Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom Wins partypoker Live Millions Germany Main Event

Viktor Blom has won the 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Germany €5,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, defeating a total field of 927 entries to win €850,000 ($1,054,000 USD) and his first live tournament title in six years. The ultra-high stakes online cash game player, better known as “Isildur1” online, now has over $2.7 million in lifetime live cashes. The 27-year-old Swedish poker pro earned 1,824 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win, enough to catapult him into fifth place on the POY leaderboard for the time being. Here are the five biggest hands that propelled Blom to the win. Tournament: partypoker Live Millions Germany Buy-In: €5,300 ($6,546) No. of Entries: 927 Prize Pool: €5,000,000 ($5,995,356) 1st Place Prize: €850,000 ($1,054,000) The Action With eight players remaining, Wieland moved all-in from the cutoff for a total of 49,400,000. Blom asked for a count and then moved all-in behind him to isolate. Silcock folded his big blind and Wieland revealed Q J. ...

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