The Online Railbird Report: Isildur1 Wins $1,187,406 in 30 Hours
After a two-week warm-up at the $25/$50 and $50/$100 tables, Swedish phenom ��Isildur1�� returned to the nosebleed-stakes cash games Monday night and wasted no time taking on several high-profile poker pros in multitable heads-up matches. While he didn��t fare too well against Isaac ��luvtheWNBA�� Haxton, Isildur1 went on to deliver a crushing blow to Justin ��ZeeJustin�� Bonomo��s bankroll, dealing the young pro his largest-ever single day loss. All told, in a 30 hours between Monday morning and Tuesday afternoon, Isildur1 earned a stunning $1,187,406.
Isildur1 spent the early afternoon playing shorthanded $200/$400 CAP PLO against many familiar faces including Ashton ��theASHMAN103�� Griffin, Alexander ��PostflopAction�� Kostritsyn, Di ��Urindanger�� Dang, and ��geoff7878.�� It was a profitable session for Isildur1, who came away with a $238,661 win.
From there, Isildur1 switched to no-limit hold��em for his eight-table, $100/$200 match against Haxton. Widely considered to be one of the best heads-up no-limit hold��em players online, Haxton relieved Isildur1 of $90,000 in 2,022 hands.
After playing Haxton for close to four hours, one might think our Swedish friend would take a break, enjoy some shrimp on toast, and perhaps squeeze in a nap. Not this guy. Immediately after finishing his match with Haxton, Isildur1 raised the stakes and sat down with Bonomo on six tables of $200/$400 NLHE. The two and a half hours of play that ensued were nothing short of a massacre for Bonomo, who dropped $567,515 in just under 2,000 hands.
The largest pot of the Isildur1-Bonomo session came in at nearly $171,000. Bonomo opened for $1,200 from the button holding Q?6?, Isildur1 popped it to $4,800 with K?K? and Bonomo called. The K?Q?6? was an ugly cooler for Bonomo, who flopped two pair against Isildur1��s top set. Isildur1 maintained his aggression, leading out for $6,400. Bonomo raised to $15,600, and Isildur1 smooth-called. The 8? on the turn didn��t change much, Isildur1 checking over to Bonomo, who fired out $20,000. Isildur1 sprang from the bushes and moved all-in for $71,797 and Bonomo called off the $64,991 he had behind only to see what he had run into. The river blanked out with the J? and Isildur1 collected the $170,781 pot.
After Bonomo��s losses passed the half-million dollar mark, his backer withdrew his action and Bonomo asked Isildur1 if he was willing to drop down to $100/$200.
ZeeJustin: friend that had a piece backed out, i have to go down to 1/2 if you want too keep playing =(
Isildur1: ok =( sry i am to tired for that =(
ZeeJustin: up to you
ZeeJustin: ok, gg, gn
Isidlur1: gg
Bonomo took the loss in stride and wrote on his Twitter page that he intends on setting up a rematch in the near future.
��Played Isildur1 yesterday. Was my biggest poker loss ever. I'm still up money overall for February. I will play him again,�� Bonomo wrote.
Isildur1��s thirst for action continued into Tuesday morning. He started off the day playing Ilari ��Ziigmund�� Sahamies at $100/$200 PLO banked another $49,000 after an hour of play. They decided to kick the stakes up to $200/$400 and after another 625 hands Isildur1 picked up an additional $116,800.
From there it was on to the $300/$600 tables where Isildur1 joined Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Kostritsyn, Brian Hastings, Jani Vilmunen, Di ��Urindanger�� Dang and Gus Hansen on four shorthanded PLO tables. After a few hours, only one 6-max table was left in the mix while Dwan and Isildur1 continued playing heads-up on the other three.
Dwan was clearly eager for a chance to reclaim some of the $5-plus million he dropped to Isildur1 in late 2009. However, Isildur1 got the best of Dwan once again, winning close to $232,000. Isildur1 also claimed the day��s largest pot, a $254,387 behemoth played against Dwan.
Dwan opened for $2,000 on the button, Isildur1 three-bet to $6,200 and Dwan made the call. Isildur1 checked the 9?7?2? flop over to Dwan, who bet $8,200. Isildur1 came back with a check-raise to $37,800 and Dwan called to see the turn. It was the 6? and Isildur1 moved all-in for $83,193. Dwan had him covered and made the call, turning up 9?8?6?4? for two pair and a wrap draw. Isildur1, however, had turned the nuts with Q?10?8?6? for a ten-high straight. The river was the Q? and Isildur1 collected the $254,387 pot.
Only six hands later, Isildur1 told Dwan that he��d had enough of pot-limit Omaha and wanted to switch to (his better game) �D no-limit hold��em. Dwan was understandably a little peeved.
durrrr: huh?
Isildur1: lets just play 6 tables 3 6 nl instead ?
durrrr: lol
durrrr: ur too annoying to deal with
durrrr: play for hours then the second u get up u want new game
durrrr: thats ridic
Isildur1: lol, like i just to quit playing
Isildur1: wtf
Isildur1: i play plo with u all even tho i dont want
durrrr: i wanna play here obv
Isildur1: i been waiting for u at nl and u say u comming but never show up
durrrr: its obv terrible timing right after u win 250k pot
Isildur1: thats annoying
durrrr: i came to play 4
durrrr: but had 4 other games
durrrr: u hav too many rules w/e
Isildur1: ye ok
durrrr: im stuck 500 ill play here
durrrr: dont wanna move tho
durrrr: i lost a lot to gus before u came
Isildur1: ok sry to hear that
durrrr: n said to friend on aim that i hoped u didnt win early or ud quit and ask me for NL
durrrr: its k we can play another time or w/e
Isildur1: i dont use to quit plo when im winning
durrrr: ok lets play then?
Isildur1: thats just bs
durrrr: lets play then?
Isildur1: i need 5 mins then i know after
Isildur1: plo
durrrr: ok
Isildur1: would rather play nl but gimme some time i have small stuff to do
durrrr: ok np
After their chat, Isildur1 logged off and did not reappear on Full Tilt that evening, leaving Dwan to play with the usual crowd.
Who��s Up? Who��s Down?
This week��s biggest winners (2/9-2/15): Isildur1 (+$733,000), Gus Hansen (+$585,000), David Oppenheim (+$487,000)
In the red: Di ��Urindanger�� Dang (-$652,000), ��DrPill�� (-$279,000), ��URnotINdanger2�� (-$262,000)
Top 5 earners, 2010 to date: Cole South (+$2,857,000), Gus Hansen (+$2,366,000), Alexander ��PostflopAction�� Kostritsyn (+$1,839,000), David Oppenheim (+$1,459,000), ��FakeSky�� (+$733,000)
Other notables, 2010 to date: Patrik Antonius (-$1,725,000), Brian Townsend (-$1,618,000), Isildur1 (+$587,000), Tom ��durrrr�� Dwan (+$314,000)
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