Still reeling after taking a $1.6 million beatdown from Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond, high-stakes unknown Isildur1 got back on the horse and almost immediately turned things around by winning $535,000 from Patrik Antonius and Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies.
Most of that score came from Antonius, who is perhaps the only player running worse than the mystery Swede at the moment. Not content with the win, Isildur1 then sat down with his nemesis, Brian Hastings.
Hastings was responsible for busting Isildur1 the first time around, back in December, with a $4 million win. After Monday’s rematch, many speculated that Isildur1 was broke once again.
In close to 2,800 hands of $500/$1,000 pot-limit Omaha, Hastings relieved Isildur1 of over $1.5 million. The two battled for a long while, trading small leads of $400,000 to $500,000 before Isildur1 went on his downswing. From that point on, it was a slow grind for Hastings before Isildur1 finally quit.
Just hours later, Isildur1 emerged to play Sahamies, who he had beaten earlier for just over six figures. Perhaps he should have sat this one out, because in just 1,200 hands, he was down another $300,000.
There’s no denying that Isildur1 has been a major catalyst for all the action happening in the high stakes games this month, so broke or not, there are many players who are hoping he doesn’t go on another two-month hiatus.
Some tracking sites have estimated that Isildur1 has lost over $7 million from his peak of being a $5 million winner last November.
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