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 it��s been for Viktor ��Isildur1�� 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 week��s biggest winner with a remarkable $1,967,464 in profit, which came in 18,053 hands over 165 sessions.

Other winners included Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar (+$687,313 in 9 sessions/667 hands), ��Denoking�� (+$661,769 in 24 sessions/5,089 hands), Isaac ��luvtheWNBA�� Haxton (+$377,208 in 36 sessions/1,441 hands) and Doug ��WCGRider�� 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 week��s losers are concerned, no one lost more than ��Sanlker,�� 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), ��bbvisbadforme�� (-$436,426 in 10 sessions/1,319 hands) and ��SallyWoo�� (-$380,398 in 10 sessions/1,480 hands).

Tollerene Emerges as Saturday��s Biggest Winner on PokerStars

It��s rare for the day��s biggest winner not to come from Full Tilt Poker, but that was the case on Saturday, Oct. 19 when Ben ��Ben86�� Tollerene banked $268,400 on PokerStars. The majority of that came at the $200/$400 no-limit hold��em tables against Swedish pro ��wilhasha.��

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 ��wilhasha�� ($88,260.53) popped it to $3,000. The 3?J?2? flop saw ��wilhasha�� bet $3,500, Tollerene call, and the A? turned. ��Wilhasha�� ended up check-calling a bet of $6,499 and then checked the 6? river. Tollerene fired out $19,200, and then ��wilhasha�� 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 ��wilhasha�� 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 ��Bttech86.��

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

Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom has had an up-and-down year, but one place he��s 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 ��samrostan,�� Gus Hansen, and Niklas ��ragen70�� Heinecker, but before long Blom was in the mix. After three hours or so, ��samrostan�� 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 Blom��s way as Hansen ended up $380,000 in the red.

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

Hand #1: ��Sanlker�� ($127,199.50) opened for $800 and then called when ��Denoking�� ($209,635) three-bet to $2,800, which brought about a 7?2?3? flop. ��Denoking�� led out for $3,920, ��Sanlker�� called, and the 6? turned. ��Denoking�� bet $16,800, ��Sanlker�� called, and the K? completed the board on the river. ��Denoking�� kept the pressure on with a bet of $68,500, but he couldn��t shake ��Sanlker.�� Denoking�� tabled the 10?8? for a missed flush draw, which was no good as ��Sanlker�� 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 ��Isildur1�� Blom put in near 4,000 hands of poker across a variety of games. As usual, the Swede��s 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 ��kagome kagome�� at the 2-7 triple draw tables, but followed that up by taking $322,000 from Ben ��Bttech86�� Tollerene in one hour at the $500/$1,000 CAP pot-limit Omaha tables �C 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 hold��em.

The Online Railbird Report: Viktor Blom Up Million 101 — Isaac�� luvtheWNBA�� Haxton

In a heads-up match against Isaac�� luvtheWNBA�� 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 Blom��s 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 ��WCGRider�� 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 didn��t quit there.

Instead, he opted to multi-table $400/$800 against Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar, who was just announced as a member of PokerStars�� 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 Blom��s 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 wasn��t 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 ��Isildur1�� Blom loves to play, and that was evidenced on Wednesday when he played approximately 7,000 hands of poker �C winning $831,000 in the process. Most of that �� $468,000 to be exact �� came from the FLO8 tables against ��SallyWoo,�� Kyle ��cottonseed1�� Hendon, and Kyle ��KPR16�� Fray. ��SallyWoo�� 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)

Week��s Biggest Winners (10/18-10/24): Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (+$1,967,464), Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar (+$687,313), ��Denoking�� (+$661,769), Isaac ��luvtheWNBA�� Haxton (+$377,208), Doug ��WCGRider�� Polk (+$199,554), ��OtB_RedBaron��* (+$178,520), Ben ��Ben86�� Tollerene* (+$168,655)

Week��s Biggest Losers (10/18-10/24): ��Sanlker�� (-$781,373), Gus Hansen (-$615,350), ��bbvisbadforme�� (-$436,426), ��SallyWoo�� (-$380,398), ��wilhasha��* (-$324,272), ��kagome kagome�� (-$320,192), Ben ��Bttech86�� Tollerene (-$284,436)

Year��s Biggest Winners: Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom (+$3,862,434), Ben ��Bttech86�� Tollerene (+$2,944,626), Niklas ��ragen70�� Heinecker (+$2,599,982), Patrik ��FinddaGrind�� Antonius (+$2,291,634), Alexander ��PostFlopAction�� Kostritsyn (+$2,227,684), Hac ��trex313�� Dang (+$1,863,197) ��Odd_Oddsen��* (+$1,802,825), Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar (+$1,700,171), ��no_Ola�� (+$1,605,784)

Year��s Biggest Losers: Gus Hansen (-$5,058,634), ��samrostan�� (-$4,215,179), ��MalACEsia�� (-$3,773,524), Phil ��Polarizing�� Ivey (-$2,433,773), ��punting-peddler�� (-$1,508,578), Ben ��Sauce1234�� Sulsky (-$1,449,291), ��patpatpanda�� (-$1,330,885), Scott ��mastrblastr�� Seiver (-$1,220,399), ��davin77�� (-$1,022,206), ��Johnbest�� (-$992,253), Rui Cao (-$974,166)

*Denotes PokerStars