The Railbird: Viktor Bloms Drops $771,500 to Alex Millar Playing $400/$800 NLHE
In our latest edition of The Online Railbird Report we told you about the successful weeks of both Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom and Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar. On Thursday and Friday, the two squared off at the $400/$800 no-limit hold'em tables on Full Tilt Poker and only one would walk away a winner.
That man was Millar, who was up $1,257,962 in 3,346 hands over 41 sessions the week before. Thanks to his most recent encounter with his Swedish foe, Millar won an additional $771,000 from Blom, who was up $694,379 for the week prior to the match.
Blom��s bad day actually started against Isaac ��luvtheWNBA�� Haxton at the $300/$600 and $400/$800 no-limit hold��em tables. After three hours or so, Haxton walked away a $267,800 winner thanks in no small part to winning two $300K-plus pots.
In the largest of the two, which happened to be the second biggest of the day, Haxton ($286,720.40) opened for $2,160 and then called when Blom ($178,268.33) three-bet to $7,200. After the flop came down 3?6?9?, Blom led out for $8,000, Haxton called and the J? appeared on the turn. Blom fired again, this time $23,200, and again Haxton called.
Once the Q? completed the board on the river, Blom shoved for $139,868.33 and Haxton snap-called. Blom tabled the Q?J? for top two pair, but it was no good as Haxton rolled over the 6?4? for the $356,536 pot.
Later on in the afternoon on Thursday, Blom began a match against Millar that went into the early morning hours of Friday. At one point Blom, who was ahead most of the match, was up $400,000; however, Millar managed to battle back and take an equal lead of his own. Toward the end, Millar hit another heater to walk away from the table a $771,500 winner.
It was during his match against Blom that Millar won the day��s biggest pot. Have a look:
