The Online Railbird Report: Viktor "Isildur1" Blom No Longer the Year's Biggest Winner

Chad Holloway PR & Media Manager

Jul 26, 2013 5 min read

It��s been a wild ride for Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom playing online poker this summer. Back in May, Blom won the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event #43-H for $1,096,200 and then skipped the World Series of Poker in favor of the lucrative online cash games.

It seemed to be a wise decision as he quickly pushed his yearly profits up to $5.2 million, a solid $2 million ahead of his next closest competitor. In last week��s Online Railbird Report, we told you how Blom gave $1,404,756 of that back to become the week��s biggest loser, and while he wasn��t this week��s biggest, Blom did lose another $711,186 in 7,034 hands spread across 57 sessions �� enough to drop him below Kyle ��cottonseed1�� Hendon on the yearly leader board (which you can view at the bottom of this article).

The only player who lost more than Blom this week was Isaac ��luvtheWNBA�� Haxton, who dropped $792,597 in 1,522 hands across 16 sessions �� which averages out to losing $520.76 per hand. Other big losers included ��HelicopterBen82�� (-$470,186 in 26 sessions/2,532 hands), ��kagome kagome�� (-$371,166 in 12 sessions/1,411 hands) and ��Denoking�� (-$356,799 in 6 hands/565 hands).

Those who profited off the loses from the aforementioned were ��Rhje�� (+$982,680 in 32 sessions/2,852 hands), Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray (+$531,784 in 13 sessions/1,160 hands), ��Trueteller�� (+$490,296 in 22 sessions/2,882 hands), Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar (+$418,792 in 14 sessions/1,860 hands) and Daniel ��jungleman12�� Cates (+$381,122 in 28 sessions/3,377 hands).

Dang, Polk and ��MalACEsia�� Fuel Wednesday Action

On Wednesday, July 17, the $400/$800 no-limit hold��em games were going strong on Full Tilt Poker and resulted in two big winners, ��MalACEsia�� (+$254,300) and Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar (+$232,100). The former made his money playing for five hours at the six-max tables, and the latter playing heads-up against Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom for three hours.

Speaking of Blom, he went on to drop $210,800 in 131 hands of $2,000/$4,000 fixed-limit Omaha hi/lo to Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray. Combined, Blom lost $409,000 on the day, which was enough to make him the biggest loser.

Another six-figure winner on the day was ��punting-peddler,�� who won $160,800 in a 90-minute session of $400/$800 NLHE against Doug ��WCGRider�� Polk. It was in that game, which involved some other players, where the day��s biggest pots occurred. Interestingly, both of those pots went to Polk.

In the largest pot, action was six-handed when Polk ($161,253.50) opened for $3,520 from the cutoff only to have ��Denoking�� ($184,150) three-bet to $9,200 from the cutoff. The button folded, as did the blinds, and Polk four-bet to $29,920. Not to be outdone, ��Denoking�� five-bet to $184,150 and Polk called off his remaining $131,333.50.

��Denoking��: K?K?
Polk: A?A?

It was a cooler for ��Denoking,�� but he had two shots at cracking Polk��s pocket rockets as the two players agreed to run it twice. Much to ��Denoking��s�� dismay, neither the J?8?J?Q?4? on the first run nor the 9?7?6?4?3? on the second delivered him a king and Polk was pushed the $324,304 pot.

In the day��s second biggest pot, action was five-handed when Polk ($121,009) opened for $2,800 under the gun, ��MalACEsia�� ($102,075) called on the button and Hac ��trex313�� Dang ($121,100) three-bet to $12,750 from the small blind. Polk responded by making it $29,200, ��MalACEsia�� folded and Dang five-bet all in for $121,100. Polk made the call and Dang was caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

Dang: A?5?
Polk: A?K?

According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Polk was the 65.80% favorite while Dang would come from behind 29.70% of the time. The 10?10?J? flop wasn��t particularly interesting and it dropped Dang��s chances of winning down to 13.94%. The 4? turn knocked it down even further to 6.82%, meaning Dang needed either a five on the river to win or a jack or four to chop. Unfortunately for him, the 7? wasn��t what he needed and the $246,065 pot was pushed to Polk.

��Rhje�� Wins $424,500 in Thursday $400/$800 NLHE

The $400/$800 NLHE games continued into Thursday, which is when ��Rhje,�� who if you recall finished as the week��s biggest winner, banked $424,500 in just an hour of play. Also winning in the game was ��proudlikeagoat,�� whose $300,000 score brought him up over $1 million on the year. Not surprisingly, these two players won the two biggest pots of the day.

In the first, action was six-handed when ��HelicopterBen82�� ($130,312) opened for $2,400 from the cutoff and was met by a three-bet to $8,000 by ��Rhje�� ($134,765.50) in the small blind. ��HelicopterBen82�� made the call and then bet $12,000 after ��Rhje�� checked the K?J?8? flop. A call was made and then ��Rhje�� check-called a bet of $23,200 when the 2? turned. After the 6? completed the board on the river, ��Rhje�� checked for a third time and then called when ��HelicopterBen82�� shoved all in for $87,112 to create a pot of $262,021. ��HelicopterBen82�� rolled over the 10?9? for a missed straight draw, which was no good against ��Rhje��s�� A?A?.

In the other notable hand, action was five-handed when ��MalACEsia�� ($180,797.50) opened for $2,000 from the cutoff and ��proudlikeagoat�� ($120,839) three-bet to $7,200 from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way, ��MalACEsia�� called, and the flop came down K?6?5?. ��Proudlikeagoat�� bet $8,094, ��MalACEsia�� called, and the 2? turned. There was a bet of $82,084.30 and a call before the J? completed the board on the river, which saw ��proudlikeagoat�� fire out $57,713.34. ��MalACEsia�� proceeded to move all in and ��proudlikeagoat�� called off his remaining $24,370.95. ��MalACEsia�� flipped over the 2?2? for a turned set, but it was no good as ��proudlikeagoat�� tabled the 10?8? for a rivered flush. Ship the $242,925 pot to ��proudlikeagoat.��

The big losers in the game were ��Denoking�� (-$337,000), ��Tight-Man1�� (-$295,000) and ��MalACEsia�� (-$126,000).

Big Pots Characterize Monday Melee

Once again, the $400/$800 NLHE games were running on Monday, which is when ��Trueteller�� won $547,800. What��s more, ��Trueteller�� won seven six-figure pots including one worth $257,500.

In that hand, action was six-handed when Niklas ��ragen70�� Heinecker ($146,975.50) opened for $2,000 from the cutoff and Isaac ��luvtheWNBA�� Haxton ($127,447) called from the small blind. ��Trueteller�� ($159,692.50) then three-bet to $12,000 from the big, Heinecker folded and Haxton made the call, bringing about a flop of 3?6?10?. Haxton checked, ��Trueteller�� bet $17,754 and then Haxton woke up with a check-raise to $39,600. ��Trueteller�� responded by moving all in and Haxton quickly called off his remaining $75,697.

��Trueteller��: J?J?
Haxton: 9?9?

The two agreed to run it twice, but Haxton came up short both times and the Q? and 2? on the first run failed to deliver a nine, as did the 6? and Q? on the second.

Other winners in the game included ��Rhje�� and ��MalACEsia,�� who won $365,300 and $233,200, respectively, while Haxton was the overwhelming loser after dropping $855,000.

While the above pot was nice, the day��s biggest �� a $351,900 monster �� actually went to ��proudlikeagoat.�� Have a look:

Biggest Winners/Losers (Full Tilt Poker)

Biggest Winners (7/18-7/25): ��Rhje�� (+$982,680), Kyle ��KPR16�� Frey (+$531,784), ��Trueteller�� (+$490,296), Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar (+$418,792), Daniel ��jungleman12�� Cates (+$381,122), ��Sanlker�� (+$274,747), ��Call_911�� (+$222,185)

Biggest Losers (7/18-7/25): Isaac ��luvtheWNBA�� Haxton (-$792,597), Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (-$711,186), ��HelicopterBen82�� (-$470,186), ��kagome kagome�� (-$371,166), ��Denoking�� (-$356,799), Niklas ��ragen70�� Heinecker (-$302,607)

Year��s biggest winners: Kyle ��cottonseed1�� Hendon (+$3,515,118), Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (+$3,007,710), Alexander ��PostFlopAction�� Kostritsyn (+$2,714,965), Ben ��Bttech86�� Tollerene (+$1,924,546), ��Rhje�� (+$1,716,086), ��Odd_Oddsen��* (+$1,658,211), Patrik ��FinddaGrind�� Antonius (+$1,556,140), Tom ��durrrr�� Dwan (+$1,484,451), Hac ��trex313�� Dang (+$1,266,097), ��no_Ola�� (+$1,266,097), ��Tight-Man1�� (+$1,203,285), ��SallyWoo�� (+$1,112,248)

Year��s biggest losers: ��samrostan�� (-$3,518,002), Gus Hansen (-$3,428,777), Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey (-$2,173,726), ��MalACEsia�� (-$1,561,643), ��patpatpanda�� (-$1,330,885), Scott ��mastrblastr�� Seiver (-$1,220,399), Ben ��Sauce1234�� Sulsky (-$1,210,658), ��punting-peddler�� (-$1,125,429), Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar (-$985,575)

*Denotes PokerStars

_{Data, hands and replayer obtained from HighStakesDB.com}

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Chad Holloway PR & Media Manager

PR & Media Manager for PokerNews, Podcast host & 2013 WSOP Bracelet Winner.

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