Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 20, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

True to his Modus Operandi, Isildur1’s return to the high stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker have seen two huge wins followed by an even bigger loss. After lighting up a who’s who list of online poker including Justin Bonomo, Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, Tom “durrrr” Dwan, and BrianRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Feb 19, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A couple of months ago a player known only as Isildur1 appeared from literally nowhere and began playing the biggest names in online poker at the highest stakes available. In less than two weeks he had used his hyper-aggressive style to win over $5,000,000, most of it fromRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Feb 18, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Isildur1, the mystery man who turned online poker on its head in late 2009 was back at it last night, mixing it up on the high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker. According to Cardplayer.com, Isildur1 was quickly found himself in the hole $90k, against Isaac “ILovetheWNBA” Haxton.Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 16, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

PokerNewsDaily.com has reported that Isildur1 –the high-stakes player who captivated the online poker world with his play on Full Tilt Poker—will have his own private table at Real Deal Poker, an online poker site set to launch in March. If the upstart poker-room is successful in luring Isildur1Read Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 06, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The rise and fall of isildur1 on the Full Tilt Poker tables appears to be far from over at this point: Not only has the mysterious Swedish poker player filed a complaint with Full Tilt Poker regarding the losses he suffered by players who were found guilty ofRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Jan 03, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

This story is increadable but is true. It’s the story about a 20 year old who gors by the name XBLINK, deposits the minumin $20 into UB Poker and plays a $11 tournament. He wins that tournament for $750 and then moves to Omaha and starts playing low-limitRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 12, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

According to coinflip.com, in a Friday night appearance on Finnish radio, high-stakes poker pro Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies has some very candid remarks on Full Tilt Poker’s newest high-stakes catalyst Isildur1: Sahamies talked about everything from Isildur1’ identity, to the possibility he is not playing with a full deckRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 09, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After his $3 million+ upswing over the weekend, and a solid $1 million in profits yesterday it looked like Isildur1 was back in the groove that has turned him into the most talked about online poker player in recent memory. That was until he sat down opposite ofRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 03, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It appears the poker community jumped the gun on identifying Viktor Blom as Isildur1, either that or after his massive downswing Blom may be loathed to admit his connection to the now legendary screen-name. After a few sources including Luke “full_flush” Schwartz and Tony G seemingly outed theRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 02, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After perhaps the most impressive online poker run of all-time, Isildur1 –rumored to be Swedish pro Viktor Blom—has returned to earth. Actually, returned is a bit of understatement: Isildur1 has crashed to earth. The poker world is now waiting to see if the Swede has enough bankroll, andRead Full Article