The Online Railbird Report: Viktor "Isildur1" Blom Takes a $1.4 Million Hit
The 2013 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas is in the books, at least until November, and while the annual gathering of poker players dominated the headlines, the high-stakes online action has been going surprisingly strong. Last week we caught you up on six weeks of online action including Viktor “Isildur1” Blom winning the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker Main Event #43-H for $1,096,200 and then going on to extend his 2013 winnings to over $5.2 million, a solid two million ahead of his next closest competitor.
In the past week, Blom gave $1,404,756 of that back in 6,834 hands spread across 62 sessions, which was enough to make him the week’s biggest loser. In fact, it wasn’t even close as the next biggest losers, Doug “WCGRider” Polk (-$446,680 in 37 sessions/5,855 hands) and Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene (-$420,766 in 48 sessions/3,768 hands), lost about a quarter of what the Swede did.
On the flip side, “Tight-Man1” was the week’s biggest winner after profiting $1,277,812 in 3,516 hands over 22 sessions. Other big winners included “Denoking” (+$809,561 in 40 sessions/6,890 hands), Kyle “cottonseed1” Hendon (+$342,544 in 5 sessions/259 hands) and “proudlikeagoat” (+$320,888 in 29 sessions/2,020 hands).
Huge $300K+ Pots in Thursday $400/$800 NLHE Action
On Thursday, July 11, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Doug “WCGRider” Polk opened up a $400/$800 no-limit hold’em game on Full Tilt Poker, and over the course of 12 hours, the six-max table attracted others like “MalACEsia,” “Call_911” and “Denoking.”
Blom got off to a quick start and was up $250,000 at one point, but then things quickly went south for the Swede as he dropped all of that and an additional $400,000. Blom offset some of those losses later in the evening, but still ended the day a $297,000 loser. On the flip side, “MalACEsia” and “Denoking” finished as the day’s two biggest winners with $332,000 and $520,600 respectively.
“MalACEsia” actually won the biggest pot of the day. It happened when “MalACEsia” ($337,930.90) opened for $2,000 from the hijack, “Denoking” ($216,085.70) called from the cutoff and Polk ($406,209.20) did the same from the button. “HelicopterBen82” ($163,665.50) then three-bet to $13,600 from the small blind, all three of his opponents called. When the flop came down 8♥2♠2♦, “HelicopterBen82” led out for $19,600, “MalACEsia” called and the other two players folded.
The turn was the 5♦, and “HelicopterBen82” fired out $28,600. “MalACEsia” called, and the J♣ completed the board on the river. “HelicopterBen82” moved all in for $101,865.50 and “MalACEsia” wasted little time in making the call. “HelicopterBen82” flipped over the K♣K♦ for kings and deuces, but it was no good as “MalACEsia” claimed the $355,928 pot with the A♣A♦ for aces and deuces.
While that pot was the biggest of the day, it was just one of four $300K-plus pots. Here’s a look at the other three.
Hand #1: “MalACEsia” ($469,562.90) opened for $2,000 from the hijack and Polk ($369,236.90) three-bet to $7,200 from the button. The blinds folded, “MalACEsia” pushed back with a four-bet to $26,800 and Polk called, bringing about a flop of Q♠J♣2♦. “MalACEsia” led out for $21,600, Polk called and the 8♥ turned. Again Polk called a bet from “MalACEsia,” this time $45,200, and then the Q♣ completed the board on the river. “MalACEsia” bet $75,600 and Polk called. The former turned over the A♠A♥ for two pair, but the latter had cracked it on the river with the A♦Q♦. Ship the $336,347 pot to Polk.
Hand #2: “MalACEsia” ($568,612.90) opened for $2,000 from the hijack and “Denoking” ($331,862) three-bet to $7,800 from the cutoff. Polk ($564,370.90) called from the button, both blinds folded and “MalACEsia” got out of the way. After the flop fell K♦7♥5♥, “Denoking” bet $12,800 and Polk called. “Denoking” kept the pressure on with a bet of $36,120 on the 4♥ turn, Polk called and the 7♠ completed the board on the river. “Denoking” slowed down with a check but still called when Polk fired out $98,600. Polk flipped over the K♥J♥ for a king-high flush, but it was no good as “Denoking” held an ace-high flush with the A♥6♥.
Hand #3:
Hendon Wins $300,600 in Friday FLO8 Action
Kyle “cottonseed1” Hendon, who is currently the year’s second-biggest winner, added to his yearly profit by taking $300,600 at the fixed-limit Omaha Hi-Lo tables on Friday. The vast majority of that came from an 80-minute session against Viktor “Isildur1” Blom. In just 84 hands, Hendon took nearly $270,000 from the Swede.
While that game produced the day’s biggest winner, the biggest pot actually came from the $400/$800 NLHE game, which saw “Rhje” leave with $250,000. In the monster hand, “Rhje” ($147,511.50) opened for $2,400 under the gun and “Tight-Man1” ($319,956) called from the cutoff. After the button folded, Doug “WCGRider” Polk ($142,884.70) three-bet to $11,200 from the small blind and the big blind got out of the way. “Rhje” responded with a four-bet to $27,200, “Tight-Man1” folded and Polk shoved for $142,884.70. “Rhje” called and the cards were turned up.
“Rhje”: A♥A♠
Polk: K♠K♣
It was a cooler spot for Polk, but he got two shots at it as the players agreed to run it twice. Unfortunately for Polk neither the A♣3♥J♣3♦8♦ on the first run nor 7♠4♦5♠7♣5♦ on the second delivered him salvation and “Rhje” scooped the $289,416 pot.
“Tight-Man1” Wins $1.2 Million in Two Days
It was a good weekend for “Tight-Man1” after he won $559,000 on Saturday playing $400/$800 NLHE and then banked an additional $610,000 in the same game on Sunday. “Tight-Man1’s” Sunday win came in three installments—morning, afternoon and evening—and came in $220,000, $150,000 and $241,000 chunks. It was during the middle session that he won the day’s biggest pot.
It began when “MalACEsia” ($78,655) opened for $2,400 under the gun and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom ($239,388) called from the hijack. “Trueteller” ($137,878) called from the button and then “Tight-Man1” ($130,745) three-bet to $12,800 from the big blind. “MalACEsia” folded, the other two players called and the flop came down 3♠K♣Q♠. Two checks put action on “Trueteller” and he bet $18,000. “Tight-Man1” check-called and then Blom check-raised all in for $226,588. “Trueteller” folded and “Tight-Man1” called off his remaining $99,795.
“Tight-Man1”: A♥K♠
Blom: 7♠6♠
“Tight-Man1” flopped top pair and was ahead of Blom’s flush draw. The two ran it twice and “Tight-Man1” locked up half the pot after the 4♣ turn and 6♦ river completed the board on the first run. Blom needed a spade on the second run to break even, but it wouldn’t happened as the 9♥ turned followed by the 2♥ on the river. Ship the $295,687 to “Tight-Man1.”
Blom ended up losing $253,500 on the day, but that was still quite a bit less than the day’s biggest loser, “MalACEsia,” who dropped a staggering $858,000.
Polk vs. Blom vs. Tollerene in Tuesday Action
On Tuesday, July 16, Doug “WCGRider” Polk took on Viktor “Isildur1” Blom yet again and walked away a $388,000 winner. Polk ended up the day’s biggest winner with $401,500 in profit, and even though Blom lost big in that match, he ended up winning $41,900 on the day after beating Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene for $300,000 and Kyle “cottonseed1” Hendon for $210,000 in an evening session.
It was actually a hand between Blom and Tollerene that ended up being the day’s biggest:
Biggest Winners/Losers (Full Tilt Poker)
Biggest Winners (7/9-7/17): Tight-Man1 ($1,277,812), Denoking (+$809,561), Kyle “cottonseed1” Hendon (+$342,544), proudlikeagoat (+$320,888), Alex “IReadYrSoul” Millar (+$232,136)
Biggest Losers (7/9-7/17): Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (-$1,404,756), Doug “WCGRider” Polk (-$446,680), Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene ($420,766), "MalACEsia" (-$354,331), SanIker (-$240,031)
Year’s biggest winners: Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (+$3,718,897), Kyle “cottonseed1” Hendon (+$3,515,118), Alexander “PostFlopAction” Kostritsyn (+$2,714,965), Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene (+$1,979,165), Patrik “FinddaGrind” Antonius (+$1,556,140), “Odd_Oddsen”* (+$1,552,732), Tom “durrrr” Dwan (+$1,484,451), Isaac “luvtheWNBA” Haxton (+$1,445,924), “Tight-Man1” (+$1,409,819), Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond (+$1,380,309)
Year’s biggest losers: “samrostan” (-$3,518,002), Gus Hansen (-$3,428,777), Phil “Polarizing” Ivey (-$2,297,409), “MalACEsia” (-$1,634,063), Alex “IReadYrSoul” Millar (-$1,404,367), “patpatpanda” (-$1,330,885), Scott “mastrblastr” Seiver (-$1,220,399), Ben “Sauce1234” Sulsky (-$1,210,658), Kyle “KPR16” Fray (-$939,996)
*Denotes PokerStars
Data, hands and replayer obtained from HighStakesDB.com
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In this Series
- 1 The Online Railbird Report: Gus Hansen Suffers $1.4 Million Downswing to Close 2012
- 2 The Online Railbird Report: Viktor "Isildur1" Blom Profits $4 Million in Eight Days
- 3 The Online Railbird Report: Galfond & Blom Experience Million-Dollar Swings
- 4 The Online Railbird Report: Kyle “KPR16” Ray Biggest Winner of Week; Robl Drops $357K
- 5 The Online Railbird Report: Alex Kostritsyn Wins $1.2 Million; Gus Hansen Drops $376K
- 6 The Online Railbird Report: Shchemelev Wins $406K; Blom Week's Biggest Loser & Much More
- 7 The Online Railbird Report: Dwan Wins Over $2 Million in Six Days
- 8 The Online Railbird Report: Antonius Extends Lead Against Cao in $1 Million Challenge
- 9 The Online Railbird Report: Kostritsyn Wins $1.1 Million, Ivey Up & More
- 10 The Online Railbird Report: Ben Tollerene and Viktor Blom Win $1 Million in 48 Hours
- 11 The Online Railbird Report: Blom Becomes 2013's Biggest Winner; Ivey Week's Big Loser
- 12 The Online Railbird Report: Blom Over $4 Million for 2013; Huge Week for Hendon
- 13 The Online Railbird Report: Blom Drops $661,949 in Slow Week; $100K PLO Showdown?
- 14 The Online Railbird Report: Blom Wins $1.7 Million from Tollerene in Just Six Hours
- 15 The Online Railbird Report: Tollerene & Haxton Win Big; Blom Drops $1,474,629
- 16 The Online Railbird Report: The Professionals Duke it Out on FTP
- 17 The Online Railbird Report: “jama-dharma” Takes Blom for $786,971 in Limit Hold’em
- 18 The Online Railbird Report: Dwan and Sulsky Win $1M+; Blom's Massive Swings Continue
- 19 The Online Railbird Report: The Professionals Dominate with $1.5M Wins
- 20 The Online Railbird Report: Tollerene & Dang Win $1.4M & $1.2M, Respectively
- 21 The Return of the Online Railbird Report: Six Weeks of High-Stakes Action
- 22 The Online Railbird Report: Viktor "Isildur1" Blom Takes a $1.4 Million Hit
- 23 The Online Railbird Report: Viktor "Isildur1" Blom No Longer the Year's Biggest Winner
- 24 The Online Railbird Report: Phil Ivey Is Week's Biggest Loser, Durrrr Challenge & More
- 25 The Online Railbird Report: "Rhje" Wins Over a Million, Blom/Hansen to Ireland & More
- 26 The Online Railbird Report: Tollerene Week's Biggest Winner; Haxton Drops a Million
- 27 The Online Railbird Report: Heinecker Up $2 Million, Millar Crushes Blom in 10 Minutes
- 28 The Online Railbird Report: Somebody Better “Call_911” as Blom Drops a Million
- 29 The Online Railbird Report: Viktor "Isildur1" Blom & Alex “IReadYrSoul” Millar Win Big
- 30 The Online Railbird Report: Blom Loses $1.3 Million; Haxton Week's Biggest Winner
- 31 The Online Railbird Report: Heinecker Week's Biggest Winner; Polk vs. Sulsky Update
- 32 The Online Railbird Report: Phil Ivey Week's Biggest Winner; Polk vs. Sulsky Update
- 33 The Online Railbird Report: Blom Gets Back on Track; Polk Continues to Dominate Sulsky
- 34 The Online Railbird Report: Viktor Blom Wins Again, Phil Ivey Has a Setback, and More
- 35 The Online Railbird Report: "SallyWoo" Week's Biggest Winner; Tollerene Leads in 2013
- 36 The Online Railbird Report: Viktor Blom Up $2 Million
- 37 The Online Railbird Report: Blom Wins $1.3 Million in a Day; Hansen's Fall Continues
- 38 Online Railbird Report: Heinecker Tops Yearly Leader Board; Hansen Loses $1.2 Million
- 39 The Online Railbird Report: Rui Cao Week's Biggest Winner; Heinecker Continues to Roll
- 40 The Online Railbird Report: Heinecker Biggest Winner for Third Week in a Row
- 41 The Online Railbird Report: Heinecker, Blom & Hansen Experience Million-Dollar Swings
- 42 The Online Railbird Report: Antonius & Heinecker Fly High; Cates Fires Off in Chat
- 43 The Online Railbird Report: “samrostan” Wins $912,000; Galfond Drops $620,000
- 44 The Online Railbird Report: "mikki696" Jumps Out to Early Lead in 2014
- 45 The Online Railbird Report: Viktor "Isildur1" Blom Wins $800K in Three Days
- 46 The Online Railbird Report: Blom Fuels Action on Way to Top of 2014 Leaderboard
- 47 The Online Railbird Report: Kyle "KPR16" Ray Rebounds; Viktor Blom Wins Again
- 48 The Online Railbird Report: Blom and Polk Continue to Battle Online at Aussie Millions
- 49 The Online Railbird Report: Viktor "Isildur1" Blom Returns to Top of Weekly Leaderboard
- 50 The Online Railbird Report: Blom Week's Biggest Loser Upon Return to Nosebleeds
- 51 The Online Railbird Report: Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Cleans Up on PokerStars
- 52 The Online Railbird Report: Rare Winning Week for Hansen; Tollerene Extends 2014 Lead
- 53 The Online Railbird Report: Dan Cates Wins $1.18 Million; Tollerene Opts Out
- 54 The Online Railbird Report: Galfond and Cates Lose $1.1 Million Each; Blom Capitalizes
- 55 The Online Railbird Report: Hansen Loses a Million; Amundsgard & Cates Finish on Top
- 56 The Online Railbird Report: Phil "Polarizing" Ivey Drops $945K; Galfond Wins & More
- 57 The Online Railbird Report: Niki Jedlicka Wins $1.1 Million in Return to Full Tilt Poker
- 58 The Online Railbird Report: "Trueteller," Jedlicka, & Antonius Win Big; Ivey Does Not
- 59 The Online Railbird Report: Antonius Week's Biggest Winner, Ivey Loses Again & More
- 60 The Online Railbird Report: Antonius Wins Again, Two Mystery Players Revealed & More
- 61 The Online Railbird Report: Ivey, Galfond, and Hansen All Grace the Loser's List
- 62 The Online Railbird Report: Blom Drops Nearly a Million; Ivey Rebounds & Much More
- 63 The Online Railbird Report: Kostritsyn Wins Big, Hansen Punts, and Dwan Eats Crawfish
- 64 The Online Railbird Report: Winners & Losers of the Summer's High-Stakes Action
- 65 The Online Railbird Report: "Sanlker" Steamrolls His Way to Massive $1.4 Million Win
- 66 The Online Railbird Report: Alex Luneau Wins $1.1 Million; Viktor Blom Drops $976K
- 67 The Online Railbird Report: Mikael “punting-peddler” Thuritz Biggest Winner with $491K
- 68 The Online Railbird Report: Ruthenberg and Blom Win Big; Hansen's Bad Year Continues
- 69 The Online Railbird Report: Antonius, Cates and Thuritz Pulling Away on 2014 Leaderboard
- 70 The Online Railbird Report: Gus Hansen's Disastrous Year Continues
- 71 The Online Railbird Report: Ike Haxton Wins Big; Doug Polk & "Denoking" Feud, and More
- 72 The Online Railbird Report: Polk & "Denoking" Keep Things Interesting During Slow Week
- 73 The Online Railbird Report: Heinecker Returns with a $275,000 Win
- 74 The Online Railbird Report: Blom Drives Action While Kostritsyn Wins On PokerStars
- 75 The Online Railbird Report: Blom Continues to Drive Action; Kostritsyn Big Winner
- 76 The Online Railbird Report: Blom Week's Biggest Winner Despite Losing Sponsorship
- 77 The Online Railbird Report: What's Happened to the High-Stakes Online Action?
- 78 The Online Railbird Report: Phil Ivey Second-Biggest Winner with $472,000 Win
- 79 The Online Railbird Report: Phil Ivey Follows Up Last Week's Big Win by Dropping $357K
- 80 The Online Railbird Report: Phil Ivey Rebounds with $387,000 Win and More
- 81 The Online Railbird Report: Sanlker and Kibler-Melby Battle; Ivey Wins, and More
- 82 The Online Railbird Report: Kibler-Melby Wins Big, Ivey vs. Thuritz, and More
- 83 The Online Railbird Report: Dan Cates Primed to Finish as 2014's Biggest Winner