Amazing blog on Isildur1 by Phil Galfond -- MUST READ

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http://www.philgalfond.com/viktor-blom-the-man-the-myth-the-legend/

Some highlights:
By early 2012, Viktor had not only become very good at PLO- he’d become the toughest opponent I’ve ever played against.

Now he’s one of three opponents that I play with but genuinely have no clue whether I have an edge or not. I’m going to keep the other two to myself, sorry.

Some fun facts: Viktor doesn’t use any kind of poker database or HUD, and he doesn’t watch any training videos. In fact, he hasn’t used any of the resources that almost all full time online pros have.

If you could have heard him describe playing the $50k 8-game WSOP event, which included six games he didn’t know how to play, you’d understand what I mean. He was so excited to be playing in such a huge event and to attempt to learn the games on the fly. He looked like a kid in an arcade who’s Dad had just given him $500 worth of quarters.

I’m extremely jealous of the amount of fun that he has playing poker, and I’m someone who loves the game more than most.
 
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Very good article - enjoyed reading it.
 
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If you have an unlimited amount of money it wouldn't be hard to be a great poker player...all you need to know is the nuts and have the guts......nuts and guts ladies and gentlemen!
 
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Loved this article read it the other night. Makes you realise how good he is
 
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yeah cool article, makes you dream......
 
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really enjoyed this article! I've seen videos of Isildur play online..it is something to see!
 
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it can happen to anyone. If they work hard for it. The sky is the limit
I couldn't disagree more. We all have a limit to how good we can be. Our natural poker ability isn't as tangible (for want of a better word) as something such as ability in a game likefootball but that doesn't mean we are all at an equal playing field, we aren't. Some will never reach high stakes, no matter how much work they put in. Others, like Isildur, can reach the absolute highest of stakes whilst seemingly having to put very little work into their game. As in most things, poker is a game where we are limited to a certain level, regardless of how much work we put in.
 
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BlueNowhere, crushing dreams since Sept 2011 :)
 
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Galfond is the shit

Other two are durrrr and Ivey
 
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Yeah actually we can discount durrrr because he says people that he 'plays with'
 
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Galfond is sick. The poker player I respect and want to emulate most.

I'd love to spend a day with Blom not giving a ****. I think we'd get on.

Great post.
 
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