Viktor Blom first appeared in the online poker world, at 18 years of age, in late 2008. He originated on the iPoker network under the screen name blom90. This young man from Sweden, aggressively entered this world playing against everyone, at any level, on as many tables as possible. It is rumored that he deposited a mere $2K and turned it into 1.4 million in a matter of few weeks. This had all the railbirds squawking and he quickly became a legend as he dominated the headsup tables. His high risk moves and bankroll management had him quickly sitting in the biggest headsup tables against well-known opponents such as Odonkoor and Flexaccou. Blom90 most impressive characteristic is that he’s been known to play up to 8 tables at one time. Initially, he attempted to keep his identity private. He was very evasive when asked questions but eventually his identity was revealed. Unfortunately, his phenomenal run ended and he went busto but he continued to fare well in the poker world. He was nominated as Scandinavian’s Poker Awards’ 2008 Rookie of the Year.
Biggest pot in online poker history
Eventually the railbird squawks turned into mere squeaks and peeps and it seemed Blom90 has exited the realm of online poker. Or so we thought. Turns out there’s a new, young, Swede currently dominating the online poker world and his name is Isildur1. No big surprise that this prodigy has been confirmed as, the one and only, Viktor Blom. Isildur1 debuted on the Full Tilt Poker tables in October 2009 where he aggressively dominated and quickly moved up to the nosebleed stakes. Needless to say, the railbirds started squawking again and still haven’t stopped. As of November 20, 2009 he won an astonishing $4,262,458 in the month of November. Once again, he is fearless. These days he focuses on high profile matches against the top pros. Sometimes he plays them one at a time, sometimes he plays them all at the same time. Typically he’s playing on numerous tables at once.
Isildur1 became famous within days, after taking Tom Dwan aka durrrr for $5 million. Other pros, such as Patrik Antonius and Phil Ivey have done much better against Isildur. In another match, on November 21st, Isildur lost the biggest online pot ever (over $1.3M) to Patrik Antonius. Isildur’s not one to go away quietly, though. It’s certain he’ll continue to make a name for himself on FullTilt and have the railbirds chirping like crazy. He’s got some serious talent (or luck as some would say) in his favor. It’s presumed he’ll be signed by a major poker room in the near future as he’s well on his way to becoming one of greatest online players of all time.
