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SC♠NDINAVIA BY SUNE HOLST ISILDUR1 REVEALED


For more than a year highrollers and railbirds all over the world have been asking, just who is Isildur1? During the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure the


answer fi nally came, and it was no surprise, that it was the 20-year-old Swedish pro Viktor Blom who is the face behind the nickname.


Blom explained that he chose to join PokerStars because it is the biggest site in the world, and they do things right. He also told about how a few years ago on the iPoker network he turned $2,000 into $2million in just three weeks playing under the nick Blom90.


Since Isildur1 joined Team PokerStars Pro he has played some SuperStar Showdown matches against Isaac Haxton (He lost $41,000), and then Tony G in a second match, winning $44,820 over 2,500 hands of no limit hold’em and pot limit Omaha.


On the daily Pot Limit Viktor “Isildur1” Blom Omaha cash tables he has been meeting another newly signed PokerStars-Scandii, Theo


Jørgensen, and so far the Dane has come out on top. Hopefully we will see the two of them compete in a SuperStar Showdown match soon. This seems doubtful, as Theo Jørgensen on several occasions has told me that he could die of stress if he should ever play more than one table at a time. Nevertheless I have seen him multi-tabling four tables at PokerStars, and even though he timed out on two of them, this gives me some hope to see him up for the challenge.


FIVE SCANDII NOMINATIONS


Well, I’m very pleased to see some Scandiis have been nominated for European Poker Awards., even though I miss Gus Hansen on the list. A WSOP Bracelet and a win in Poker Millions 2010 are some very fi ne performances and I think he had deserved at least to be on the list of nominees. In the category, Internet Player of The Year, I really hope, the award will go to Andreas 'Skjervøy' Torbergsen. He has been outstanding in the cash games on PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. On both sites he has more or less been crushing all opponents who have dared to play Pot Limit Omaha against him.


“ONLY FAIR THEY CALL ME A FISH!”


Even though Gus Hansen made quite a comeback in the last months of 2010 he still fi nished the year down more than $1.5million. To the Danish poker news site, Acemag.dk he said that maybe the year result is better than in 2009, but still he is not satisfi ed as long as he keeps loosing overall on the nosebleed tables. He says he has played too many sessions without the necessary concentration and discipline.


Also, he admits that Pot Limit Omaha isn’t the discipline where he has his biggest strength. People have advised him to quit Omaha, but so far he hasn’t been smart enough to do so. He knows himself well and that he will fi nd himself at the Omaha tables again in 2011 as he said “It’s only fair they call me an Omaha fi sh!”


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Runner- up Daniel Negreanu trys out the ol' fi nger waggle maneuver!


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Romanian Anton lonel fi nished in a respectable 3rd place


LARGE FIELDS IN CARIBBEAN


million while Romanian Anton Ionel fi nished in third place for a respectable $1,350,000 after qualifying for just $33. The PCA is one of the largest festivals


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outside of the WSOP and features 48 events attracting thousands of players from all over the world. Taking place at the Atlantis Resort in the


American poker pro Galen Hall took down the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $2.3


In total, this year’s events


saw over 7,800


entries and more than $32million in prize money awarded. The $10,000 Main Event narrowly beat last year’s record - a total of 1,560 players competed creating a $15,132,000 prize pool. American Eugene Katchalov took down the


$100,000 Super High Roller for $1.5m after beating Daniel Negreanu heads-up. The event


entries and more than $32million in prize money awarded. The $10,000 Main Event narrowly beat last year’s record - a total of 1,560 players competed creating a $15,132,000 prize pool...


‘‘ In total, this year’s events saw over 7,800 ’’


Bahamas it sees some of the world’s biggest players congregate for a week of sun, sea and poker.


was the biggest buy-in event PokerStars has ever hosted and, with 38 entrants, was also the biggest ever turn-out for a $100k event. Negreanu’s $1million cash for second place was enough to regain the top spot from rival Phil Ivey in the all-time live tournament money list. Other events included the $5k PokerStars PLO Championship, won by Canadian Sam Chartier for $99,330 and the $2k No Limit event, which attracted 476 runners and was won by Will Failla for $241,950. The $5,250 PokerStars Heads-Up Championship was won by Pieter de Vries for $120,000 and the $1k Ladies event won by writer Kristin Bihr for $29k. The PCA also hosted the second


PokerStars/amfAR charity celebrity tournament which raised over $50k for the AIDS research charity. More than 50 players took part including actor Verne Troyer, actress Ricki Lake, Entourage star Kevin Dillon and golfer Sergio Garcia.


Winner Galen Hall enjoying himself in the Caribbean


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