The Rise and Fall of Isildur1 : Was Viktor Blom cheated?

Isildur1 a.k.a Viktor Blom had become the king of no limit holdem poker by beating Tom durrrr Dwan in late 2009 on Full Tilt Poker.But that was soon about to change after Isildur1 faced off against Brian hastings in December 8,2009.This day will be know to poker fans as the biggest day in online poker history and the downfall of Isildur1.
In the latest hype of Doug Polk vs daniel Negreanu, we look at the biggest losing session in online poker history where Isildur1 lost 4.2 million dollars.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:48 Isildur1 beats Tom Dwan
1:21 Isildur1 biggest mistake
2:10 Isildur1 vs Brian Hastings
5:22 Isildur1 was cheated
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[@mcpartridgeboy]

i still havent gotton over losing 12$ with quad 6 to quad 9, 4 million $, just wow.

[@darrylmiller7638]

😂😂😂😂

[@smrriles5668]

Quad 6 to quad 9, your friends cheated you outta 12 bucks

[@jamescollier3]

and that was fake chips in wsop

[@d4rq0n3aphextwin]

I bet Hastings wasn't tired at all. When you win 4 million in 4 hours you're full of adrenaline.

[@pentu7738]

the cheating tool provided by fulltilt had some rules to it. Ivy udsed it 4-6 hour a day and playing the rest of it without

[@Stefanburakov]

Hastings is cheater that should be in prison

[@Stefanburakov]

Ivey is not and never was the best player in the World lot off Swedish and Finland players was in line to slaughter him at 200-400 Omaha HU

[@goodfractalspoker7179]

@@pentu7738 🤡🤡

[@1ZosoLZ]

@@goodfractalspoker7179 🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@michael2305]

the poker scene is really thriving ... content creators relying on hsp episodes and the good old reupload of the isildur saga never gets old too.

[@philbeck6]

gto, charts, solvers, etc are making poker not what most people think poker should be... and online poker is too bland to watch

[@robleaney9803]

Sounds like cheating to me.

[@emmanuelhoule8070]

____Isildur Got Cheated____ **Fixed that title for you**

[@chrisdimino1897]

Full tilt probably rigged the game in hastings favor since isildur was taking so much money from the site that they didn’t actually have to their pros

[@damianplasencia2708]

lol

[@M.S.Fitness]

Till this day I don't get why more wasn't made of that. They 100% cheated

[@rcm5899]

It's an unfortunate part of the world of gambling. One time I felted this guy at a casino in Philly. He was upset and slammed the chips on the table. The dealer collected the chips and slid them to me. Another player at the table made a comment about my stack being a bit small for the win, which prompted me to recount my chips. Apparently, during the distraction, the losing player retrieved some of his chips. He denied it and we had to call security to look t the cameras. It was clear he had caused the ruckus to distract the dealer and the table. Anyway, even though it was proven that the guy had stolen from me, he was allowed to return to the casino a few hours later. I was shocked and complained, but to no avail. I learned a few things that day. One of them was that casinos and poker sites don't really care that much as long as they get their cut.

[@timelkin838]

@@rcm5899 That's insane yet it's not surprising. Casinos are a scam. Poker is the only reason I go and still that long time rake adds up. I tip big too. It's just how I am but it's not smart to do. If the casino could rig the game legally they would to make money so doing it illegally has to be done in a low key way. Forget guys name but the one that's cheating with the floor manager who's telling him his opponents hands. All players use the whole card camera but this dude had a 100k while playing 1/ 3 I think. The most Ive seen is maybe a few thousand in 1/2. It may even get crazy and someone wins 10k with 5000 bb in front. Anything much higher then that just breaks any realness in probability. Like winning the lottery several times without cheating. Too bad detectives don't usually understand the math in poker so that one may go over there head regarding his luck vs chances he's gulity.

[@Dreamagain11]

Oh ya you were there the whole time to see this? Waiting for your tell all book!

[@thePyiott]

There's no cheating in poker

[@sashasullivan4875]

Wasnt Hastings caught using a super user account or something like that?

[@pierrebakshi189]

so he admitted to cheating, got caught cheating, one of them was suspended, and islidur never got his money back? Makes sense....?

[@user-yx7hx2vo5x]

"Who had that luck on that day" - Everybody's lottery ticket

[@theramguy7937]

I watched it live back in the day still some of the craziest poker I have ever seen Hastings was a luck box that day forsure.

[@magnetohex703]

Yeah I remember that day myself. Brian Hastings was not even the strongest player, phil Ivy had crushed Brian Hastings so many time in the past it's not even funny. All I know is that Brian Hastings always was scared to play Phil ivy and when this isildurrr1 came along?. He crushed a lot of people but his aggressive nature got the best of him. When he went up to Brian Hastings there was time where he could have just got him but that day I saw that game he got crushed for millions of dollars everyone was the whole chat was on fire!. I was high on cocaine that day it was the greatest day of my life, I had my feet up drinking beer high on cocaine and was watching the money swings back and forth it was mind blowing. And I couldn't believe that he lost to Brian Hastings that was the most confusing thing. I'm assuming that today the Sweden is broke once you go on a losing streak?. You never make a comeback especially after losing so much money. It always feels good in poker when you're up and if you can't stay up forever?. It's harder to make your comeback because you just want to feel that money back and then go back into the green but once you're like down in the red and it takes months to get out of it?. You just don't even want to try it anymore. If you're up for like 2 years streak if you even do that long it would be a miracle and you will not even feel that being a two-year wind streak it won't even feel that long and feel like it's only been like 6 weeks. But you'll lose it all that two years streak and then just thinking about that it could take 6 months to maybe even 6 years it all comes down to whoever you sit down on the table with and players either adopt or have gotten better with new strategy. By the time you think about being patient and build your stack back up?, that kind of talk is delusional once you're down?. And you start heading into the red or be in the red after two year win streak?. You really have bills to pay and you have a life to keep going you want to keep enjoying the game but it's not worth waiting 6 months and you might not actually get into the green or break even that can make you desperate and just never get out from the red. I don't know how the Sweden didn't just quit after losing 2 million and still would have had I don't know if he had $9 million in total but I always say once you got money?. You're better off taking off and never look back and just play small stakes Games and just enjoy the ride pay your bills and be sitting on Millions but he got greedy everyone will always try to exploit while you're good and they will always try to find a way to beat you later and that's what those guys did. And for all you know?, it's a program it could have been manipulated to make the Sweden lose because that was one weird night fighting against Brian Hastings and losing all day. At the end of the day poker online it's just a video game and like all video games?, you can write the code and Turn up the radio make the other player win 70% win ratio and drop the other players win rate and it's all over. People think that online poker Is Random?, but I always say it's not because it's a video game the cards are not real cards it's all a video game. You already have live poker players always trying to find ways to cheat real life cards so just imagine a video game cards it's just like playing Call of Duty with Aimbot that's all that is nothing but a video game. And if it can be exploited?, it can be defeated now live poker is a little bit tricky you get caught there are real world consequences like courthouses and judges and prosecutors and you can lose all of your winnings and get banned from poker. Online poker?. There really is no proof you're really on your own and you don't have any jurisdiction anywhere around the world so you have to look at that money as a loss you can get robbed in the open and you can't do nothing about it unless you are rich and you got money to take a plane and go down to the courthouse and fight it in battle with the poker online company.🤷‍♀️

[@OHSSVOH-xm8nv]

Nice work! I remember this guy coming on to PokerStars.. they hyped him up big time. I loved playing loose change tournaments! Then the Australian government decided too many people gambling their life savings away, so banned all cash games. Which makes no sense, I can literally bet 20k on the next serve in a random tennis match, fully advertised by sporting bet apps that are allowed to make millions… and now people are buying play money chips just to play poker online. Yes, we can buy fake money to play! Makes no sense! Let us play a 10c tournament that can run for a couple of hours.. nope. But I can put my house on the next horse race in Guatemala on a 3 legged horse that’s 180 to 1. This upsets me if you can’t tell! you could make a vid about this? 🍻

[@T-roc57]

Is there still live poker at least there?

[@Stefanburakov]

Bad for you if you was winner but most ausies and united states players just not have brains compatible with north or East Europeans to have any chance in poker.

[@kevinjack5184]

US also

[@OHSSVOH-xm8nv]

@@T-roc57 yes but nowhere near where I live.

[@OHSSVOH-xm8nv]

@@Stefanburakov most of Aussie and American players can afford to play is what you’re saying.. lots of smart people living there. Don’t be surprised

[@CarNNNN]

Greenplastic was one of the bst sophisticated players online back in the day! Greenplastic CR videos taught me everything and when i heard they used HH to beat Isil lol he wasn't prepared for that!

[@Ghostone11]

Imagine losing 4.3 Million in just 5 hours. Bro

[@gxfr795]

What would he expect playing with the majority of his bankroll. Just stupid bankroll management for me

[@AlienIntervention1137]

Never with 4.5 million your pretty set unless your a massive consumer.....

[@igor6815]

You should buy in 1-2% bankroll in cash games. Even at 2% you're not 100% safe. I doubt he had 100 million bankroll.

[@scifitoilet]

whaaaaa? poker players being shady??? no.....

[@laptopfromhell890]

Imagine losing $4.2 million to Brian f*cking Hastings. Brian Hastings is the Brian Stelter of Poker.

[@iMaz321]

Hahahah

[@Tootbook]

Bracelet(s) 4 Final table(s) 7 Money finish(es) 15 Highest ITM Main Event finish 49th, 2015 this guy has stayed relevant and successful in poker for a decade, why would it be humiliating to lose to him? he totally cheated in this specific scenario but its not like he's fucking terrible

[@JcoolV]

Hastings was a top top PLO player at the time, no doubt.

[@Johnny2Feathers]

And crying about it like a baby in the chat.. how embarrassing. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

Yes, he was.

[@simplequestioncanuanswer2457]

Isn't HUD today basically more then this example? Its everyone's history that you were not involved in.

[@sudstahgaming]

He worked with of other players and shared hands against isildur he cheated

[@stewiegriffin6503]

this day is sooo big, that I never heard about it

[@rauwdio4925]

I played for 1,5 year and my overal EV was -360BB playing 6max NLH after millions of hands. I almost never played deep stacks or HU. People did not beleive my graph of HEM. Still, I was in profits..

[@boobiedefloop6097]

Liar. Post proof or delete

[@zb4358]

How were you in profits if your overall EV was negative?

[@raywestcoast98]

​@@zb4358because online poker is rigged. My EV in the long run is insane + but I'm a slightly losing player. 1,5 million hands played. My coinflip winnin rate is 20%. Online poker is the greatest fraud ever build.

[@ohmylanta9973]

5:20 anakin skywalker lol

[@user-bx9vs5eq8j]

Not even sure hé played Alone... They might had team play isildur... 😅

[@churlish7851]

If u can't win live then your not legit. Dwan proved he could play live.

[@Moneyovertruth]

This is super common in high stakes tho

[@Freggelism]

And how is he supposed to have cheated?

[@fdmlaaan]

bist du dumm?

[@Freggelism]

@@fdmlaaan ne aber du vielleicht 😂

[@maxaffe3195]

@@Freggelism er hatte doch vorher hand information bekommen. das war nicht erlaubt

[@scottwhitworth2023]

Where do these guys get 5 million bucks to piss away like that? I can think of a lot better places for that kind of cash to go.

[@userjuha]

He could be Gretas relative...

[@pokerace420]

They 100% cheated him.

[@er1cmaurer]

It’s a shame people can be up multiple millions and can’t just walk away from the game and be happy. Poker players should define success (an amount to be up) and then walk away when they reach it.

[@sinatra222]

Should Jeff Bezos have walked away from Amazon when it went public?

[@magnetohex703]

@@sinatra222 I can't believe you're comparing Jeff Bezos Amazon to poker. That is the stupidest comment I have ever heard from anybody. Nobody goes broke that much from a legitimate business unless you are a really irresponsible with managing money. Poker is involving luck Amazon is a multi trillion dollar business like Microsoft with Bill Gates you're just good at the job and good at Investments and you're a businessman at heart and soul. Poker is a gambling game I know you just did not compare business of real world business decisions that are not complex to a poker game?. LOL 😂

[@davidhamid8025]

Full Tilt poker did something wrong? Nooo

[@pentu7738]

ivy dwan never fporget the fulltilt cheater times

[@MetalSammie]

DONT go any "Coaching" bias! Its so easy to be mr heinsaight, decluding doug polk, go ahead but REMEMBER The coaches IS "COACHING " thats bs! And people who Only show giid edited from plays etc, .... Tell them to show sessions FULL SOLID Atleast 5months otherwise.... Dont Believe in those "Coaching" Bs. No offend! Butl like negreanu Etc They wont ask you for money and they wont show just dmsll parts like many vloggers too,when you see video you know its good and absence almsot broke them but IN THE END THEY WILL BUDT OUT! Peace! Please play just for fun! What ive done at fulltilt before 2011, no matter of the money But i wont RECOMMEND anyone to play,like we played, theres 99.9% chance you Will go bankrupt not because poker But because TRYING Only for money! Peace! 🍀👍

[@AlienIntervention1137]

So now we know...... Cheaters

[@OKG2000]

im still surprised nothing came from the cheating...

[@brandonraj7020]

What is Viktor doing in his room all day???

[@MrBeatboxmasta]

Players who cheat/collude, should be banned for life. A ban of a couple months means it's 100% worth it to cheat. Full Tilt should have forced Townsend to repay Isildur + a penalty. No wonder so many people have cheated at poker.

[@hegzzz9915]

People going on about cheating here makes no sense if you look at all the all in hands hastings was nearly always a big dog but sucked out its called getting lucky it happens sometimes get over it

[@georgezeins1958]

Huds and all those sites knowing how u play hands are bullshit!!

[@ssbmgosu4990]

This has nothing to do with Ego they cheated the fuck outta him lol

[@66Pipes66]

I remember watching this guy at the time with everyone all amazed but when I watched this and the bets after the turn it’s no wonder he lost. I know it’s just a few hands but think about any game you’ve had, the aggressive guy takes all the pots but once you realise he’s a massive bluffer it comes down to cahoonas and luck, it’s laughable. Like Hellmouth says, let’s see if you’re still around in 5 yrs kid 😂

[@edwardh5216]

He said that about durr and durr is still about over 5 years later. Lol

[@66Pipes66]

He is but he wouldn’t be without backers. Didn’t he go broke?. I’m a big Durr fan btw.

[@edwardh5216]

@@66Pipes66 backroom speculation is hard as its very secretive

[@williamzagarella8066]

@@edwardh5216 oh no, Durr definitely went broke. Its known throughout entire poker community lmao.

[@maybe-xh8il]

He went broke. He ain't broke anymore He back up 10s of millions

[@boloisretratado4408]

Póker online Rigged, ev + 3 milions isildur1 pufffff

[@familjensiresi7918]

Hasting look like Peppa Pigs uncle.

[@warmtoiletseat2520]

First in my life!!! Yes..... I did it

[@TheDrFMG]

Congratulations man, you deserve it.

[@bryanep]

I don't really think this is cheating. People have to start to understand when things are "played" at the highest level in any sport or competition, everything will be exhausted to come up with an edge. Gathering info, mind games, etc. will all be a part of it.

[@bryanep]

Cheating would've been being able to see the whole cards while playing. People have to agree to the rules of the game before hand. If you think in poker people don't have massive data bases on other players your naïve.

[@XoldnewsX]

@@bryanep Yes you might have a database of hands that you have personally been involved in, but purchasing 50,000 hands that were for the most part obtained illegally is cheating. Clear violation of Full Tilt rules. Isildur did not have the same opportunity to study such a large sample of hands on Hastings.

[@DavidL1986]

Im interested to know how he even obtained these databases to begin with. I know he bought them, but how TF do people even have them to begin with

[@funhouse9566]

@@DavidL1986 because back then everybody had HUD's that kept hand historys. You could sit at a table afk and it would collect each hand which is then stored in your database. Every single pro, grinder and even newbies did it. The data was saved into notepad files, i could ask my friend to send his file, import it, and it would be in my database. Literally everyone was doing it lol.

[@sweggyj6666]

Obviously he was

[@maxaffe3195]

such a fucking scandal

[@weswarren5987]

Vicktor would stake me

[@weswarren5987]

I was Phauck You on FT

[@Donkking8]

I'm a big Isildur1 fan, but obviously he wasn't cheated. Professional poker players talking strategy about a specific opponent is nothing new or unethical. The only thing wrong here was Brian Townsend technically breaking tos by buying the hands, which he hadn't acquired himself through play, from pokertableratings. That being said, a lot of people bought hands from pokertableratings back in the day, and who actually reads all the fine print in tos?

[@spectreshot8536]

Compiling 50k hands to data mine them and work together with two other people to dissect them is collusion, which is cheating, and how do you know they weren't talking in real time during the session? The actions here were just bullshit. The game was made into a 3v1.

[@raywestcoast98]

The hands shouöd be private. He broke the law big time. The hand histories belongs only to the site and player. No-one should never have access to them.

[@MetalSammie]

Back When there were real pros unlike today streamers nowhere near the heart and committemend! What These People have Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey and Many more !

[@Janet_Airlines802]

superuser?

[@darryl6752]

100%

[@edwardhalmarack7122]

hastings didnt cheat townsend cheated .

[@Humanprototype-wh8qr]

if he uses theese information its cheating

[@robertverwijs2879]

U do know this was a scam

[@jeromelawler902]

He wasn't cheated, unless they pulled some potripper shit or Mike Postle bs then Isilfish lost fair and square LOL at crying over shared hand histories from a fish donking his bankroll away 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@fallingstar7347]

Oh, so having 3 players collaborate and analyse your 50k datamined hands while discussing strategies just to have an edge over you in a game where you're already an underdog isn't cheating? You must be one of those who thinks sharing accounts is also fine. Especially when a mega whale "pastings tier" fish gives his account to someone like Tom Dwan just to crush all the regs who are expecting the fish to play. Perfectly fine right? Get fucked hypocrite

[@jeromelawler902]

@@fallingstar7347 yeah way to go off on a whole nother tangent kid LOL, there's nothing wrong with strategizing with other people for an opponent, how dafuq is it different than having a coach on the sidelines? In the end you still have to play the hands you're dealt and you still don't know what he can have at a given time, you can only surmise Kids today cry and go bitch over every damn thing crying foul like brick n mortal casino's, I personally wouldn't give a shit if people did the same against me This guy was a flash in the pan aggrotard who went on a sick run, nothing more, he's irrelevant now which goes to show how great your sorry ass hero is, he fucking lost to Negreanu for fucks sake LMAO 😂🤣😅😂🤣

[@geggs1]

He should and could have just walked off into the sunset with that 5 million and just pulled 7% off investments for the rest of his life. Unreal.

[@geggs1]

@@1234444rbi Did you really laugh out loud at you’re comment? I didn’t even flicker an eyelid. As did everyone else who reads it.

[@GoldCurry22]

its easy to say in hindsight. if he had that mindset he wouldn't have run up 5 million. you for example would stop at 50k and stop gambling. no one would be able to run up to 5 million and stop. what if he were to run up to 30million. easy to say in hindsight to stop at the top

[@guccimane7348]

@@geggs1 1234 is right

[@stoopidpants]

you don't accumulate that 5 million dollar bankroll in the way Isildur did and all of a sudden think "Ok I'm gonna stop here and just collect a nice conservative percentage for the rest of my life". You have to be convinced you are the best and anyone sitting heads up against you is +EV. If he thought the way you say he would've stopped long before 5 million.

[@hornetguy9063]

Isildur has never been motivated by money. Like when he plays live tournaments, he’ll cut big deals and play the last few players (or the HU) for almost no money; he just wants the trophy. He was also notorious for playing anyone at anything. Like he wants to learn FL 2-7 Triple draw? Guess he’ll go play the highest stakes available against the best player in the world. Why people love the guy is because he legitimately just sees the money as keeping score. His main goal is being the best

[@TheFatCarpBaitCo]

Yes he was cheated but he hardly fell from grace he was up almost 2million on stars and has collected some huge tourney cashes. I'm pretty sure he is doing ok.

[@kerron68]

That's not the point

[@Stefanburakov]

Hastings should still be in prison

[@marllomon]

Wow cheating done right... i wouldhave this mofos clipped

[@beniciobelles1172]

Cheater!

[@ethanquach6811]

studying your opponent is cheating?? cmon it doesn't matter how the hands we're obtained if your playing these high stakes you better do every bit of research you can to understand your opponent inside and out and all their tendencies. it's not like they get to see the whole cards and its still poker you gotta make your fucking hand still.

[@Johnny2Feathers]

What a little crybaby isildur was in the chat 😢😢😢

[@Johnny2Feathers]

@@BarryRerack147 yeah imagine being on the run he was when he got every card he needed and then when crying when the cards don’t fall your way and you blow all your winnings. He cried like a little baby… get lost

[@SuperChalkster]

can be a great poker playerbut if your not good with money then you shouldnt play, he should of had millions locked away in banks or houses, to lose like 4 million in a single day is just pathetic.

[@AM-iz5cs]

He's living a life far more entertaining than you are, and he's pathetic? 😂

[@Humanprototype-wh8qr]

he is also able to win 4 m in a week, you are a typical idiot who put others labels on to feel better about ur nontalented being. U claim to know how it looks on the peak on mount everst but ur unable to reach it ever bec u are disabled.

[@SuperChalkster]

@@AM-iz5cs if you think playing poker as a job, hobby, and pleasure is entertaining then yeah maybe he is living a more entertaining life. but why the insult you do not know me. money isnt everything mate, i have more money then the average joe but im very far from a millionaire. but i have a loving happy family. anyway i didnt say HE was pathetic, i said losing 4 million in a single day was pathetic, there is a difference.

[@johnnycage2746]

@@SuperChalkster u r just pathetic

[@galahmmilesius7266]

I played Full-tilt loved it Buuuut..... FullTilt was Rigged and not in the way You might Think? People Think Poker is Poker but Online Poker is not Actually Poker.... As their is not a Computer Program in the World even to this Day that can Replicate True Random odds so your Stuck with Online Poker that can only produce not even Half of True Random odds making FullTilt very Predictable.... Many Pros Knew of these Loopholes but will never Tell..... I used to Love getting it In with The Worst Hand knowing I can Win as when you really Learn how the decks are Dealt?You can almost guarantee a win With Even a hand like 2 3 off suit knowing your opponent has Aces and just salivate for the win that comes and knowing your gonna send your opponent Full Tilt Many know of these Loopholes as I was taught them and I'd be willing to Bet it wasn't Hand History that defeated Isulder it was Isulder thinking Poker is Poker and his opponent knowing how to exploit these Loopholes.......

[@frissonsteemit2318]

Online Poker is Rigged

[@Ken-ev8zx]

Are you going to keep spreading the same shit across 5+ more videos? Stop talking about the same thing.

[@TheCod3r]

That chat log... Isildur was clearly butt hurt acting like a big baby