Look who is back?

[KINO2WIN]

Iam happy to see the Isildur1 comeback.

In the past few days he won anorund a million and look like he is strong than ever. There is no doubt that fulltilt was missing big actiion without him, and the rails are happier than ever (i include myself too).
I hope he can make a big comeback, as for me he is the best online poker player.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ-aaWUzzZQ"]YouTube- Viktor Blom A.K.A. isildur1 first TV appearance in WSOP Europe Main Event 2009!![/ame]

Look the video, the man plays crazy.

[C8H10N4O2]

Haha, he's so crazy. I really don't think he'll last. It would be nice if he did, but I don't know.

[travz21]

Look the video, the man plays bad.

Non-Isildur groupies know this. Our judgement isn't skewed by love.

And is this really Isildur? Every article I read still says he's a mystery man. Has Blom ever come forward and said it's him?

[pokerbucket]

He just made a huge comeback over the past two days online. He won over 730k the day before yesterday and over 830k yesterday.

[KINO2WIN]

Non-Isildur groupies know this. Our judgement isn't skewed by love.

And is this really Isildur? Every article I read still says he's a mystery man. Has Blom ever come forward and said it's him?

sorry travz i dont agree with you. the man thinks far ahed, its obvious his bluffs doesnt work everytime. the way he played the hand was like he had AJ or bigger, iam sure if munns was a pro or a very experimented poker player he would lay down the hand, cause the 7 is not a good kicker.

the thing about isildur1 being vitor blom is confirmed by everybody, even the other day he admited in the chat while he was playing.

[pokerbucket]

sorry travz i dont agree with you. the man thinks far ahed, its obvious his bluffs doesnt work everytime. the way he played the hand was like he had AJ or bigger, iam sure if munns was a pro or a very experimented poker player he would lay down the hand, cause the 7 is not a good kicker.

the thing about isildur1 being vitor blom is confirmed by everybody, even the other day he admited in the chat while he was playing.

He did play the hand like he had an A. It was a sick bluff... but that was the only hand at that table that they showed. If munns had seen blum make some crazy bluffs earlier then he might be just to call... otherwise he knows his 7 kicker is not good. But then again he is an amateur and these are the types of calls that amateurs make all the time. I would like to have seen how the action was going before this hand went down.

[travz21]

sorry travz i dont agree with you. the man thinks far ahed, its obvious his bluffs doesnt work everytime. the way he played the hand was like he had AJ or bigger, iam sure if munns was a pro or a very experimented poker player he would lay down the hand, cause the 7 is not a good kicker.

the thing about isildur1 being vitor blom is confirmed by everybody, even the other day he admited in the chat while he was playing.

AQ or smaller more like it. AK is almost never in Blom's range. AQ+ is in Munns' range though. He really thinks he can push Munns off AQ+ with his table image? It was pure spew.

[C8H10N4O2]

He just made a huge comeback over the past two days online. He won over 730k the day before yesterday and over 830k yesterday.

Haha... and now he has dropped almost just as much as he made.

[KINO2WIN]

Haha... and now he has dropped almost just as much as he made.

since his comeback he is still almost a million up. not bad for guy that everybody was calling donk all time. i wish i could be half as good as he is.

[travz21]

since his comeback he is still almost a million up. not bad for guy that everybody was calling donk all time. i wish i could be half as good as he is.

He's still down 2 million in like 3 months. Just because he's up a million since he came back doesn't change that.

[C8H10N4O2]

From the reports I'm seeing, he's "up" $713k since his return since he just lost $903k.

[phaul]

If Blom is playing that light/bad preflop but not 4betting AQ then his range-balancing is hideous. I'd reckon Blom had a pretty crazy table image, which makes it a relatively easy call for Munns. Which makes the bluff absolutely horrible. Especially when you consider that A7 is pretty much the worst ace in Munns' range.

Kino, you seem to be saying that a pro would just fold there because it's a bad hand vs. someone repping the nuts. This is awful logic.

[KINO2WIN]

Kino, you seem to be saying that a pro would just fold there because it's a bad hand vs. someone repping the nuts. This is awful logic.[/QUOTE]

cmon paul, dont miserunderstood me. what i wanted to say is that the way isildur played was like he had a bigger kick. i dont know what was bloms image in the table, but i think he had a good reputation just because munns got really surprised by the bloms bluff.
its normal that everybody tend to make critics when people fail, but lets put it on other way. what if bloms all in forced munns to fold? everybody would be here cheers bloms cause of his great vision and his great bluff.
its not to make me isildurs defensor, everybody knoes that he is my favourite player, and its easy to see where he fails, big bluffs, monkey tilt, no bankroll management, but in other way what make him a special player is his capacity to make decisions very fast, even on scary boards.

[travz21]

what make him a special player is his capacity to make decisions very fast, even on scary boards.

Anybody can do this. It doesn't mean it's the right move.

[phaul]

cmon paul, dont miserunderstood me. what i wanted to say is that the way isildur played was like he had a bigger kick. i dont know what was bloms image in the table, but i think he had a good reputation just because munns got really surprised by the bloms bluff.
its normal that everybody tend to make critics when people fail, but lets put it on other way. what if bloms all in forced munns to fold? everybody would be here cheers bloms cause of his great vision and his great bluff.
its not to make me isildurs defensor, everybody knoes that he is my favourite player, and its easy to see where he fails, big bluffs, monkey tilt, no bankroll management, but in other way what make him a special player is his capacity to make decisions very fast, even on scary boards.

Lol, where did you see that Munns was really surprised by Blom's bluff? It took him less than 20 seconds to call!

If he'd forced Munns to fold then people would be saying that either Munns is a nit or that Blom was lucky that Munns was at the bottom of his range. The fact is though, that a big bluff like that is entirely about playing your opponent, so if Munns calls at the bottom of his range the bluff was horrific.

[grimReaper]

Iam happy to see the Isildur1 comeback.

In the past few days he won anorund a million and look like he is strong than ever. There is no doubt that fulltilt was missing big actiion without him, and the rails are happier than ever (i include myself too).
I hope he can make a big comeback, as for me he is the best online poker player.

YouTube- Viktor Blom A.K.A. isildur1 first TV appearance in WSOP Europe Main Event 2009!!

Look the video, the man plays crazy.

Wow, well played....in a freeroll. I mean, cmon, what is the probability Munn has AK when I have a K?

edit: I see this as a great play if Munns is a total maniac, which has to be the case, o/w I can't imagine a hand ever going down like this.

[grimReaper]

Non-Isildur groupies know this. Our judgement isn't skewed by love.

And is this really Isildur? Every article I read still says he's a mystery man. Has Blom ever come forward and said it's him?

So travz, you feel this is a bad play, but not the huge bluffs Durrr makes after opponents have shown sufficient interest/strength in the hand (and everyone knows how aggressive Durr plays)?

This goes back to that one thread you left me hanging when I was talking about Negreanu. IMO that's the only thing I don't like about durr, if the pot gets too big, he'll risk his entire stack just for one pot, otherwise I agree, he's the best that's out there.

[purplechip1]

if the pot gets too big, he'll risk his entire stack just for one pot, otherwise I agree, he's the best that's out there.

thats what stacks are for

[grimReaper]

thats what stacks are for

the point was he makes extremely risky bluffs. a turn card fill fall which would complete a potential inside straight draw, and he'll represent that straight and move in, a little ridiculous imo esp when everyone knows how aggressive you are and your opponent has top top.

[KINO2WIN]

i dont see much difference between isildur1 way to play and durrrr, maybe isildur1 is a little bit more aggressive in the tables, but durrr bluffs and overbet the river lots of times too.

for some reason they are both players with biggest swings in the online poker.