Action was a bit slow this past week, at least compared to the million-dollar swings we’ve been seeing as of late between Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene. Speaking of Blom, he managed to finish as this week’s biggest winner with $526,996 (83 sessions/6,021 hands) in profit, though that was just a fraction of the $1.4 million he lost last week.
Meanwhile, Tom “durrrr” Dwan recovered from last week’s $385,066 loss by winning $446,953 (45 sessions/4,083 hands), enough to make him the second biggest winner. Others who did quite well were “kagome kagome” (+$302,009 in 24 sessions/1,286 hands) and Patrik “FinddaGrind” Antonius (+$208,362 in 15 sessions/1,557 hands) on Full Tilt Poker, and Daniel “w00ki3z” Cates* (+$214,754 in 35 sessions/3,141 hands) on PokerStars.
On the other end of the spectrum, Kyle “KPR16” Ray was far and away the week’s biggest loser after dropping $826,208 in 755 hands across 11 sessions, while the aforementioned Tollerene was next on the loser’s list after reducing his bankroll by $265,906 (20 sessions/1,376 hands). Other losers in included Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond (-$224,936 in 21 sessions/2,151 hands) and “SetoKaiba1” (-$203,820 in 12 sessions/1,305 hands) on Full Tilt Poker, and “BERRI SWEET”* (-$167,488 in 24 sessions/2,741 hands) on PokerStars.
Blom Banks $797,900 in Six Hours of Play
On Friday, April 12, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom tore up the $100/$200 pot-limit Omaha and $2,000/$4,000 fixed-limit Omaha Hi/Lo tables. It was at the former that he took $45,000 from Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, and then relieved Kyle “KPR16” Ray of $320,000 at the latter in just 127 hands over 40 minutes.
Viktor \"Isildur1\" Blom playing online.
Blom proceeded to win another $150,000 at the FLO8 tables against various opponents, and then booked a $51,000 win at the 2-7 Triple Draw tables. From there he got another $30,000 from Sahamies at the $50/$100 PLO tables, and then began a 2-7 Triple Draw game with the likes of “SetoKaiba1,” “kagome kagome,” and Patrick “FinddaGrind” Antonius. “SetoKaiba1” won a little, but other than that the game’s only winner was the young Swede, who won more than $222,000 in less than two hours. Needless to say, it was a good day for Blom.
One of Blom’s most notable hands came at a six-handed $100/$200 PLO table when action folded to Blom ($34,656) on the button, and he min-raised to $400. Sahamies ($26,128.50) called from the small blind and Hac “trex313” Dang ($15,246) three-bet to $1,600 from the big. Blom called, Sahamies four-bet to $6,700, and two calls ensued, leading to a J♠4♦8♣ flop. Sahamies led out for $19,200 and then called off his remaining $228.50 after Blom raised all in.
Blom: J♦J♥10♠9♥
Sahamies: A♠A♣6♣3♥
Sahamies got it in with aces, but unfortunately for him, Blom had flopped top set. Neither the K♦ turn nor 5♦ river helped Sahamies, and he watched the $58,654 pot pushed to Blom.
Dwan Makes his Presence Known in Saturday Action
We haven’t seen much of Tom “durrrr” Dwan at the online high-stakes tables in the last few months, but he was in action this past weekend, at least for 5.5 hours on Saturday. In that time, he won $582,600 playing mainly $50/$100 and $100/$200 PLO against Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, who had beaten Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene to the tune of $300,000 at the $200/$400 CAP PLO tables earlier in the day. The two, who comprise two-thirds of FTP’s The Professionals, even managed to contest a healthy six-figure pot.
Here's what happened. Blom ($126,405) opened for $600 and Dwan ($86,168.50) three-bet to $1,800. Blom pushed back to the tune of $5,400, but Dwan was not about to be outdone and made it $16,200 to go. Blom just called and then moved all in for $110,205 after Dwan led out for $32,400 on the Q♠J♥2♥ flop. Dwan called off his remaining $37,568.50 and the cards were flipped up.
Blom: K♠8♥4♥6♣
Dwan: K♦Q♣9♣8♦
Dwan only held top pair but was ahead of Blom’s flush draw. The 4♣ turn wasn’t particularly interesting, though it did give Blom more outs. Surprisingly, the 5♣ river blanked and Dwan’s simple pair of queens took down the $172,337 pot.
There was another six-figure pot that took place on Saturday, though this one was between Blom and Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond:
