Jungleman12 Beats Isildur1 on FridayViktor Blom Continues Slide Since Joining PokerStars |
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Viktor “Isildur1” Blom continued his downswing early Friday morning after taking on Dan “jungleman12” Cates at $50-$100 no-limit hold’em on PokerStars.
The duo began the day playing tables of $25-$50, but eventually moved up to stakes of $50-$100. Cates, who was down money from the $25-$50 tables, secured a net profit of about $40,000 for the session after doubling the stakes.
Blom was in the red about $100,000 on the day online and has been unable to gain any consistency in the past six weeks of being a member of Team PokerStars Pro. He is down about $300,000 since joining the online site.
Blom was ahead at one point in the match with Cates (who goes by “w00ki3z” on PokerStars). At one of the five tables they were battling on, Blom was up about four buy-ins on his opponent.
However, the lead didn’t hold up for long. One of the biggest hands of the session occurred when Blom shoved for about $10,000 on the river with K-10 high and was picked off by second pair.
The trash talking during their marathon duel on virtual felt was intense at times. Isildur1 called his opponent’s play in the session a “joke,” and at one point said the following: i play this session untill i bust u or u quit.
The session ended poorly for Blom, as he lost a massive $40,000 coin flip near the conclusion of the match. Cates had six-bet all in from the button with the A
K
and was called by the J
J
of Blom. The flop brought a king, and the pair held to give Cates the 400-big-blind pot.
Cates and Blom have some history at the nosebleed stakes. The Maryland native was one of Blom’s victims late in 2009, when the then mysterious Swede was in the midst of one of the most historic runs in the history of poker. In December of that year, Cates and Blom sat down for a intense heads-up battle. When it was all over, Cates had lost $500,000.
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