How This Crazy Swede Lost $4,200,000 In ONE DAY
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- Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2017
- The legend of Isildur will likely go down in history as the greatest rise and fall in poker. He came out of nowhere. A mysterious kid from Sweden was suddenly playing all the greatest players for the highest stakes, sometimes simultaneously. Before he was known as Viktor Blom, he was Isildur1, an instant fan favorite. This is his story.
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Online poker has had some great characters and amazing players in its history. Yesterday I took a look at the top 5 BIGGEST winners: ruclips.net/video/Aca2S20gTwk/видео.html
Doug, any way to still watch yesterday's stream?
Like the shirt. Where?
Doug Polk Poker whats the song in the intro it rings a bell?!?
You should put isildur1's name in the title. Better clickbait
Make video about otb
one part doug failed to mention about that "day" is that hastings won 4.2 million from blom in the span of about 4 hours, not all day. I think this makes the story even more epic....losing a milli every hour for 4 hours in a row to 1 player...rail heaven for sure. Pretty sick tenacity from blom to still be playing today.
is there a RUclips with the entire session? That would be a fun watch
I admire Blom for his ability to spin up from small amounts. I'm interested in his technique. Does he just buyin for his entire bankroll and play the best he can, then repeat? How does he do it without fear?
Your commentaries on poker are the best I have ever heard and I’ve been into poker for last 10years. I absolutely enjoy every min of your videos. Whether I agree with you or not that’s just poker. One of my favourite go to channels
I love your hustle man. Always pumping out quality videos. Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication to the game. You are reviving poker!
Hey Doug, I have just started to follow your channel and this one video really hit home for me as I really liked how you signed off of this, there are many that look up to you so I thought was really cool how you mentioned about playing within your means. Props dude
Perfect advice at the end. To many people do not and will not follow it. Doug just went up a couple notches in the respect catigory for me.
Jason Gallanis It's spelled 'category'
Very good video, really enjoyed it. Glad you are making more videos again, keep it up.
How about a similiar video about Gus Hansen by the way? Only in his case "lost 20 mio over X amount of years". Maybe you have some insight there? Just bad player, bad game selection, etc.? An EV graph for some of those games would be interesting.
Or how about a video about the 2-7 TD games that ran pretty regularly for some time?
Well, guess you already have all these topics lined up already, so I'll just wait.
Loving how many videos you have been putting out recently. My life is empty without you Doug :(:(:(
That EV graph makes me nauseous.
Yeah! Says it all when you THEn take into account that these guiys (Note not Heads Up any longer) had an Advantage. It was a bloody Disgrace!
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Blom was by far my most favorite player of that era of online poker. It would be nice to see him in more live lineups.
I pretty much sure i've read somewhere that he doesn't like to play live poker. Dunno if that's true or not, but seems like it is as he's rarely seen in live tables.
He is a fish
ROFL. "Futhermore23" a known nobody calls one of the best online NLHE players a fish. Good one.
Chief it seems you doesnt know how it woirks online poker and all this mafias
Anddd he won a live tournament 3 months later lol
When isildur1 hit the full tilt scene it was one of the greatest things i've seen in poker. So glad I was there to see it. It was fucking awesome.
Hey Doug! Must say, your vids have improved a lot recently! Thumbs up!
Polk, you're great for the game. I always enjoy your content.
Those were the days where I lost a lot of sleep. I had made full screen (1600x1280) camtasia studio recording of all of Isildur's sessions, capturing all 6 tables always on one screen. Captured the epic Jungleman session and all of Isidur1's showdowns as well.. I had lost a lot sleep recording all these sessions because you had to be ready every moment to start arranging the new tables onto the screen as they frequently closed tables and opened new ones. I still go back and watch them sometimes, preferring that over hand histories because you have a better sense of the timing they took to make decisions.
Do a video how Hastings was broke and playing $2-5 NL live a few years later. Include the night an episode of Poker After Dark-with him playing PLO-was on in the poker room while he was grinding $2-5 NL at Parx.
Did this rlly happen ?
Great Video Doug! I love when you talk about some great and/or bad moments in poker history.
finally the poker commentator talks about stuff people care about
A heavily wise insight into LIFE, in general, here: play to your ADVANTAGES. Had he just stuck to the Texas Hold 'Em he had proven to be very good at AND STATISTICALLY has a lower volatility/luck factor versus PLO, he likely wouldn't have crashed and burned so hard.
Nice video and nice touch at the ending Thanks Doug
Stu Ungar was a complete degen. Isildur takes degen'ing to a whole new level.
@stok3d99 A lot of people that are geniuses are degens in some way. Alcoholics, drug addicts, sex addicts, etc... This goes for actors, singers, athletes, everything. Doesn't take away from their genius. Nobody is perfect.
I love it when you take me down memory lane, Doug.
The glory days man, those were the times
OMG...Dude...i REALLY hope you go ALL THE WAY with this new Bankroll challenge...bcs we the viewers and poker rookies could REALLY get a good perspective on how to do that..
GL with that challenge and ALWAYS a hot board..☺
You're pacing was very good in this video. It was straight forward, interesting, and lacked comic relief. Good watch
Nice touch with the "Gamble responsibly" quote Doug ;-)
Isildur is one sick dude, losing freaking 4 mil in 3k hands holy mother of baby jesus.
Tonko hehehehahahahahaha
That's because Isildur was raising at the flop and river most of the time. Therefore the average pot was huge even for 3K games.
@@nuclear9977 The Precious betrayed him.
Well it's more spectacular or sad that it was in one single day lol, but mainly that he was so stupid, also a game he was pretty unexpierenced at... It's bad to chase your losses, and playing 3k hands a day is too much as well.
Ya it's not about poker. Hea buying attention. Hell have a book deal soon. Its America
Doug
Could you do a vid detailing what you know about the big games of Macau?
There are lots of rumours about these games on the internet, but its difficult to try and sift through and find out whats going on.
Eg, there are sometimes rumours they don't like too many Pros at the table, and eject people who are too nitty, but it would be good to get some actual info.
Mny thks
I am probably late, but you can find some information in Zeros Poker RUclips channel. He talked about playing there against crazy chines millionaires.
Doug, you are awesome in your breakdown of poker. Ty
This was one of Full Tilt rules at the time they played that session: "The use of shared hand histories provides detailed information on opponents a player has little or no personal experience playing against, and is deemed to be an unfair advantage. Violating this policy is subject to the maximum penalties for prohibited software use".
Did they punish Brian Hastings for that? Did Isildur receive some of his losses against Hastings back?
I always wondered the same. Couldn't find an answer. Of course they plotted against him.
2:20 --- not the biggest pot between Durrrr and Isildur. Pretty sure you actually showed the biggest pot played between Durrrr and Isildur at 1:30. Watched it live -- they were both freakin 4-tabling. Such absolutely sick sessions.
The pot at 2:20 is bigger than the pot at 1:30
Yo Doug I did enjoy it! Thanks man!
watching this makes me feel old :-)
Watching this makes me want to fold preflop ;-)
good old days, railbirds heaven...
miss those times ^^
What’s up Doug? Glad I missed playing you at UNCW in 2004-2009. I used to play a home game back then that was always one two nlh. We played much bigger though. Sometimes 1-10-25 or more. How nuts is that straddle? Still sustainable with 13k on the table with a super weak table? - Seahawk for life.
Hi Doug, you said he wasnt bankroll enuf, but at pca when he sign a deal with stars and win shr he said in interviev(from shr videos) he won like 11 or 12 millions from 2k, probebly on euro sites
Great video! Like the stroll through memory lane. Isildur1 is just sick gambler! Like durr overbet on turn! That only works against isildur1 though probably against anyone else they would fold lol.
"I like you guys [I need people to beat when all the old pros have retired]." Nice sentiment.
DOUG PLEASE DO TOP 5 BIGGEST LOSERS ON ONLINE POKER
Mark Medlinskas Good idea
#1 Gus Hansen
videos/sites listing biggest losers is a huge reason why nose bleeds died, terrible idea
Mark Medlinskas he did a vid with bad graphs in the past
On full tilt i think Gus hansen and SamRostan are the biggest two losers.
Doug, in that wrap vs 2pr hand...you have to know that Hastings can be crushed here. Yes he has a big draw, but his hand is absolutely crushed by a hand like 5678, 6789, etc. I'm not a "nutfear" guy, but Hastings has a hand that plays great against serious made hands and horribly against worse draws. I don't feel that you put much thought into this part of it. It's like Dwan's AK vs Isildur's AA hand, except a better draw in the plo hand is a lot more likely than AA is in the holdem hand.
With captions on, You will discover that Isildur is called 'Under One', and Durrrr is called Dirt.
Lmao. Dirt
Isildur1 is online legend.
blom is a genius, nothing can change that fact
the main difference between the nose bleeds and other limits is these guys have a lot of gamble in them and poor bankroll management, especially HU players
as far as hand histories there were sites where you could get hand histories or you could get them from watching games, it was common practice
Doug pleaasee make a video about ziigmund!! Guaranteed 1M views.
Doug, Question for you- what safeguards are there to make sure your not playing a bot in say isldur1's position? Is it even possible or does a site like full tilt (the one I mostly use) have software that knows?
Yes the best sites have software (call it spyware) that checks your running processes on your PC, and also run pattern recognition from your play and compare it to other players to see how much you align or deviate within several stats.
Great video idea. Thanks
Thanks Doug!
I was railing that fateful day. He ran horrible and most were begging him to quit
8095jleon did you reply to your own comment?
@@sciencenate I think he re-watched this video and replied to this comment, not realizing it was from himself. LMAO
@@8095jleon the shame 😂
@@8095jleon yo what stuff are you taking my bro ? xD
@@Joel-js2gk Happened to me also. But I wrote "great comment, that was what I wanted to write". And it was a comment from a year ago ^^ .
Yes, it is standard to study opponents in all walks of competition, however, it was against Full Tilt policy. The winners absolutely knew this to be the case.
hey doug would be very interesting if you could find the first games when isuldur first shown up playing online and people didnt know who he was that would be good.to see his style of play against the big hitters.oh yea seams u havnt had a drink in time mate is there a bet somewhere in there with the no drinking?? lol there has to be
that was a sick hand. the 114K bet was way too much, cause as you said, the other player had most of the sets blocked, but i do like the open ended straight play, as i play for that a lot too. the curse of the two pairs got him and it's hard as a player not to get too over-hyped with 2 pair. easier to say than do, but playing this game and moving that much money with two pair was a big mistake. too easy in that game for someone to have a better hand.
@Doug Polk Poker, in the hand between Hastings and Isildur you are talking about making 2 pair for Hastings, but Hastings can't make 2 pair on this hand on the river, that was not possible (just info) ;)
I swear I analyze my day to day decisions like doug polk. ''My top priority is A, most of the time, I like a workout although I think my best option is plan B, given the circumstance''
very nice gambling advisory at the end.
Those were the days.. I remember durrr and Ziigmund often played PLO with $3k/$9k blinds.
Doug, the guys are using pocker tracker already in the micro levels, fair enough the pros are using it in the big game. Isildur must have had personal issues in those days, the episode that you described reads like a total collapse.
what about the rakes at that level?? how much did the house rake in ?
i miss fulltilt poker so badd back in 2007-2009
Great video bro :)
This hand history drama is shenanigans, everyone should be able to share those!
Doug going He man at the end!!
I've never played Omaha but it looks like it would be a lot more interesting if you had to toss cards away as the hand progressed. Toss one card after the flop and then another card after the turn.
Played Party Poker then switched exclusively to Full Tilt. Remember watching Isildur before he was named. Still have my FT hat. Glad I punched out my full bankroll due to time constraints. Best decision I ever made.
My three most favorite poker players of all time: Phil Ivey, Isildur1 and Doug Polk :D
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I watched it in real time. That was great watching, was great to watch history unfold. Too bad he lost so much money and that he never came back.
He did come back though, he was the most winning player in 2017 and won a 1m live tournament like 1month after the big loss or something like that.
Wow man I just got in to poker and I knew people could make some money off online poker but man I had no idea stakes ran that high
Hey Doug! I have a quick Question: Whenever I see Vids about the Nosebleed Cash Games Times i always wonder why those days are over?! I guess its not just me, and people do wanna see those kind of Limits. I have seen 100/200 Action on Pokerstars. But it seems like the "real" nosebleed Tables are just gone. Idk if Pokerstars ever offered these Tables. But maybe you have some inside on why there are no longer those Limits or why Pokerstars (or any other site) dont offer them. It seems since Black Friday this Action closed completly. I really would aprecciate an Answer, thx a lot for your time! Keep up with the great Work! Greetings from Austria
Elias Zahraddnik 2008 Recession was the beginning of the end
Elias Zahraddnik I think full tilt was loaning out and giving out millions to their sponsored pros and there were a few well heeled amateurs (like the cirque sole billionaire ) also greasing the game.
The rich amateurs were cleaned out and full tilt went under and that dried up the game.
Black Friday killed poker in America. Like literally killed it. Go to Joe ingram's channel to see a recent video about it. That plus the rise in games in Macau just don't make it profitable for too many people to play nosebleed stakes online
Doug talks about the dangers of online poker at the end of the video, but would this have been well known to isildur at the time? A lot has happened in online poker in the past few years
Where is the video for the the start of this video which is isildur1’s montage or smthing
Watched all his games live for hours
I remember watching this and I was a fan of Viktor and that day was absolutely disgusting to me, mostly because I was afraid it was going to kill all the amazing action Viktor brought to high stakes
It did... Fk Brian Hastings...never liked that guy
Hence y mixing it up is best. Isle was obviously on auto pilot and also looks like he played omaha like holdem. Cheers.
Yeah Omaha is an insane game....it is the only game I am aware of where you can legitimately expect to see a Royal Flush beat a straight flush and 4 of a kind if you play enough hands....
You should play Hollywood...
I like the intro :)
great video doug
R.I.P Isildur1 !! 🙏🏻
There's a video about the isildur story called "the legend of isildur1" on youtube that some ppl might like.. different style tho
My downfall was playing Omaha as well lol. I was a winning player playing NLH. There's so much more money on Omaha . I Played Omaha a couple times a week for about 6 months, it messed my money up
I wonder how much 2009 money is worth in today´s money ;) Can´t believe it's been 12 years!! Back then I was playing NL100 and 11-22$ SNGs/MTTs part time while studying. It was a great time to be alive and playing poker.
He didn't lose 4 million to Hastings. He lost it to a 4 man team with absolutely no repercussions.
It's sick to play on such amount of money.
I am not prepared for this
I wonder how much of the loss was down to Isildur1 tilting? That EV graph clearly shows how bad he was running and iirc he pretty much told Hastings to take his last couple of hundred thousand, saying that he (Isildur1) didn't want it.
13:41 I never knew JoeIngram1 Was one of the Backstreet Boyz! That's crazy!!
Hastings now grinding 2/5 NL in South Florida. Oh how the times have changed.
Jeremy Boston yes. I saw him grinding the 2/5 last month.
Didn't he say he was quitting? lol
Wow really?????
What?? Wow...
really? karmas a bitch. lesson to be learned here. always stay loyal and true to the game like our boy dougie
That last '2' was not a brick. Durrr had a fullhouse
Im a 15bb/100 over 100k hands at plo and all i can say is i FUCKING HATE THAT GAME.
Hastings' bottom pair equity on this flop is almost 65% vs top two....8:50
Love this vid
Doug, frankly idk how you guys can cope with the stress of losing that kind of money I personally would be sick to my stomach and probably become suicidal. 4.2M USD in one day? I can't even think of the words to describe what I am seeing here. Aside from totally fucking mind boggling.
Such a sick day, wish I was alive during this. Obviously I was physically alive, but I was never really alive until I started playing the great game of Pot Limit Omaha.
Doug don’t call me selbst Polk 😂
I know Viktor. Were from the same village, later on moved to the same town and played a lot of poker tourneys togheter with our common friends before he was famous as Isildur. He cheated a lot and stole money from younger kids.
He is a very strange guy, some kind of autistic, who learned everything he knows about poker from swedish "celebritys vs pros"-shows. He has no other knowledge, has just read one book (a "poker for dummies" kind of-book"). He´s just a guy who loves to gamble and has no respect for money, wich I guess everybody knows cause thats what made him famous.
But now he is back in his hometown, or home village, its just 5k people who lives here. He moved togheter with his father when he got broke. But now he is back in business, and won like 2 million dollars 2 years ago.
Joey's face at 13:41 clearly shows how much of that bullshit story he believes
Do Top #5 Patrik Antonius Yawns!
Does someone know if anyone of them cashed out? ... full tilt had no money at some point
Thoughts on making a Tilt parody?
Those were the days. If he stuck with nlhe he never would have lost. Guy's a great player.
I remember playing $1/$2 cash games on pokerstars with durrrr tom dwan back in 2005. He actually helped me transfer some cash from partypoker to pokerstars too lol. Insane how he became so famous
was a railbird in them days remember it vividly.. preferably cheeseburger townsend and cole south V isildur HAHA
The last comment was the most important one... Only gamble with money that doesn't hurt you if it's gone...