So, my bunker is now re-decorated in a lovely floral print wallpaper, and Blom still can’t book a winning day. I appear to be a jinx to this man, and while I am a man of science, the evidence is mounting up. No winning days online since I started this series, he lost to Mike Matusow in the NBC Heads Up Championship, and he’s discovered Open Face Chinese Poker. It’s starting to look damning.
Viktor on the other hand seems to be riding this out with his usual style and grace, and in a total change, last night left the Heads Up battles he’s so famous for. He was playing $200/$400 6-max PLO, and in a nice surprise for the railbirds, so was Phil Ivey. Ivey was playing under his new nom de guerre, “Polarizing.”
We missed most of these hands, as we weren’t expecting Isildur to be playing these tables or stakes, but through the magic of science, we have been able to find a few interesting hands from Viktor’s 1 hour work day.
Sat at a 5 handed table, action was folded round to Blom on the button, who raised to $800, “davin77” in the SB folded, leaving Ivey in the BB to re-raise to $2,600. A Blom call brought the 7
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flop, and an Ivey bet of $5,400. Blom effectively shoved with a bet of $13,400, completing the betting limit at this capped table, and Ivey called. The players were now counted as being all in.
Viktor turned over 4
4JT for a pair of fours, and a Jack high flush draw. Phil showed TQ
JT for a pair of tens.
The turn brought the 3, and the flush Viktor was needing, but before he was able to count his chickens, the river of 3 dashed his hopes. Ivey had redrawn to a full house, and took the $32,200 pot.
A later hand at another table, and the action was also 5 handed. Everyone folded round to Ivey on the button, who raised it to $400, the small blind folded, and Blom, on the Big Blind, three bet to $2,600. Ivey called behind, and we went to the flop of T4J, which didn’t seem to slow Blom down any. He fired out a bet of $5,400, only to see Phil raise his bet to $13,400. Blom called, and as this was another capped table, both players were counted as all in for the $32,200 pot.
Ivey turned over 2TA3, for a pair of Tens, with the nut flush draw. Viktor turned over 86TQ for a worse pair of tens, a worse flush draw, and a gutshot straight draw.
The Turn brought the 5s, just strengthening Ivey’s position, adding a wheel draw. The A on the river brought in that wheel draw, and the $32,200 pot was shipped to Ivey.
When ever these two behemoths of poker clashed, it always seemed to be Ivey, either by luck or judgement, who seemed to come out on top. He ended the day with a $195,320 profit, although not all of that was from our Swedish Hero.
Isildur ended the day down another $81,714, deepening his current downswing. Our numbers still have him as a massive winner for the year, up about 2.6 million dollars, but that’s significantly down from his peak of about $5 Million earlier this month.
If you think you are running better than Viktor, you can try and take advantage of his downswing. The Full Tilt Challenge Table promotion is still running, and you can download the Full Tilt Client here, and join in the decimation of Isildur’s bankroll.
I, however, will be hiding in my bunker, hoping the man can book a winning day. Maybe that will mean I can see the sun again? Good Luck Viktor!