Online Poker – Isildur1 Defeats Durrrr, Others in Big GamesUnknown Swede Is Reportedly Up $6 Million This Month |
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For the past few weeks, the high-stakes online cash games have been running at a rapid clip, and many railbirds are finding the swings from player to player to be unprecedented.
The culprit creating the most hype and doing the vast majority of the damage is unknown Swedish sensation “Isildur1,” who some sites are saying is up about $6 million in the last three weeks alone. That number is staggering, even with all of the rushes in recent memory, but it becomes an even more impressive feat when you consider that he started his run with a $1 million loss.
Unwilling to divulge his true identity, many have speculated as to the reasons why Isildur1 has shunned the spotlight in favor of anonymity. The consensus among the railbirds is that the big winner wants to avoid any tax implications that come with playing on the various sites.
Isildur1 has taken on the game’s best players and has come out ahead on nearly every occasion, multi-tabling against the likes of Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond, Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey and most notably Tom “durrrr” Dwan.
Dwan is now the proud owner of Full Tilt red-pro status, but the site has not been kind to the Full Tilt pro in his last dozen sessions or so. Dwan and Isildur1 recently played one of the biggest pots in online history. After a series of preflop raises, all of the money went in, and Dwan’s A-K suited went down to Isildur1’s pocket aces. The nearly $700,000 pot was shipped to the Swede, but the carnage didn’t end there.
Isildur1 continued to dominate, playing Dwan in both hold’em and pot-limit Omaha with stakes ranging from $200-$400 to $500-$1,000. In fact, Dwan is reported to have lost more than $3.1 million to the enigmatic player.
A hot streak is one thing, but Isildur1 seems to be backing it up with skill and is generally respected by his opponents. Galfond recently commented on his popular blog that he believes momentum has played a big part in the epic match.
“Not many people can handle a style like Tom’s at nosebleeds with stacks that deep for very long,” he said. “You have to remain on your A-game constantly or risk getting completely picked apart. Isildur has shown that he can stay on his A-game for many hours, across six tables, without much sleep. Something I don’t think I could do.”
Dwan recently started a blog on his website for Full Tilt Poker, but he has yet to address the match, promising to update his readers next month.
Comments
bmpek
over 2 years ago
all the money in after several raises and this is considered good play by a great player with AK???? oh i know it was suited. these guys are just donkeys with big bankrolls and short term big runs with a lot of luck
history
over 2 years ago
And where do you think they got those bankrolls? By winning them. True the guy happened to have AA there but alot of times he will show up there with alot of much weaker hands + where did it say it was considered a good play? it was just the play he made
Prieure
over 2 years ago
AK suited is a big enough hand in a full ring game, this was heads up, how does all the money not go in preflop? On any day it is just luck just look at this year's luckfest Main Event.
These 2 are probably the 2 most hyper aggressive players out there, if AK v AA hadn't gone all in preflop then that would be a whole lot stranger than this. To rant like bmpek just shows jealousy and a lack of understanding.
ricardo-sf
over 2 years ago
this is old news --
last night Isuldur1 and patric antonious had an epic PLO match .. and Isildur1 dropped about 3 million to Patrick ..
.. guess easy come -- easy go ...
tasteslikebacon
over 2 years ago
Can anyone even guess the bankroll size of these guys? I've heard Dwan say that a million dollar downswing is unfortunate but doesn't greatly effect his roll.
pl2000
over 2 years ago
Durrr is an impressive player. The great players can lay down AK suited heads up and be correct. The good players will just say it was a cold deck.
True money is made/saved in laying down monster hands and being correct.
I respect the guys who truly made their money from poker. The negreano's, moneymakers, joe hachems without tournaments they would be bankrupt.
And yes I said negreano (don't care about the spelling)
He's one of the worse calling stations in history. He tells people what he's thinking, he guesses hands out loud all day and when he's finally correct some people say "how did he know?"
He'll guess correctly and still call is how bad he is. Ivey will be correct and lay it down. Big difference
djbrit2002
over 2 years ago
DWAN WAS IN THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT FOR BROKEBACK MT.
zarathustra00
over 2 years ago
djbrit: that's f'd up.