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Isildur1 Makes His First Appearance on the New Full Tilt

On November 7, 2012   /   Durrrr, High Stakes Action, Isildur1, No Limit Hold'em, Other Top Players   /   Comments Off
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Full Tilt Poker 2 made its launch today worldwide

Full Tilt Poker part 2 went live today, November 6. While there was not quite as much high stakes action as anticipated, we did get treated to some good heads up no limit action between Isildur1 and Ireadyrsoul, also known as Kanu7. The two battled it out at the 100/200 heads up tables for most of the afternoon and into the night. After the long day, Isildur1 escaped with about 30k in profits, although the two were neck and neck after adjusting for expected value, according to Ireadyrsoul. Although it was good to see Isildur1 back at the hold’em tables, I’m not sure we can expect to see too much of that, as it appeared he migrated that way due to the lack of pot limit Omaha action today. One thing is for sure however, while Blom has a bankroll, we can expect to see plenty of him at the tables, as well as an increasing amount of nosebleed action, once all the regulars make their way back to Full Tilt.

Tom Dwan and Viktor Blom

Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom represent the new Full Tilt

As for the two other pros signed by Full Tilt, Gus Hanson put in a few hours at the tables today, but did not fare so well. He managed to drop over 200k between the draw and plo tables. As for Tom “durrrr” Dwan, he is staying in the U.S. for the week and expects to be playing online by next week. He did say he is excited to get to the tables for some online action and hopefully his presence  will generate some good high stakes games. Tom has been absent from the online scene as of late, so it should be interesting to see if his game is still sharp enough to beat the high stakes online games, or if he has faded some after playing so many live hours against the fish in Macau. Either way, it should make for some great story lines that we will be bringing you over the coming days.

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Ivey and Merson Run Good in the Main Event

On November 2, 2012   /   High Stakes Action, No Limit Hold'em, Other Top Players, Tournament Updates   /   Comments Off
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Greg Merson captures the bracelet and 8.5 million dollars

Three players entered the final night of play in hopes of bringing home the World Series of Poker Main Event bracelet and 8.5 million dollars to boot. Greg Merson came into this final night of play with a stranglehold on the competition. His opponents, Jesse Sylvia and Jake Balsiger, lacked the experience and chip count that Merson had. However, things did not go exactly as planned for Merson as both of his opponents fought him throughout the night and into the morning hours for the coveted title. Each of the three held the chip lead for portions of the final hours of play and each refused to go down. However, in the end it was Merson who came out victorious, and after an exhausting grind he could finally lift the Main Event bracelet and heavily pad his already sizable bankroll.

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Phil Ivey happy Merson took down a pot

In the stands for most of the night was someone you might expect to see at a poker tournament, but not necessarily railing one. It was the great Phil Ivey, who had come to cheer on Merson. If you know anything about Phil Ivey, you might be surprised to hear that. However, Ivey had an agenda of his own. Earlier in the week, Phil Ivey’s new website, Iveypoker.com, announced the signing of Greg Merson as their newest team pro. Of course, Merson had already made the final table of the main event by this point, but there were still 9 players remaining. Well, talk about your run good for Ivey’s PR. His newest signing bulldozed the final table of the Main Event, bring the new site invaluable publicity. We can only imagine how excited Ivey was about this, as the viewers actually saw him crack a smile on national television when his boy, wearing an Iveypoker patch, took down a big pot.

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Phil Ivey launched Iveypoker.com Last Week

As for the biggest question you’re probably asking yourself at this point, well, we are not quite sure what Ivey’s site is yet. It appears to be some combination of a phone app (similar to Zynga), a coaching site and a PR stunt. Only time will tell exactly what direction the website is moving or how big of a role Ivey will play in it. All we know for now is that something is in the works, which adds one more story to a plethora of exciting events taking place in the world of poker this week.

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Ivey and Hellmuth eye numbers 9 and 12

On June 10, 2012   /   High Stakes Action, No Limit Hold'em, Other Top Players, Phil Ivey, Tournament Updates   /   Comments Off
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Ivey and Hellmuth earlier in the WSOP seated together

Today will mark the third and final day of the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’em Event#17 and the $2,500 Razz Event #18. Both fields are stacked with well known pros but all eyes will be on Phil. Of course, we are talking about two different Phils. Ivey has managed to make his way down to the final 17 i the pot limit event. Sitting in 11th place with his edge on the field, he stands a good chance to make his second final table in a row. In fact, he missed the first few levels of this event because he was finishing 7th in the seven card stud event. If he does manage to pull it off, this will be his first bracelet in a hold’em event and he will get a nice $445k payday to boot.

The other Phil, Hellmuth, will also be eyeing a bracelet and a 182k payday today. He has set himself up nicely moving into day 3 of the razz event, sitting in 3rd of the remaining 18 runners. Ironically, this would be his first bracelet in a non-hold’em event. Lets just keep our fingers crossed that these two will be out to expand their horizons today. We will keep you posted in the case of any breaking news in these events, and all of the other exciting stories from the 2012 World Series of Poker. As always, you can follow the up to the minute updates at the World Series website here.

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We’re back and the WSOP is in full swing!

On June 9, 2012   /   High Stakes Action, Isildur1, No Limit Hold'em, Other Top Players, Phil Ivey, Player News, Tournament Updates   /   Comments Off
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Ivey comes into this WSOP looking for bracelet #9

We would first like to apologize for our hiatus. Other obligations have pulled us away from the maintenance of the website, but we are back in the swing of things. A lot has happened since we left and the World Series of Poker is in full swing. Already in the first 15 events we have seen Andy Bloch win his long-awaited bracelet, Brian Hastings make his first cash and win his first event at the same time, Isildur1 make his first appearance and first cash in the WSOP and Phil Ivey make another final table. These are just a few headlines from the exciting start to the series.

We expect the action to heat up even more as we move closer to the $1,000,000 buy in “One Drop” event, and eventually the Main Event. We will once again be keeping you posted on the happenings in the poker world with recaps of all the exciting WSOP action!

 

What to be on the lookout for tomorrow:

  • Phil Ivey makes another day 2 in the $10,000 PLH event #17.
  • A star-studded day 2 in the Razz event #18 will include Phil Hellmuth among the chip leaders.
  • Viktor Blom will likely continue his quest for a bracelet in the $1,500 NLH event #19 
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Deja-Vu Monsieur Isildur1

On May 8, 2012   /   !P0krparty¡, High Stakes Action, Isildur1, Player News, Pot Limit Omaha, Tournament Updates   /   Comments Off
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Isildur1 makes the final table again

Winning a mtt with a 1.6mm dollar prize pool and over 8000 entrants would be a lifetime accomplishment for most poker players. Come to think of it, so would winning one with a 800k prize pool and 486 entrants. Well, what about being the most idolized cash game player of the generation and then nonchalantly accomplishing both of these feats on back to back days. As I sat and watched Isildur1 mow through another final table today, I could barely believe what I was watching. Blom has played in 12 SCOOP events up to this point. He has cashed in 3 of them, once for a modest 4k. He has managed to get into the top 10% of runners only twice. All of these stats sound

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Blom takes down SCOOP 3-H on this hand

like they amount to a slightly above average series thus far. Of course, this all changes when you consider that each time he managed to crack the top 10%, he won. It’s a given that he, without a doubt ran like God throughout both tourneys, but it would be impossible to accomplish such a feat without some stellar play as well.

In today’s SCOOP 3-H event, Isildur1 once again reached the final table with the chip lead. However, this table did not lay down as easily as yesterday’s. While he managed to stay among the leaders all day yesterday, today was a high buy-in event, and therefore had

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Final lobby after the second win

a much higher quality of players challenging Blom for the title. Finally, after a long final table in which Isi’s stack fluctuated quite a bit, he was able to build enough of a stack to get to heads up play. Admittedly, he luck-sacked the heads up match, winning one pot for his tourney life as a big dog, and two others in a flip situation. He finally set down his opponent, “Ruxandescu“, and added a further 160k to his earnings, bringing his total to 411k for the series. He had planned to play in many of the events, as he told us on his Twitter, but we will see if he takes a day or two off following these wins. If he holds true to form though, you can expect to see him back at it tomorrow, looking for the trifecta. We have posted some pictures from the tournament for those of you who missed it.

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!p0krparty¡ looking good at the 25/50 tables

In other news, !p0krparty¡, is currently engaged in a deep stack battle with Phisherman36 at the 25/50 tables, and has discussed moving up to the 50/100 tables later on today. his bankroll is growing quickly, and after a rough start to the day he has moved into the black by 143k, with nearly 500k spread on his tables, after taking 240k off of Phisherman. His bankroll is somewhere around 600k+, as he is doing his best to keep us updated on his Twitter. Check him out quickly, as Phisherman’s bankroll is diminishing quickly and may not stay for much more. !p0krparty¡ has even grown a 220k stack on one of his 25/50 tables, after buying in for 5k.

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Ship ship for Isi!

On May 8, 2012   /   Isildur1, Tournament Updates   /   Comments Off
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The final hand of the tourney

Yesterday we told you about the beginning of the SCOOP series on Pokerstars, and the good start the Viktor Blom was off to. Of course, one hand in tourney played poorly can be the end of a day’s worth of work, so naturally we were very curious if he would be able to continue his string of good play today. Well, he answered that question with a resounding “yes”. From the time the final 93 competitors of the event started day 2 of play, Viktor was in complete control. He was able to maintain his big stack throughout the tourney, allowing him to make a lot of moves that require a deeper stack. By the time the final table was assembled, he was

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Lobby after Viktor took down the event

securely in 1st place. Some stellar play and a lot of run good made for a quick final table, as Isildur1 ran over everyone else on his way to his Blom has registered for every SCOOP event so far, so expect to see him online all month, assuming this trend continues. Hopefully he will find some time to put this recent addition to his bankroll to use at the plotables as well. We have attached some pictures after the win, in case you missed it.

In addition to this huge score today, Isi also ran very well in the high portion of event number 3. In that event he sits in 3rd of the remaining 46 runners. This event was of the re-buy variety and

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Blom leads going to the final table

drew 486 players. If Blom manages to win this event tomorrow he will have to settle for a meager 160k payday. As always, we will keep you updated.

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SCOOP event 2 update

On May 7, 2012   /   Isildur1, Player News, Tournament Updates   /   Comments Off
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Isildur1 takes a cooler deep in SCOOP event 2

We promised to give an update to the SCOOP event Isildur1 was currently deep in. They have quit for the night with 93 players remaining. Each of these players will cash for at least $1600, with the eventual winner taking home 247k. Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom took a big hit to his stack shortly after we published our last article, which put him around the chip average. Blom barrelled into his opponent after flopping the nuts. However, his opponent’s 2 pair became a full house on the river and Blom was too committed to fold to the river shove by the time it came, as you can see from the accompanying picture.However, run good was on his side, as he was able to rebuild to a healthy stack before the players did their proverbial bagging and tagging for the night. After these swings, Blom finished the day in 16th of the remaining 93 and will come back tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. central time to take his shot at the huge first prize. We will be sure to keep you updated here on the remainder of the tourney.

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