The Online Railbird Report: Viktor "Isildur1" Blom Profits $4 Million in Eight Days

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Jan 10, 2013 7 min read Last updated Nov 16, 2021

Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky had a superb year in 2012 finishing as the year��s biggest online winner. Gus Hansen, who was online poker��s biggest winner in 2011, had the opposite experience, finishing as the year��s biggest loser after dropping a combined $4,297,985 between PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Last week, we covered the high-stakes action through Dec. 31, so this week we're catching you up with the action that��s taken place thus far in 2013.

One man, Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom, has dominated the action. The Swede opted to skip the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas, meaning he had to forgo a title defense attempt in the $100,000 Super High Roller, but it proved a wise decision as the top prize in that tournament was just over $2 million. That may seem like a lot, but not compared to the $4,073,070 Blom made during the first week of 2013. That implausible win came across 11,338 hands in which Blom won an average of $359.24 per hand.

Blom��s performance, which is talked about extensively below, is the highlight of the week, but a few other big winners, including Ben ��Bttech86�� Tollerene (+$668,888 in 4,409 hands), Erik ��Erik1223�� Sagstrom (+$405,354 in 4,060 hands) and ��Follow The Hawk�� (+$324,298 in 2,957 hands) on FTP. Meanwhile, ��noobmare�� (+$172,158 in 2,169 hands) and ��ImWithSumo�� (+$159,374 in 73 sessions/3,767 hands) finished as the week��s biggest winners on PokerStars.

On the flip side of things, Kyle ��cottonseed1�� Hendon dropped $729,074 (3,327 hands) in the first week of 2013 to become the biggest loser. He was followed by Ben ��Sauce1234�� Sulsky (-$632,201 in 2,694 hands), ��SallyWoo�� (-$527,756 in 1,116 hands), Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray (-$407,918 in 2,454 hands), Phil ��OMGClayAiken�� Galfond (-$379,179 in 1,920 hands), and recent 2013 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller champ Scott ��mastrblastr�� Seiver (-$354,455 in 2,859 hands).

Blom Kicks Off New Year With $564,500 Win; Adds $696,400 Days Later

Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom wasted little time jumping out to the early lead in 2013 as he won a healthy $564,500 on New Year��s Day. He did so playing a mix of 2-7 triple draw and fixed-limit Omaha hi/lo (FLO8), which have both been spreading regularly on Full Tilt Poker since the site's relaunch.

Blom��s big win came courtesy of one man��Alexander ��PostflopAction�� Kostritsyn��who dropped over $400,000 playing 2-7 and $165,500 in FLO8. Blom and Kostritsyn played four tables of 2-7 ranging from $500/$1,000 to $1,500/$3,000, as well as a single table of FLO8. Needless to say, things went Blom��s way during the four-hour session.

Blom also managed to win $74,000 from last week��s biggest winner, ��SallyWoo," and an additional $106,000 from Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray, all coming from the FLO8 tables. Those wins were later negated as he lost back $106,000 of it playing 2-7 Triple Draw to Alex ��Alexonmoon�� Luneau, who finished the day as the second biggest winner with $177,600 in profit.

As if Blom��s start to the year wasn��t enough, he returned to the tables two days later and added $696,400 to his bankroll��giving him $1,144,000 million in winnings in the first three days of 2013. It happened at the 2-7 Triple Draw tables against Scott "mastrblastr" Seiver, who had taken the Swede for $117,000 the day before.

The two battled once again, but this time it was Blom doing the damage as he won more than $392,000 from Seiver in approximately 500 hands, which took just 3.5 hours to play. It was a rare loss for Seiver, who had run quite well at Full Tilt Poker��s 2-7 triple draw tables up until that point.

From there, Blom visited the FLO8 tables and took on ��SallyWoo," who had been doing well himself on FTP. That didn��t discourage Blom from taking $275,000 from his opponent in just 257 hands��more than $1,000 profit per hand.

Blom Closes in on $2 Million in Profit

The first week of 2013 truly belonged to Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom, who shot up to just under $2 million in profit in just four days. Amazingly, Blom didn��t have his biggest day until Jan. 4 when he banked $715,600, putting him ahead $1.86 million on the year with nearly a million from 2-7 triple draw and approximately $915,000 from FLO8.

Blom started off Jan. 4 by winning $36,800 at the $200/$400 CAP PLO tables but followed up by dropping $150,000 in 82 hands of FLO8 against Alexander ��PostflopAction�� Kostritsyn. Undiscouraged, Blom proceeded to win $300,000 from Kostritsyn in a four-hour, 800-hand session later in the day.

That was just the start of Blom��s day. Here is a look at his other action from Jan. 4:

• Lost $32,000 playing FLO8 again 2012��s biggest online poker winner, Ben ��Sauce123�� Sulsky.
• Won $42,000 from ��SallyWoo�� in a 15-minute session of FLO8.
• Took $180,000 from Sebastien ��Seb86�� Sabic at the $1,500/$3,000 2-7 Triple Draw Tables in approximately 200 hands over 90 minutes.
• Played 858 hands of $2,000/$4,000 FLO8 over nearly six-hour heads-up match against Kyle ��cottonseed1�� Hendon and won $341,800.

Unfortunately, high-stakes tracking siteHighStakesDB, doesn��t currently catalogue 2-7 and FLO8 hands, so we aren't able to report Blom's biggest hand of the day. But HighStakesDB did manage to capture the biggest tracked hand, which occurred on a $25/$50 PLO table at Full Tilt Poker involving Brian ��sbrugby�� Townsend.

In the hand, Townsend ($17,961.25) was playing heads up against ��AceHasslehoff�� ($17,008.75), opened for $150 and received a call from Townsend. The 9?J?10? flop saw Townsend lead out for $250, ��AceHasslehoff�� raise to $800 and Townsend three-bet to $1,950. ��AceHasslehoff�� called and then bet $2,400 when Townsend checked the 2? turn. Townsend responded with a check-raise to $6,250, ��AceHasslehoff�� moved all in for $14,908.75 and Townsend called, creating a pot worth $34,017. The 6? completed the board on the river, and Townsend tabled K?Q?10?4? for a straight, which bested the A?Q?Q?5? of ��AceHasslehoff��.

Even When Blom Loses, He Wins

Alexander ��PostflopAction�� Kostritsyn got some revenge on Saturday by taking $300,000 from Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom, but the Swede still finished as the day��s second-biggest winner with $239,800 in profit. He did so by taking $160,000 from ��Kagome Kagome�� playing 2-7 triple draw, and nearly $90,000 from Kyle ��cottonseed1�� Hendon at the FLO8 tables.

The day��s biggest pot took place at a six-handed table of $200/$400 CAP PLO on FTP when ��Schoitl�� ($31,440.50) opened for $900 from the cutoff and Rob ��Vaga_Lion�� Akery ($15,120) called from the small blind. ��1Mastermind�� ($15,077) then three-bet to $3,600 from the big blind, both his opponents called, and three players watched the flop come down 5?6?K?. Akery checked, ��1Mastermind�� bet $10,800, and ��Schoitl�� capped it at $12,400. Akery called off for $11,520, ��1Mastermind�� committed his last $677, and suddenly there was a $45,314 pot on the line.

��1Mastermind��: A?A?8?2?
Akery: A?5?K?4?
��Schoitl��: K?3?Q?2?

Akery had the best hand with his flopped two pair. The 10? turn wasn��t much of a sweat, and Akery��s two pair held up when the J? hit river. Akery went on to finish as the day��s fourth-biggest winner with $57,400 in profit.

Blom Wins $1.33 Million in One Day

Way back in December of 2009, Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom lost $4.2 million playing heads-up PLO against Brian Hastings. That loss put him in the red on FTP, but after three dry years, Blom is finally back in the black. A $344,000 win on Jan. 6 helped get him there; he booked a $210,000 profit in 2-7 Triple Draw during a three-hour session against Alex ��Alexonmoon�� Luneau, and an additional $93,000 from ��SallyWoo�� at the FLO8 tables.

Two days later, Blom returned to the tables and won an astounding $1,356,296 in a single day. The majority those winnings came from Ben ��Sauce1234�� Sulsky and Phil ��OMGClayAiken�� Galfond. Blom began the day by relieving Galfond of $317,000 in just over an hour playing $250/$500 PLO, and then took an additional $132,000 from Galfond at the 2-7 triple draw tables.

A little later in the day, Blom fired up some $400/$800 PLO and took on Sulsky. The two played in epic 459-hand match that produced 17 six-figure pots. By the time he was finished , Blom had taken $743,000 from Sulsky��giving himself over $4 million in profit in the first eight days of the year!

Here��s a look at the biggest hands from that match:

Hand #1: In what would be the biggest hand on FTP post-Black Friday, Blom ($359,269) opened for $2,700 on the button only to have Sulsky ($214,242.50) three-bet to $8,400 from the big blind. Blom called, the flop fell 8?A?10?, and Sulsky proceeded to check-call a bet of $8,800. When the 2? turned, Sulsky check-called another bet, this time for $26,400, and the 6? completed the board on the river. This time Sulsky took initiative and led out for $68,500 and then called off his remaining $102,142.50 after Blom raised to $293,000, creating a pot worth $428,485! Blom then rolled over A?7?8?7? for the nuts, and Sulsky mucked.

Hand #2: In the second biggest pot of the match, Sulsky ($152,179.50) opened for $2,700 and then called when Blom ($261,642) three-bet to $8,400. The Swede kept the pressure on with a bet of $12,800 on the 9?3?K? flop, but Sulsky decided it wasn��t enough and raised to $34,400. Not to be outdone, Blom three-bet to $120,300, Sulsky moved all in, and Blom called the additional $23,479.50.

Sulsky: K?10?9?7?
Blom: A?10?Q?J?

Blom had a big straight draw along with the nut-flush draw and needed to improve because Sulsky had flopped two pair. The 7? turn gave Blom another straight opportunity, but the 2? river was a complete blank. The $304,359 pot was shipped over to Sulsky.

Biggest Winners/Losers (Full Tilt Poker)

Year��s biggest winners (1/1-1/8): Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (+$4,073,070), Ben ��Bttech86�� Tollerene (+$668,888), Erik ��Erik1223�� Sagstrom (+$405,354), ��Follow The Hawk�� (+$324,298), ��noobmare��* (+$172,158), ��ImWithSumo��* (+$159,374)

Year��s biggest losers: Kyle ��cottonseed1�� Hendon (-$729,074), Ben ��Sauce1234�� Sulsky (-$632,201), ��SallyWoo�� (-$527,756), Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray (-$407,918), Phil ��OMGClayAiken�� Galfond (-$379,179), Scott ��mastrblastr�� Seiver (-$354,455), ��1Mastermind�� (-$343,987), ��Schoitl�� (-$297,288)

*DenotesPokerStars

_{Data, hands and re-player obtained from HighStakesDB.com}

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