by Kate
18. March 2010 09:52
After writing 2 successive blog posts about Isildur1 and really enjoying the fact that he is so vigilant about his anonymity, to the extent that he’s almost more notorious than any other poker player out there, I thought I’d provide more information about the controversial and mysterious player.
Isildur1 is an anonymous Swedish high stakes online poker player. He started getting noticed in late 2009 when he took part in all ten of the largest pots in online poker history. During this time he played against poker greats such as Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Brian Townsend, Cole South and Patrik Antonius at stakes that went as high as $500/$1000. On 15th November 2009, he had made a total winning amount of $5 million but by mid December, he was down to $2 million net.
One of his bad losses was featured in yesterday’s blog entry when he lost to Brian Hastings in a game that many say was unfairly won by Hastings.
After this collapse a number of regular opponents commented on his collapse. Ilari Sahamies said: “He’s playing 9 tables at once against Patrik [Antonius], [Phil] Ivey, and durrrr [Tom Dwan] – the guy must be missing a chromosome.”
Isildur1 is such a formidable force in No Limit Hold’em that many players refuse to play him. He did play against Phil Ivey after challenging him but lost to Ivey after a 3 day game, incurring a $3.2 million loss, and stating that Ivey was the toughest opponent he’d ever played.