Two iconic online glories made an unexpected return in poker news headlines most recently which got the community tuning in once again to these memorable names. Swedish pro Viktor “Isildur1” Blom who once took the poker world by storm has resurfaced in the online cash game scene once again, albeit in lower stakes in comparison […]
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Up and Down: Isildur1 banking scores on partypoker as Chinese Player wins Sunday Million
When online poker’s greatest legend gets busy at the tables and wins a tournament, you can guarantee there will be people interested. The same can be a said of a Chinese national winning PokerStars’ Sunday Million tournament when the legality of their operations in China could perhaps be considered questionable. Both of our stories have […]
Three Televised Poker Hand Highlights During the First Months of 2018
Only a few months of 2018 have elapsed so far, and already we have televised heroics at the tables. If you have forgotten to turn on your TV screen in the last few months, you may have missed these three televised gems. Isildur1 Call Of The Year commented by joeingram1 Hero-calls are always sweet, […]
Watch: Isildur1 delights fans by takingdown the partypoker Millions
The keenly awaited partypoker MILLIONS Main Event in Rozvadov has finally concluded after a 14-hour session on the final day of play. If the event itself wasn’t newsworthy enough, guaranteeing 5 million euros in prize money, the name of the winner certainly created some headlines. The event began with 1,022 players buying in for €5,300, ensuring […]
Top Best Online Poker Players 2017
The online landscape is shifting. With high stakes games moving away from PokerStars, this means that many of the high stakes sessions that are played are no longer recorded. Despite this, the games at Pokerstars provide an interesting snapshot of who has been winning what. So, excluding games on platforms such as partypoker or PokerMaster, we bring you […]
Fedor Holz and Isildur1 take down High Roller events on PokerStars
Fedor Holz Wins Event #1 of the PokerStars Super HighRoller Series Fedor Holz takes down yet another high stakes poker tournament: the PokerStars High Rollers Event #1. The event was the first of 22 high roller events, starting on Nov. 26 and had a buy-in of $2,100. Despite an alluring guaranteed prize pool of $1 […]
The Top 6 Craziest Online Poker Stories in Graphs
Online poker history is littered with glorious battles and crazy gamblers. There are of course no TV’s to capture golden moments, and so graphs are sometimes needed to paint the pictures that arose from the insanity that was rife in the glory days of online poker. #6. Million Sunday – Broke Monday Micro stakes […]
Up and Down: Isildur1 wins 1st WCOOP; Steffen Sontheimer dons the purple jacket
Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom wins first WCOOP title Normally renowned for his online cash game prowess, it is rare to see Isildur1 step into the online tournament arena. When he does though, he normally plays the big buy in events in major festivals, and has previously made a serious impact too. His most notable success in […]
Is PartyPoker Striving to be the New Home of High Stakes Poker?
Partypoker seeks to overthrow PokerStars as the home of high stakes poker Sam Trickett has now been joined by Fedor Holz in promoting Partypoker, giving some extra star power to the poker room’s drive to shift the balance of power in the online world. Ever since Full Tilt went under, PokerStars has held a virtual […]
Isildur1 surges to $1.3 million profit to become biggest online winner in 2017
Being fresh off the back of a busy SCOOP schedule, most players would take a break before getting back into the action. Isildur1 is not most players. Having had a great SCOOP series, finishing 2nd on the Player of the Series leaderboard, he has hit the high stakes tables in recent weeks, posting over $1 million […]