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

PokerStars have just revealed the true identity of Isildur1 as Viktor Blom. The once Full Tilt nosebleed level player with enough mystery to keep him interesting, while having swings that only a crazy teen could explain, is now the PokerStars pro who grinds mid to high-stakes and everyone know who he is. Although Isildur1 has been great for online poker over the last year,Read Full Article

A press conference has been announced for 7PM on Saturday evening at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure tournament series taking place in the Bahamas. At the press conference PokerStars will officially reveal the identity of their newest team member, Isildur1. Although it is all but certainly the young Swedish poker pro Viktor Blom –who just happens to be taking part in the $100,000 Super-High-Roller tournamentRead Full Article