The Effect of Isildur1
It now seems to be a universal truth that a surefire way to end a relative drought at the highstakes online games is to inject Vktor "Isildur1" Blom into the action. Once again this week we have seen the hugely positive effect the presence of the Swedish phenom has on the games.
Although the first week and a half of March had been a little better in terms of action than we saw during much of Februrary, the action really picked up towads the end of last week, coinciding precisely with Isildur1's latest assault on PokerStars high stakes tables.
Isildur1's latest mini-upswing started last Thursday after he bagged a $131k win from 8 long hours at the $400/$800 8-game tables where his presence brought out a role call of big guns including