Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 05, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

You may recall that when Isildur1 burst onto the high-stakes online poker scene in late 2009, one of his early victims was the then virtually unknown –and like Isildur1 anonymous– jungleman12. Isildur1 promptly relieved jungleman12 of a sizable amount of his bankroll during their high-stakes heads-up confrontations. Fast-forwardRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 26, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The high stakes tables at Full Tilt Poker may soon resurgence should Viktor Blom win the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. In what could be the worst kept secret in all of poker, Blom is widely considered to be the mystery man from Sweden whoRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 31, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Party Poker had a major press release on Wednesday when it announced that the mystery man who uses the online handle Isildur1 will pull up a chair for their televised cash game, The Big Game IV. The news comes on the heels of a blog entry by PartyRead 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 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 Nov 27, 2009 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

One of the most discussed topics in online poker has been the identity of the new high-stakes phenom on Full Tilt Poker who uses the alias Isildur1: Million dollar pots and multi-million dollar swings have become the norm since this mystery man from Sweden showed up at theRead Full Article

Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Nov 11, 2009 Posted in Poker News | 7 Comments »

After one of the sickiest high stakes heads up games in history on Full Tilt poker, the question everyone is asking. Who is Isildur1? Tom Dwan, or his more common name – Durrrr, has just finished a monster high stakes heads up session with Isildur1. In the sessionRead Full Article