With the US nosebleed crowd MIA since Black Friday hit, a number of foreign-based high-stakes online poker pros have now been getting the attention they deserve, and without some of the stiffest competition at the tables they have also been cleaning up quite nicely. This week we also saw the return of Isildur1 to the high-stakes tables at PokerStars, and book a big winRead Full Article

After taking the worst thumping in the short history of the Superstar Showdown last Sunday, Daniel Negreanu came back for another shot at Viktor “Isildur1” Blom this past Sunday, and about 1,200 hands into the scheduled 2,500 hand match it looked like Negreanu was going to be felted for a second straight week. Facing a $120,000 deficit after 1,279 hands Negreanu suddenly went onRead Full Article

After weeks of speculation and not-so-subtle hints the matchup between Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Daniel Negreanu is set according to the PokerStars blog. The two will take part in the Superstar Showdown on PokerStars beginning on March 20th –but unlike the previous five Superstar Showdown matches the matchup between Negreanu and Isildur1 will take place over two sessions, the second taking place on theRead Full Article

One $10 big blind. That was the margin of Victory for Viktor “Isildur1” Blom in his latest Superstar Showdown challenge match at PokerStars that saw the Swedish phenom take-on online qualifier “DodgyFish72” in a pared down version of the match. The Superstar Showdown is played across four tables of Heads-Up NLHE or PLO for 2,500 hands, with the player coming out on top declaredRead Full Article

Over the past year or so a number of Swedish poker players have been popping up on the high-stakes tables at both Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars, and because of the Swedish gaming laws that require players participating in online poker games on a site outside of the European Union to pay an extraordinary amount of taxes, most of these Swedes play anonymously. TheRead Full Article

When Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates battled against an unknown online poker player using the screen-name ‘Lindqvro’ at the $25/$50 tables on Full Tilt Poker speculation immediately began to swirl regarding the identity of the player –after all, it’s not every day that a brand new player suddenly jumps into a $5,000 buy-in game against one of poker’s best players! The only thing the poker communityRead Full Article

What started as a $51,000 win over Daniel Cates in the PokerStars Superstar Showdown series has been the catalyst for Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom’s best run at the online poker tables since he first burst onto the US poker scene in late 2009 at the Full Tilt Poker nosebleed tables. When he first signed with PokerStars in late 2010 the young pro went on aRead Full Article

In an interview with Swedish Newspaper Aftonblat, the newly minted Team PokerStars Pro Viktor Blom –better known as isildur1—talked about his recent history as a high-stakes poker player, and his roots as a poker player. According to Poker.org –who was kind enough to translate the Swedish from Aftonblat into English–Blom told the newspaper: “I started playing poker when I was 14 years old IRead Full Article

After PokerStars revealed isildur1’s identity at the PCA tournament last night, the young Swedish Pro now confirmed as Viktor Blom took on Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspelier and an online qualifier in two short heads-up battles before he answered five questions from the assembled media. Here are Viktor “isildur1” Blom’s answers from the press conference: Q: Is it a relief to finally reveal your identity? A:Read Full Article

Tony G took to the 2+2 poker forums to issue a challenge of his own to Isildur1, and the message was basically, “Come play me at Party Poker!” Tony’s challenge was the second such “open challenge” issued on 2+2 to the newest member of Team PokerStars Pro, Isildur1, as David “Viffer” Peat also challenged Isildur1 to play a heads-up challenge at the PCA. Amazingly,Read Full Article