipline and drive to succeed.
 remco250428/08/2012 11:17:34 GMT
Posted by occultum:
Yeah i believe he will care later on and i think most people do.. it's just the way he is tho.
Some people don't care much and others have just a adiction problem .. both of them are in big trouble!
I would be really curious too to know what was isildur's financial condition before winning money at poker.. somehow that story of the "min deposit" turn into a million little fairytale many online poker tell about them makes me feel very suspicious. A story like Dwan like he deposit a few times until he got in a crazy run and never looked back again besides a few level drops to build up makes alot more sense.
That is kinda relevant aswell to discuss his money disattachment .. if he was already very wealthy it makes sense. On the other hand.. i think people would already know if he was rich before poker so i dunno.


Dwan's story was a bit different then what u say and also sounds like a fairytale.
He actually NEVER deposited he claimes...he got a NDB and built his whole BR with that.
I am pretty sure that was Dwan's story.
 pochui28/08/2012 18:49:29 GMT
not sure where blom takes his money from- and that's why it is so hard what sort of bankroll he has- maybe he has wealthy parents/ maybe he is a guru in stock market/forex etc. -in this case his roll is in very good shape- on the other hand, he might be in debt already and doesn't care about money because he has none of it left
 teddybears7328/08/2012 22:18:02 GMT
just goes to show the sums of money that the top players are playing for,obscene really!!!
he'll probably win it all back again next week Smile
 Macubaas29/08/2012 04:11:21 GMT
Thats a pretty serious downswing, obviosly there were times in the past when he lost that much or won in a single day...

I still think that Blom has major brm problems that he didn't fixed so far.
 mgabesz29/08/2012 04:19:38 GMT
Revans of the Pokerstars. He had to stay instead. Smile
 Mysik8629/08/2012 05:15:55 GMT
He lost $1M...

I would like to know, how many FPP/VPP points he earned =)
 nipitiri329/08/2012 13:03:18 GMT
thats normal for isildur win milions lose milions everyday i guess he still has few milions left
 Sorin88829/08/2012 14:11:53 GMT
He is young and restless and need a lot of discipline to stay on track.After climbing the mountain is no other way than down.The body is asking for more adrenaline and will end up burned..Nothing else to do,just boring all day long.A woman may help him(or a man)
 ayaraled30/08/2012 08:05:27 GMT
a roller coaster ride indeed...it the thing that he cannot manage...tilt,i watch some of his game and he goes on tilt always when he is losing...
 hulkborges31/08/2012 06:57:48 GMT
One thing I find amazing Gus Hansen always appears among those who earn more, the game this guy is amazing, and wow what about Viktor has weeks it appears as a clear winner, as some other big loser, is part
 Indo36M06/09/2012 21:34:51 GMT
1 million like it is nothing,even if i would be 200 years old i wouldn't earn a million whit my wage of work, 2 ez to think "ah next time i win it it back"typical
thinking off an addict.And he won all that money whit just 1 deposit off 2k,thats what i wrote in an article,the ex PS pro,ruben visser and Joep v/d bijgaart since they PRO off i didnt see them anymore at PS.Verry Wisely of those students,and the other Dutch player,who won Main event Montecarlo,i gues he doesnt play anymore,Peter de korver,they spend the money better then blom,a guy like blom will be never satisfied if its about money,the more people want the more they lose,thats a cold hard fact GG ViC
 occultum07/09/2012 00:02:50 GMT
hehe .. interesting situation. He was playing 5/10 tables or something of PLO vs a known player and he completly crushed the guy in all of them. then he moved to 10/20 and then 25/50.

Now he's playing for like an hour 1k SNG HU .. i've started to focus my game like 80% on that so i'm finding it very interesting to rail!

But this grinding mode of isildur .. something i've never seen him doing.. weird stuff.

PS: now he's playing 2k HU vs olivier busquets. good stuff Big Smile
 Doarulle20/09/2012 15:18:33 GMT
Hahahaha i like this post ;x
1) Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, $1 150 940 loses more than Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky, $575 996 and
Ilari "Ilari FIN" Sahamies, $508 383 won =))

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