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    • Isildur1 Becomes Viktor Blom, Takes Down First Place And $1.25 Million In The Caribbean



    One of the first big tournaments has been taking place in the Caribbean over the last few days; the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has attracted a field of poker professionals not seen since the end of last year's World Series of Poker The Super High Roller was the event to keep an eye on and the thirty strong line-up included such poker luminaries as Jonathan Duhamel, Daniel Negreanu and Scott Seiver. The buy-in was $100,000 and two rebuys were allowed, leading to a prize pot of a little over $3 million.


    One of the players that may have been unrecognisable to live poker watchers was Viktor Blom, the eventual winner. The 21 year old player from Sweden has not been on the live circuit long but has now made his mark in one of the most emphatic ways possible. To followers of the world of poker , Blom is better known as Isildur1, the username he has used since first making his mark on Full Tilt Poker back in November 2009. His identity has been a closely guarded secret until recently and his record of taking part in high stakes poker games is almost unmatched over the past couple of years. As Isildur1, Blom has played against some fearsome names online, won some enormous sums and appears to have lost an almost equal amount. This has led some commentators to talk about the 'rise and fall' of Isildur1.


    Viktor Blom

    Viktor Celebrates The Win

    This impressive victory at the PCA seems to have tipped the balance back in his favour. It was a massive win against a very, very good field. In some previous live tournaments, Blom has not fared so well, apparently struggling to make the transition between playing online and playing live. What some might describe as his overly aggressive play has not always worked for him but he returned to tournament poker with a new, mellower strategy which, on this occasion, proved too much for his opponents.


    When the table was down to the final five things began to get interesting; Negreanu was knocked out in fifth and Duhamel went to the rail in fourth. That left Blom, Dan Shak and Galen Hall to fight it our for the top prize. After a lengthy period of blind swapping, Hall eventually went all-in with pocket nines, a hand which was insta-called by Blom's pocket Aces. The draw helped no-one and Hall crashed out. Blom was now the chip leader and used his heads-up experience to quickly gain the upper hand over Shak. As the match approached it's end, Shak went all-in with Ah/5h but couldn't beat Blom's pair of Queens on the turn. The game was over and Blom was the new champion. A trophy and the Shamballa bracelet accompanied his monster cheque.




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