The funny thing about Isildur1 is that nobody knows who he really is. Regardless of everything though, we can confidently state that Isildur1 was the best thing that happened to online poker in 2009. Bursting onto the nosebleed stakes scene in November, Isildur1 caught the majority of Full Tilt’s high stakes regulars off-guard. He took on Tom Dwan several times and fleeced him pretty well every time. By the end of the slaughter that the Dwan v Isildur1 series of heads up matches had become, the mystery Swede was more than $4 million up on the New Jersey Wonderkid. He did manage to take some dough off Ivey too, but he didn’t fare so well against Patrik Antonius, who kept using him as an ATM.
Eventually, Isildur1’s spectacular run came to an end at the hands of Cadrunners professional Brian Hastings, to whom the Swede dropped $4.2 million over a single session, thus breaking all records for single-session swings. During his run, Isildur1 contributed to the fall of several other records as well. The incident raised quite a few eyebrows when Hastings admitted afterwards that he had made use of hand histories and analysis acquired and performed by his fellow Cardrunners professional, Brian Townsend.
Having been felted at Full Tilt, Isildur1 rebuilt his bankroll at other sites (possibly at Ultimate Bet) and returned with a vengeance to Full Tilt’s nosebleed tables.
To this day, there’s quite a bit of controversy surrounding Isildur1’s true identity. Some people say he’s Swedish professional Viktor Blom, others think he’s Robert Flink, and alot of other names has been up on the table.