An Orbit with Online Superstar Viktor "Isildur1" Blom
Late last week, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom was busy winning himself a million dollars online in a single day, a feat documented in the latest edition of PokerNews' Online Railbird Report. Today, Blom's in action here in the EPT11 Grand Final Main Event, and we decided to spend an orbit with the Swede to see if his live game is as good as his online shenanigans.
The orbit happened at the tail end of Level 5, and Blom was sitting with 20,950.
Hand #1 (Under the Gun): Blom folded.
Hand #2 (Big Blind): The under-the-gun player raised to 1,000 and action folded to Blom, who also folded.
Hand #3 (Small Blind): The under-the-gun player raised to 650 and everyone folded, including Blom.
Hand #4 (Button): A player in early position raised to 700 and Blom folded after action had folded to him.
Hand #5 (Cutoff): A player in the under-the-gun raised to 700 and Blom folded after action had folded to him.
Hand #6 (Hijack): Action folds around to Blom, who also folds.
Hand #7 (Lowjack): Action folds to Blom, he raises to 1,000, and takes down the blinds and antes.
Hand #8 (Middle Position): Action folds to Blom and he releases. Level 5 expired, which seemed like a good place to stop.
Clearly Blom is content to play patiently, which is definitely a different gear than we're used to. We'll see if we can't catch the young superstar in a notable hand or two as the day progresses.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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21,000 |
. Barer check-called a bet of 2,200 from the hijack, and then led out for 4,100 on the 
turn. Bojang thought for more than a minute before making the call from the cutoff, and the 
four-flushed the board. 
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and Novick swiftly rose from his chair and slung his backpack over his shoulders. The turn was the 
, giving Novick more hope. He could now hit a four, a five or any of the remaining diamonds in the deck. The dealer burnt a card and dealt the 
which ensured the double up for Noah Novick.![[Removed:17]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, and Besim fired out 3,500. Jaka called, as did the cutoff. Besim bet 7,300 on the 
turn, and Jaka dropped in all of his big denomination chips and said he was all in, covering both opponents with about 55,000. The cutoff folded right away, but Besim was slower. Ultimately, he decided not to put his 37,000 or so at risk.
flop.
to the muck. 
and Francesco Conte had raised Nicolino Di Carlo's original bet of 1,700 into a 3,000 chip pot to 4,700. Di Carlo was giving this some considerable thought against the big stack but eventually folded. However, he miscued his fold turning one of his cards, the 
face up. The dealer promptly exposed his other card, the 
