{"id":25830,"date":"2020-12-27T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=25830"},"modified":"2021-05-19T07:49:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T12:49:34","slug":"what-ever-happened-to-viktor-blom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/what-ever-happened-to-viktor-blom\/","title":{"rendered":"What Ever Happened To Viktor \u201cIsildur1\u201d Blom?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are very few poker fans out there who\ndon\u2019t know the name of \u201cIsildur1\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Viktor
Image: Instagram\/viktorb1om<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Swede, whose identity would only later be\nrevealed as that of Viktor Blom, took the online poker world by storm in\nNovember and December of 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While most high stakes players seem to\ncarefully choose their opponents and only sit down those they believe in having\nan edge on, \u201cIsildur1\u201d was open to all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plethora of high-profile pros like Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan<\/a>, and Phil Ivey were eager to take on the newcomer who was largely a mystery, but they were sent home with tails between their legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a while, nobody could beat Blom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was booking one winning session after\nanother, and the legend started to grow in the poker community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who was this person that no one knew anything\nabout, and who was brave enough to take on the best in the world without any\ndiscrimination?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, as many of you probably know, the\n\u201cIsildur1\u201d story didn\u2019t have quite the happy ending for the hero. He was\neventually stopped and disappeared for a while, only to come back later again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was never able to repeat the initial success,\nbut the legend lives on even today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what happened to Viktor Blom? Where is he\nnow, and what he\u2019s been up to lately?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Man Of Iron Will<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When Blom first appeared on Full Tilt, he was thought\nof as just another wannabe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one knew how he came to have the bankroll to\nplay at the stakes as high as $500\/$1,000, although there were rumors he built\nit virtually from scratch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His first session that attracted the poker\nworld’s attention took place in September of 2009 against Haseeb Qureshi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an insane 24 hours, Qureshi was $500,000\nlighter, and \u201cIsildur1\u201d just disappeared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But everyone knew he\u2019d be back at some point,\nand in October, \u201cIsildur1\u201d was back, and the series of epic heads-up matches would\nstart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He started on the losing side of things,\ndropping about $1,000,000 against Antonius, Cole South, and Brian Townsend. The\ngeneral consensus at the time was that the unknown wannabe was playing way too aggressively,\nand he wouldn\u2019t last long against such elite players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIsildur1\u201d would shortly prove everyone wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As October was drawing to the close, the Swede\nmanaged to win close to $2,000,000 off of South and Townsend, but this just\nboosted his drive and desire to play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, challengers were not lacking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the first week of November, Blom took up\nnone other than Tom \u201cdurrrr\u201d Dwan, a young poker superstar feared by many. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But \u201cIsildur1\u201d didn\u2019t care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He played Dwan at six heads up simultaneously on and off for a full week. When it was all over, Blom was up $4,000,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Isildur1
Image: YouTube<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Soon after, he challenged Antonius to a\nrematch, winning another $1.6 million off of him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By mid-November, Blom was up $6,000,000 on Full\nTilt Poker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while \u201cIsildur1\u2019s\u201d opponents were wondering\nwhat had hit them, poker forums were heating up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some believed this was the simple case of a\n\u201cfish on the heater,\u201d while others were convinced this anonymous player was a\npoker genius that would bring the high stakes community to its knees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth was somewhere inbetween.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swede was clearly running hot, but things\neventually started to turn south for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Myth Dispelled<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One thing no one could take away from\n\u201cIsildur1\u201d was his spirit and his desire to take on anyone willing to play him.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An admirable trait in general, it ended up\ncosting Blom around $3,000,000 when he accepted to play Antonious in Pot Limit\nOmaha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PLO was Patrik\u2019s game and Viktor admittedly\ndidn\u2019t know much about it. But he played nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antonius won big in the first match but Blom\nwas able to make somewhat of a recovery in a rematch, eventually ending up\n$1,000,000 in the red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This loss, combined with his losses to Phil\nIvey somewhat earlier brought his Full Tilt winnings to $2,000,000 mark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then came the faithful match with Brian\nHastings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one of the craziest sessions recorded in the history of online poker<\/a>, Hastings was able to take \u201cIsildur1\u201d to the cleaners, booking a huge $4.2 million win after five hours of play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was later revealed that Hastings analyzed\nmore than 30,000 hands played by Blom to figure out his strategy and Hastings\nwas \u201cpunished\u201d by losing his Full Tilt Red Pro status for a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After this big loss, Blom\u2019s bankroll was\nseemingly decimated as he dropped the stakes and was no longer challenging\nplayers left and right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, his heart and commitment to the game, as Tony G<\/a> would aptly put it, really showed during these crazy sessions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blom was defeated for the time being but it\nwould take more than that to get rid of the Swede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Made \u201cIsildur1\u201d Such A Tough Opponent?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is no doubt that Blom was running well\nabove the expectation during his early sessions on Full Tilt, which made him\nlook impossible to beat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it wasn\u2019t just the good fortune that helped\n\u201cIsildur1\u201d become one of the biggest legends of the online high stakes world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing the Swede definitely had going on for\nhim was the fact no one knew who he was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the rest of the community, he was a big\nenigma (to the point where no one could really be certain if \u201cIsildur1\u201d was a\nhe or a she). So, they had no idea what to expect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, Blom was going up against the players who were very well-known and probably had a good idea of their style of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Viktor
Image: YouTube<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Blom\u2019s strategy was often described as\nhyper-aggressive, which it was, but it helped him confuse his opponents and put\nthem in tough and often impossible spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blom played seemingly with very little regard\nfor the money that was at stake. He built his bankroll up from nothing once\nbefore and he was confident he could do it again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So to him, it was all about the challenge and\nthe excitement. Why else he\u2019d seek to take up the best in the world when there\nwere much softer games available?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You could argue that this isn\u2019t the most\nsensible approach to the game but it\u2019s definitely a tough one to play against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why it took a while for the pros to\nadjust and why Hastings was only able to beat \u201cIsildur1\u201d so thoroughly after\ntaking a deep dive into his hands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without it, the match could have turned out\nmuch differently and perhaps the Swede would continue to dominate the world of\nonline high stakes for a while longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, everyone kind of knew the end to\nthis episode, even without Hasting\u2019s data mining shenanigans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIsildur1\u201d was speeding with his break system\nmalfunctioning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, he had to crash and burn, but he\nwas happy to ride the wave for as long as it lasted. He wasn\u2019t going to stop\nuntil he was out of money or there was no one left to challenge him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that plan was so ambitious that it was\ndoomed to fail right from the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Happened To Viktor \u201cIsildur1\u201d Blom?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After the tough beating he received, Blom\ndisappeared from the nosebleeds tables but he wasn\u2019t done with poker by any\nstretch of imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His showing at the online tables sparked\nimagination and interest of countless poker fans as well as major poker rooms\nthat were keen to sign up the mysterious hero as one of their brand\nambassadors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, it was PokerStars that added the\nSwede to its professional roster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIsildur1\u2019s\u201d identity was finally revealed at\nthe 2011 Poker Caribbean Adventure and the man behind the notorious screen name\nwas presented as Victor Blom, 21 years old at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a huge reveal that poker fans were anxiously\nawaiting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the young Swede, the sponsorship represented an opportunity to keep playing poker at high stakes, which was a much needed boost after the tough beating he took online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Isildur1
Image: YouTube<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For the next couple of years, \u201cIsildur1\u201d\ncontinued to play under the PokerStars flag, getting involved with some live\npoker tournaments as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although tournaments were never Blom\u2019s major\narea of interest, he managed to accumulate just shy of $3,000,000 in winnings\nup to this point, with his largest cash win being in 2012 when he took down the\n$100k PCA High Roller event to the tune of $1.2 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Full Tilt made its return in 2012, the Swede was one of the few pros the room had signed up to try and revive the brand. Blom joined Tom Dwan and Gus Hansen<\/a> and he was back in his natural habitat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the next few years, \u201cIsildur1\u201d was a\nregular feature at the room\u2019s nosebleed\u2019s tables, mixing it up once again with\nthe best of the best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blom had some crazy swings over that period,\nsticking to his insanely aggressive style of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Full Tilt shut down, for good this time,\nBlom was back to PokerStars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, HighStakesDB had to stop\ntracking results in 2018 but as of late March of that year, Blom was up over\n$1.8 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to live play, Blom wasn\u2019t very\nactive in the period 2014 \u2013 2017 but then he came back, tackling the world of\nlive and online tournaments alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What \u201cIsildur1\u201d Has Been up To Recently?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The world of online nosebleeds isn\u2019t what it\nused to be, to the disappointment of many fans and players like Viktor Blom. The\ngood old days of heroes shipping massive six and occasional seven-figure pots\nseem to be but a distant history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether this will change in the future and if a\nroom like GGPoker can fill the void remains to be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what has the Swede been up to? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not surprisingly, he isn\u2019t sitting around twiddling\nhis thumbs. It seems Blom has turned to tournaments and he\u2019s been doing quite\nwell, especially in the online arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of live results, the only really notable score in the past couple of years for Blom was his win the partypoker MILLIONS event in Rozvadov, which resulted in a payday of \u20ac850,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Viktor
Image: YouTube<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

His online efforts have been quite productive,\nnetting close to $1.5 million on PokerStars and just about the same at\npartypoker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blom has been very active at partypoker lately\nand it turned out to be a good choice for him as he dominated the 2020 online\nedition of the Super High Roller Bowl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it turns out, the Swede isn\u2019t that bad of a tournament player, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Viktor
Image: YouTube<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

His biggest score during the 2020 SHRB Online\nseries came from the win in the 8-max Super High Roller event, which was good\nfor the payday of $407,500. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other notable scores included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • The win in the SHRB #09 High Roller\ngood for $213,750<\/li>
  • Runner-up finishes in SHRB #02 and\nSHRB #08, netting Blom $320,000 and $360,000, respectively<\/li>
  • The win in the SHRB #21 good for\n$195,250<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Whether Blom has been playing in some high\nstakes cash games on the side, perhaps on a different site and under a\ndifferent alias is anybody\u2019s guess. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There have always been rumors about \u201cIsildur1\u201d\nfinding action on smaller, off-the-map online rooms but with no real confirmation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Knowing how big his drive to play is, though,\nit would hardly come as a surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A Controversial Hero<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    To this day, Viktor \u201cIsildur1\u201d Blom remains one\nof the more controversial figures of the poker world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But, unlike some, the Swede created this\ncontroversy by playing cards instead of doing shady or questionable things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For many, \u201cIsildur1\u201d will always remain the\nhero the poker world needs and deserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s nice to see that the young Swede has kept\ngoing, despite the tough blows he\u2019s endured over the course of his career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Always ready to adjust and adapt, Blom has\nseemingly exchanged the nosebleeds\u2019 environment with that of high stakes\ntournaments, at least for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Even today, whenever he makes an appearance at\nthe virtual felt, the poker world goes crazy with excitement. If nothing else,\nyou can rest assured that Blom won\u2019t be shying away from the action and that\nany table he sits at will see chips fly all over the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If nosebleeds were ever to return to the online\narena, it\u2019s safe to guess that \u201cIsildur1\u201d will be one of the first players to\njoin the fray. Although games have become much tougher and bad players are a\nfew and far between at these stakes, it\u2019s not a concern for Blom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    He\u2019s never been afraid of a challenge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In fact, he\u2019s always been actively looking for\none and I don\u2019t see that changing \u2013 it\u2019s just part of who he is!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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