High-Stakes Online Poker: Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom Scores $1.2 Million In A WeekSwede Puts Together Two Weeks Of Solid Profits |
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Viktor “Isildur1” Blom has had back-to-back strong weeks at the online poker tables to send him back into seven-figures worth of profit on the calendar year, according to HighstakesDB.
His heavy action over the past seven days was in heads-up, where he took on a handful of opponents at the nosebleed stakes. Blom was the winner of the largest pot of the period, an interesting hand with an over-bet on the river versus his frequent English nemesis.
At stakes of $400-$800 heads-up no-limit hold’em on Full Tilt Poker, Blom ($162,000) had the button and made it $2,400. Alex “IReadYrSoul” Millar ($142,000) made it $7,500. Blom called.
The flop fell K
10
3.
Millar bet $6,000, and Blom called.
The J fell on the turn.
Millar checked this time, and Blom fired $16,800. Millar called.
The 2
landed on the river.
Millar checked, and Blom elected to go all in for about twice the pot of $60,000. Millar had about $112,000 left and called. Blom tabled K
10 for two pair, and Millar mucked without showing.
Blom raked in the $284,642 monster.
The Swede used the crucial hand, as well as a couple of six-figure coolers in heads-up pot-limit Omaha against another high-stakes regular, to go on to win around $1.2 million over the past week. He is back up to more than $1.5 million in profits on the year.
Gus Hansen put together a decent week, winning $206,808. However, he is still the biggest loser on the year and is down around $10.5 million lifetime on Full Tilt.
Phil Ivey, who was on a big upswing just a few weeks ago, is now in the middle of a downswing. He has lost the most so far in October — around $450,000. He is among the worst performers this year online, despite still being the top earner in web poker history.
Winners In 2013
Kyle “cottonseed1” Hendon: $3.72 million
Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene: $3.23 million
Niklas “ragen70” Heinecker: $2.72 million
Patrik “FiddaGrind” Antonius: $2.60 million
Alex “PostflopAction” Kostritsyn: $2.26 million
(Note: According to HighstakesDB, Hendon has “opted out from having his long term results displayed.” His results won’t appear in the rankings going forward.)
Losers In 2013
Gus Hansen: -$4.10 million
samrostan: -$4.05 million
MalACEsia: -$3.77 million
Phil “Polarizing” Ivey: -$2.43 million
punting-peddler: $1.49 million
All figures via HighstakesDB.
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