Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 30, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

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 feltedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 11, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

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 matchupRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 28, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

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 tablesRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 03, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

In the second matchup of PokerStars’ newly minted Superstar Showdown it was Tony G, the brash outspoken Party Poker spokesman, who would be taking on Isildur1 in a 2,500-hand challenge match, and in the end it was the Swedish Mystery Man who would come out victorious. The 2,500Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 30, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s official, PokerStars has released the name of the next player that will battle the newly minted Team PokerStars Pro Isildur1, and it’s none other than the brash Party Poker spokesman Tony G! Tony G and Isildur1 have a bit of a track record, but not at theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Dec 08, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Well, that didn’t take too long now did it! Just hours after PokerStars unveiled its latest signing by way of the PokerStars Blog, Isildur1 could be found by playing a heads-up match of $50/$100 PLO against “MrSweets28”, who just happens to be online poker legend and BlueFire PokerRead Full Article