The Online Railbird Report: Viktor Blom Up $2 Million

Chad Holloway PR & Media Manager

Oct 25, 2013 6 min read Last updated Oct 29, 2013

What a year itï¿½ï¿½s been for Viktor ï¿½ï¿½Isildur1ï¿½ï¿½ Blom. Back in July he was up over $4.8 million on the year, but within months he had lost it all back. Now, Blom is back on top with more than $3.8 million in earnings after finishing as this weekï¿½ï¿½s biggest winner with a remarkable $1,967,464 in profit, which came in 18,053 hands over 165 sessions.

Other winners included Alex ï¿½ï¿½IReadYrSoulï¿½ï¿½ Millar (+$687,313 in 9 sessions/667 hands), ï¿½ï¿½Denokingï¿½ï¿½ (+$661,769 in 24 sessions/5,089 hands), Isaac ï¿½ï¿½luvtheWNBAï¿½ï¿½ Haxton (+$377,208 in 36 sessions/1,441 hands) and Doug ï¿½ï¿½WCGRiderï¿½ï¿½ Polk (+$199,554 in 30 sessions/5,395 hands).

Polk also managed to finish off Ben "Sauce1234" Sulsky in their $100,000 Challenge, which you can read more about here.

As far as the weekï¿½ï¿½s losers are concerned, no one lost more than ï¿½ï¿½Sanlker,ï¿½ï¿½ who dropped $781,373 in 5,413 hands over 59 sessions. Others who fared badly were Gus Hansen (-$615,350 in 21 sessions/2,919 hands), ï¿½ï¿½bbvisbadformeï¿½ï¿½ (-$436,426 in 10 sessions/1,319 hands) and ï¿½ï¿½SallyWooï¿½ï¿½ (-$380,398 in 10 sessions/1,480 hands).

Tollerene Emerges as Saturdayï¿½ï¿½s Biggest Winner on PokerStars

Itï¿½ï¿½s rare for the dayï¿½ï¿½s biggest winner not to come from Full Tilt Poker, but that was the case on Saturday, Oct. 19 when Ben ï¿½ï¿½Ben86ï¿½ï¿½ Tollerene banked $268,400 on PokerStars. The majority of that came at the $200/$400 no-limit holdï¿½ï¿½em tables against Swedish pro ï¿½ï¿½wilhasha.ï¿½ï¿½

The duo played for three hours over three tables, and while things were fairly even over the first two hours, Tollerene hit a heater in the last one and ended up a $205,900 winner. It was in the last hour that the biggest pot of the match occurred.

It began when Tollerene ($167,883.20) opened for $800 and then called when ï¿½ï¿½wilhashaï¿½ï¿½ ($88,260.53) popped it to $3,000. The 3?J?2? flop saw ï¿½ï¿½wilhashaï¿½ï¿½ bet $3,500, Tollerene call, and the A? turned. ï¿½ï¿½Wilhashaï¿½ï¿½ ended up check-calling a bet of $6,499 and then checked the 6? river. Tollerene fired out $19,200, and then ï¿½ï¿½wilhashaï¿½ï¿½ sprung to life with an all-in check-raise to $75,261.53. Tollerene made the call with the Q?10? for a flush, and he was glad he did as ï¿½ï¿½wilhashaï¿½ï¿½ held an inferior flush with the J?9?. Ship the $176,519 pot to Tollerene.

Even though he won $168,655 for the week on PokerStars, Tollerene dropped $284,436 on Full Tilt Poker where he plays under the screen name ï¿½ï¿½Bttech86.ï¿½ï¿½

Blom Continues to Dominate 2-7; Wins $777,000 in Sunday Action

Viktor ï¿½ï¿½Isildur1ï¿½ï¿½ Blom has had an up-and-down year, but one place heï¿½ï¿½s been consistently good is at the 2-7 triple draw tables. After winning $777,000 at the $2,000/$4,000 stakes on Sunday, the Swede brought his winnings in the game up to $4.5 million.

The game in question kicked off with ï¿½ï¿½samrostan,ï¿½ï¿½ Gus Hansen, and Niklas ï¿½ï¿½ragen70ï¿½ï¿½ Heinecker, but before long Blom was in the mix. After three hours or so, ï¿½ï¿½samrostanï¿½ï¿½ left a $144,000 loser, and an hour later Heinecker joined him on the rail down $249,000. That left the two FTP Professionals to square off, and everything seemed to go Blomï¿½ï¿½s way as Hansen ended up $380,000 in the red.

Sunday was also a good day for ï¿½ï¿½Denoking,ï¿½ï¿½ who took ï¿½ï¿½Sanlkerï¿½ï¿½ for $294,800 at the $200/$400 no-limit holdï¿½ï¿½em tables. The two played for six hours, and there were plenty of six-figure pots. Hereï¿½ï¿½s a look at the top two.

Hand #1: ï¿½ï¿½Sanlkerï¿½ï¿½ ($127,199.50) opened for $800 and then called when ï¿½ï¿½Denokingï¿½ï¿½ ($209,635) three-bet to $2,800, which brought about a 7?2?3? flop. ï¿½ï¿½Denokingï¿½ï¿½ led out for $3,920, ï¿½ï¿½Sanlkerï¿½ï¿½ called, and the 6? turned. ï¿½ï¿½Denokingï¿½ï¿½ bet $16,800, ï¿½ï¿½Sanlkerï¿½ï¿½ called, and the K? completed the board on the river. ï¿½ï¿½Denokingï¿½ï¿½ kept the pressure on with a bet of $68,500, but he couldnï¿½ï¿½t shake ï¿½ï¿½Sanlker.ï¿½ï¿½ ï¿½ï¿½Denokingï¿½ï¿½ tabled the 10?8? for a missed flush draw, which was no good as ï¿½ï¿½Sanlkerï¿½ï¿½ rolled over the 10?7? for a pair of sevens and the $184,040 pot.

Hand #2:

Blom Puts in Monster Monday Session

On Monday, Oct. 21, Viktor ï¿½ï¿½Isildur1ï¿½ï¿½ Blom put in near 4,000 hands of poker across a variety of games. As usual, the Swedeï¿½ï¿½s ride was akin to a rollercoaster, but it ultimately came to an end with him down a modest $87,000.

Blom began the day by losing $190,000 to ï¿½ï¿½kagome kagomeï¿½ï¿½ at the 2-7 triple draw tables, but followed that up by taking $322,000 from Ben ï¿½ï¿½Bttech86ï¿½ï¿½ Tollerene in one hour at the $500/$1,000 CAP pot-limit Omaha tables ï¿½C though in all fairness Tollerene managed to win $85,000 of that back in the following hour of play. Blom then turned his attention to no limit holdï¿½ï¿½em.

The Online Railbird Report: Viktor Blom Up Million 101 — Isaacï¿½ï¿½ luvtheWNBAï¿½ï¿½ Haxton

In a heads-up match against Isaacï¿½ï¿½ luvtheWNBAï¿½ï¿½ Haxton at the $400/$800 tables, Haxton ($115,032) opened for $2,700 only to have Blom ($124,960) three-bet to $9,600. Not to be outdone, Haxton four-bet to $23,000 and then called off his remaining $91,882 after Blom moved all in.

Blom: A?A?
Haxton: A?K?

Both players had woken up with strong hands, but Blomï¿½ï¿½s was by far the best. The board ran out 5?10?6?A?10? and Blom was pushed the hefty $230,064 pot.

Blom then took on Doug ï¿½ï¿½WCGRiderï¿½ï¿½ Polk in the same game, but ended up losing $90,000. A little later on, Blom began to put together some wins at the fixed-limit Omaha hi/low (FLO8) and $500/$1,000 CAP NLHE tables, which put him up $549,000 on the day. Unfortunately for him, he didnï¿½ï¿½t quit there.

Instead, he opted to multi-table $400/$800 against Alex ï¿½ï¿½IReadYrSoulï¿½ï¿½ Millar, who was just announced as a member of PokerStarsï¿½ï¿½ Team Online alongside Marc-Andre Ladouceur. Blom proceeded to lose $500,000 in just 10 minutes due solely to three big hands. Here they are.

Hand #1: Blom ($120,550) opened for $2,400, Millar ($151,847.50) three-bet to $7,500, and the flop came down 2?6?10? after Blom called. Millar proceeded to check-call a bet of $8,000, the 2? turned, and then the Brit check-called a bet of $23,200. Millar checked for a third time when the 8? completed the board on the river, and Blom shoved all in for $81,850. Millar called with the K?Q? for a flush, which bested Blomï¿½ï¿½s 2?4? trips. The $241,100 pot was shipped over to Millar.

Hand #2: Millar ($150,245) raised to $2,700 and called when Blom ($120,000) three-bet to $9,600, which brought about the A?5?2? flop. Blom led out for $12,800 and called when Millar raised to $28,800. Blom then checked theQ? turn but called off for $81,600 when Millar moved all in.

Millar: 4?3?
Blom: A?A?

Blom had flopped top set, but it was no good as Millar flopped a wheel. Blom needed to pair the board on the river, but it wasnï¿½ï¿½t in the cards as the 3? blanked. With that, Millar took down the $240,000 pot.

Hand #3:

Blom Continues to Roll on Wednesday

Viktor ï¿½ï¿½Isildur1ï¿½ï¿½ Blom loves to play, and that was evidenced on Wednesday when he played approximately 7,000 hands of poker ï¿½C winning $831,000 in the process. Most of that ï¿½ï¿½ $468,000 to be exact ï¿½ï¿½ came from the FLO8 tables against ï¿½ï¿½SallyWoo,ï¿½ï¿½ Kyle ï¿½ï¿½cottonseed1ï¿½ï¿½ Hendon, and Kyle ï¿½ï¿½KPR16ï¿½ï¿½ Fray. ï¿½ï¿½SallyWooï¿½ï¿½ ended up losing $200,000 to the Swede, while Hendon and Fray lost $181,000 and $89,600, respectively.

Blom then won $152,500 playing 570 hands of 2-7 triple draw before hitting the $500/$1,000 CAP NLHE tables, which is where he played over 6,000 hands. It took all day, but eventually Blom walked away from the game a $240,000 winner.

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Biggest Winners/Losers (Full Tilt Poker)

Weekï¿½ï¿½s Biggest Winners (10/18-10/24): Viktor ï¿½ï¿½Isildur1ï¿½ï¿½ Blom (+$1,967,464), Alex ï¿½ï¿½IReadYrSoulï¿½ï¿½ Millar (+$687,313), ï¿½ï¿½Denokingï¿½ï¿½ (+$661,769), Isaac ï¿½ï¿½luvtheWNBAï¿½ï¿½ Haxton (+$377,208), Doug ï¿½ï¿½WCGRiderï¿½ï¿½ Polk (+$199,554), ï¿½ï¿½OtB_RedBaronï¿½ï¿½* (+$178,520), Ben ï¿½ï¿½Ben86ï¿½ï¿½ Tollerene* (+$168,655)

Weekï¿½ï¿½s Biggest Losers (10/18-10/24): ï¿½ï¿½Sanlkerï¿½ï¿½ (-$781,373), Gus Hansen (-$615,350), ï¿½ï¿½bbvisbadformeï¿½ï¿½ (-$436,426), ï¿½ï¿½SallyWooï¿½ï¿½ (-$380,398), ï¿½ï¿½wilhashaï¿½ï¿½* (-$324,272), ï¿½ï¿½kagome kagomeï¿½ï¿½ (-$320,192), Ben ï¿½ï¿½Bttech86ï¿½ï¿½ Tollerene (-$284,436)

Yearï¿½ï¿½s Biggest Winners: Viktor ï¿½ï¿½Isildur1ï¿½ï¿½ Blom (+$3,862,434), Ben ï¿½ï¿½Bttech86ï¿½ï¿½ Tollerene (+$2,944,626), Niklas ï¿½ï¿½ragen70ï¿½ï¿½ Heinecker (+$2,599,982), Patrik ï¿½ï¿½FinddaGrindï¿½ï¿½ Antonius (+$2,291,634), Alexander ï¿½ï¿½PostFlopActionï¿½ï¿½ Kostritsyn (+$2,227,684), Hac ï¿½ï¿½trex313ï¿½ï¿½ Dang (+$1,863,197) ï¿½ï¿½Odd_Oddsenï¿½ï¿½* (+$1,802,825), Alex ï¿½ï¿½IReadYrSoulï¿½ï¿½ Millar (+$1,700,171), ï¿½ï¿½no_Olaï¿½ï¿½ (+$1,605,784)

Yearï¿½ï¿½s Biggest Losers: Gus Hansen (-$5,058,634), ï¿½ï¿½samrostanï¿½ï¿½ (-$4,215,179), ï¿½ï¿½MalACEsiaï¿½ï¿½ (-$3,773,524), Phil ï¿½ï¿½Polarizingï¿½ï¿½ Ivey (-$2,433,773), ï¿½ï¿½punting-peddlerï¿½ï¿½ (-$1,508,578), Ben ï¿½ï¿½Sauce1234ï¿½ï¿½ Sulsky (-$1,449,291), ï¿½ï¿½patpatpandaï¿½ï¿½ (-$1,330,885), Scott ï¿½ï¿½mastrblastrï¿½ï¿½ Seiver (-$1,220,399), ï¿½ï¿½davin77ï¿½ï¿½ (-$1,022,206), ï¿½ï¿½Johnbestï¿½ï¿½ (-$992,253), Rui Cao (-$974,166)

*Denotes PokerStars