User:Andrewm84/Viktor blom

Viktor Blom is one of the most promising young guns of poker. Blom is expected to join the ranks of Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and Tom “durrrr” Dwan at the biggest poker games available.§

According to rumor and some claims by other top pros, Viktor Blom may already have joined the highest games available using the mystery, unconfirmed identity “Isildur1” on Full Tilt Poker.

This mystery remains unsolved, but here are all the details on Viktor Blom’s rise to the top.

Viktor Blom on iPoker
Viktor Blom burst onto the online poker scene at the age of 18 years old under the screen name “Blom90” on the iPoker network when he turned his $2,000 deposit into about $1.4 million is just three weeks time.

Viktor “Blom90” Blom catapulted himself through the ranks at iPoker and was quickly found sitting at the biggest heads-up games available at the time. He played $100/200 No Limit Hold’em against the veteran high stakes players at iPoker. It is also rumored that Blom won so much money at the high stakes iPoker heads up games that he singlehandedly dried them up.

Viktor Blom is widely considered to be one of the best No Limit Hold’em heads up players in the game today.

In making such a massive debut at just 18, it is obvious that Viktor Blom is on his way to greatness.

Isildur1 on Full Tilt Poker
There has been widespread speculation over the mystery identity of “Isildur1” after he fearlessly took on Full Tilt Poker’s top pros at the nosebleed stakes.

In November 2009, a mystery Swede burst onto the scene making $5 million in less than a month. Isildur1 took on the likes of Tom “durrrr” Dwan, Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond, Brian Hastings, Brian Townsend and Cole South. Isildur1 would often play several pros at once on multiple heads up tables, even going head-to-head with Ivey, Antonius and Dwan at the same time!

Isildur1’s run at the big games ended in disaster and he is now down about $2.5 million as of March 2010. Isildur1’s weakness seemed to be the Pot Limit Omaha games. He admitted in a chat to Patrik Antonius that he is not strong at PLO. Isildur1 has lost well over $5 million at Pot Limit Omaha confirming that his game may not be at the same level as the other top pros. Meanwhile, he has done very well at No Limit Hold’em heads up where he is up over $2.5 million.

Isildur1 is certainly not done with the tables at Full Tilt Poker and still makes an appearance once he has earned enough money elsewhere to return to the big game. One thing is for certain, Isildur1 has something to prove and will be back.

Viktor Blom as Isildur1
There has been widespread speculation and some confirmations that Viktor Blom is in fact the mystery player Isildur1 of Full Tilt Poker fame.

Here are some of the main reasons to connect Viktor Blom to Isildur1:

Isildur1 and Blom are both Swedes Isildur1 plays multiple heads up tables at the highest stakes which mirrors Blom’s rise to the top at iPoker Isildur1 and Blom’s strengths are heads up No Limit Hold’em Both players are super aggressive and fearless Viktor Blom is one of a few players that has the bankroll and heart to take a shot at the nosebleeds

Some pros have also claimed that Viktor Blom is Isildur1:

TonyG whose poker room TonyG Poker runs on the iPoker network has said that Viktor is Isildur1 “100%” Ziigmund referred to the Swedish sensation Isildur1 as “Viktor” in the chat window at Full Tilt Poker Luke “FullFlush” Schwartz has said the Viktor Blom is definitely Isildur1

== Viktor Blom Denies Being Isildur1 ==

When interviewed by Bluff Europe and asked the question that everyone has wanted to ask “Are you Isildur1?” Viktor Blom responded by saying “I am not the one you are looking for. Keep searching.”

It is unlikely that Viktor Blom would confess to being Isildur1 whether or not he really is the online enigma. With all the trouble that Isildur1 has gone to in order to keep his identity a mystery, it is very unlikely that he would out himself so easily. So the question remains, is Viktor Blom bluffing?

Either way, one thing is certain, Viktor Blom is one of the most promising poker players around and we can be certain to see him at the highest stakes heads up games in the near future.