Viktor Blom, aka Isildur1, is known across the poker world for his epic swings in high stake poker games. His $5 Million win in real money poker against Tom Dwan, followed by his loss of around $4.5 Million to Brian Hasting a couple of years ago highlighted his monumental swings.
In a recent interview with Bluff Europe, he talked about his rise and his downfall in 2009. He told Bluff Europe that he played marathon session with Dwan that lasted up to 18 hours at a time. He also stated that he felt that he was in the zone and could take on anyone in the world. That is one reason he chose to multi-table Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, and Patrik Antonius at the same time.
Viktor Blom was then asked about his downfall. He first response was Pot-Limit Omaha and then he mentioned that he was not in the best physical shape and was not eating healthy. His final accusations, which have been subsequently removed from Bluff Europe’s interview dealt with what he felt was collusion on the part of Cole South and Brian Hastings.
“And yes, the collusion. I think they were angle-shooting, and cowards. One time I remember playing Cole South in a 300-600 game and I was so tilted that I was 3-betting every hand. And he was up and suddenly he quits! I said, “wtf?” He says sorry, he has to go. I thought to myself wtf is he doing? Then, seconds later, Hastings sits down (laughs). They were probably sitting next to each other! Then he beat me for $4.5 million.
In one session at 500-1000, running 3,2 mill over EV, I’d call a raise on the turn with a wrap and **** miss so many times in pots over 200k. It was so sick, and in the end he was keep typing in the chat when I was tilt and he ran like god, that he had to quit, I mean why quit a session like that, so sick of it. Maybe plan was Townsend or South was gonna play again?”
Other than data mining hand histories on the site, no other collusion has been proven thus far in regards to the incident with Hastings, South, and Isildur1. Hastings had his red pro status suspended due to the data mining incident.
Chances are that Isildur1’s first answer of Pot-Limit Omaha had more to do with his loss than any data mining done by players. It has been proven regularly that Blom is a virtual fish in the game, at least among high stakes players.
Blom is currently a PokerStars Team Pro and has regularly been featured in Superstar Showdown Challenges where he will play all challengers for $150,000 spread across four tables of either $50-$100 PL Omaha or $50-$100 NL Hold’em. Some smaller $5-$10 challenges have been held for online qualifiers.
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