Whether isildur1 will develop himself into one of the great sporting dynasties to rival that of the New York Yankees or New England Patriots is unclear but he’s certainly doing a good job so far.
Since becoming a member of Team PokerStars Pro the controversial Swede had his own gameshow created on which he plays and usually beats his opponent, called the SuperStar Showdown. The fourth of these encounters took place last night and it showed that no one throws the beat down on Viktor on his own patch.
Eugene “MyRabbitFoo” Katchalov was this week’s victim and he lost…big time. When the post mortem was being conducted, Katchalov had been taken to the cleaners for $111,750 over an excruciating four hours for the challenger.
It means Blom’s record improves to three and one. His next opponent is winner of the play-in tournament, “DodgyFish72.”
Meanwhile, also in Europe, after a mammoth ten-hour final table, Gareth Walker was crowned the winner of the UKIPT Nottingham last night and the £109,000 that comes with it.
The Geordie hit a flush to get the win, in heads-up play with fellow Brit Brett Angell and with it the bragging rights in the UK and Ireland poker scene.
There’s also news from the same tournament that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones could have done with before he tried to rebrand his stadium as a sardine can for the recent Super Bowl.
Nottingham’s From Dusk Till Dawn poker club has had no such problems as the past weekend’s UKIPT has broken attendance records for a poker tournament in the UK.
In all 1,058 entered the £500 buy-in UKIPT Nottingham main event over the two starting days and the unprecedented numbers meant a £529,000 prize pool.
