The wild ride for Swedish online poker pro Isildur1 continued in recent days, as the newcomer dropped a colossal $2.9 million on the felts of Full Tilt Poker. According to Poker Table Ratings, Isildur1 is now a losing player overall.
After being up as much as $5 million, the tide has begun to turn for Isildur1, who now sits at -$892,000 since Poker Table Ratings began tracking the Swede in September. Recently, Power Poker front man Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies took Isildur1 for $2.3 million in 3,000 hands of $500/$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha.
In one hand, the Swede raised to $3,000 pre-flop with 3h-6d-2s-Ac and Sahamies made it $9,000 with Qs-Js-9d-Jh. Isildur1 made the call and the flop came 10c-Qh-3c, giving Sahamies top pair and a straight draw and giving Isildur1 a pair of threes. Sahamies bet pot, $18,000, and Isildur1 popped it to $56,000. Sahamies made the call to see the turn come the Ks. Sahamies, now holding a king-high straight, checked and Isildur1 bet out $96,000. Sahamies continued to play it slow and just called to bring the 4h on the river. Sahamies checked once again, Isildur1 bet $322,000, and Sahamies called all-in for his last $193,000, creating a $708,000 pot. Sahamies scooped it with a straight and Isildur1 was left scratching his head.
In another hand between Sahamies and Isildur1, the latter raised to $3,000 pre-flop holding 8d-7s-9h-3c and Sahamies pushed it to $9,000 with 4d-Kd-As-5s. Isildur1 called and the first three cards fell 3s-8s-4h. Sahamies bet pot with his nut flush draw and pair of fours, while Isildur1 made it $56,000 with top and bottom pair. Sahamies re-raised to $186,000 and Isildur1 bet enough to put Sahamies all-in for his last $131,000. Once again, Sahamies made the call for his stack, this time with a $652,000 pot up for grabs. The turn was the queen of spades, giving Sahamies his flush, and no help came for Isildur1 on the river, which was the six of clubs. Isildur1 had absorbed another devastating hit to his bankroll.
Also taking aim at Isildur1 was CardRunners instructor Brian Townsend, who made it $2,000 pre-flop in one hand holding Ah-10h-8c-5d. Isildur1 raised to $6,200 with Qs-10s-6h-5h and Townsend made the call to see a flop of 3h-As-4h. Isildur1 bet about two-thirds of the pot with a straight flush draw, while Townsend pushed the action to $28,000 with the nut flush draw, a gutshot wheel draw, and top pair. A series of raises ensued resulting in Isildur1 having his stack committed and a pot of $343,000 being up for grabs. The board ran out Ad-Jh, shipping the mammoth pot to Townsend with the nut flush.
According to Poker Table Ratings, Isildur1 boasted over $5 million in earnings on November 15th, which has since evaporated. While he has made $5.2 million from Full Tilt Poker pro Tom “durrrr” Dwan alone, he has dropped seven-figures each to 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event November Nine member Phil Ivey, Townsend, Sahamies, and Durrrr Challenge participant Patrik Antonius. His 41,000 hands against Dwan are the most logged by his top “Best Friends” and “Worst Enemies.” Isildur1 has been involved in the eight largest pots in online poker history, winning three of the top six. He came out on the losing end of a $1.3 million hand against Antonius, the richest pot the industry has ever seen.
As can be seen, Isildur1 is an aggressive player on the Pot Limit Omaha felts. Poker Table Ratings candidly questioned, “One can’t help but wonder if the enticement of PL Omaha’s massive swings and guaranteed action will be sending him to the rail soon.” The Swede’s arrival has created a resurgence of high-stakes online poker action on Full Tilt, which has seen its traffic grow by 25% over the last four weeks thanks in part to its Holiday Hundred promotion.
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