Isildur1 VS MyRabbiFoo

February 16th, 2011

PokerStars Superstar Showdown challenge 4

The fourth PokerStars Superstar Showdown challenge went down on Sunday as Viktor Blom screen name Isildur1 took on Eugene Katchalov screen name MyRabbiFoo. The two agreed to four-table $50-$100 No-Limit Hold’em for the event.

It wasn’t until around hand 400 that a player would take any type of a solid lead. On a board of Kd-6d-7d-6s, Katchalov moved all-in with Kh-Qh and Blom called with 9h-6h. Katchalov could not catch a king and Isildur1 drug a $20,300 pot. This gave Blom an $11,850.

Katchalov proceeded to erase that lead and managed to take the lead after a pair of 20k pots. He won a $22,000 pot after flopping a set and getting paid off. Then a bit later he cracked a set of threes against Isildur1 when he rivered a flush for a $20,800 pot.

Katchalov’s lead did not last long. A sizable pot went to Isildur1 when Katchalov ran pocket eights into aces. Then the largest pot of the night went down between the two. The board at the river was 2h-3c-Jd-Kh-9h and Katchalov moved all-in against Blom and was called. Katchalov turned over pocket nines for nines-full, but found himself second best when Blom turned over pocket kings for kings-full. Isildur1 drug the $62,500 pot and the match was never even close after that point.

In the end, Isildur1 took $111,750 against Katchalov, making this the most profitable challenge for Isildur1 to date. In the end, this wound up being one of the duller challenge events. Other than the run by Katchalov early on in the event, the match was never really close. Blom is now 3-1 in these challenges with his only loss coming in the inaugural event against Isaac Haxton.

The next SuperStar Showdown will take place on February 27. Isildur1 will take on online qualifier DodgyFish72 in a $5-$10 challenge event. DodgyFish72 won a heads-up freeroll event for the right to face Blom. PokerStars will put up $15,000 for DodgyFish72 to use in the event.