Who is Isildur1?

[OzExorcist]

Confirmed Scandinavian and he probably plays in a black metal band - it's obvious from the name, they done love naming themselves after people and places from Tolkien.

In fact, it's probably this guy:

 

[j_unatrix]

we cannot be certain

Whoever it is he has a lot of talent and should not be taken lightly i can promise that much. I have watched hand histories of hundreds of hands between isildur1 and durrrr and it seems to me that isildur1 is actually winning the match so far. I will keep up with this interesting duel between these two great cardplayers and see how it goes, variance is such a big factor that we will have to wait a while before we see who is actually the better player.

 

[LizzyJ]

Really? When is the last time you saw someone show up and CRUSH every pro he plays at FT on nose bleeds??

Some guy named Martonas. Then Mr. Variance showed up....

 

[coolnout]

He just lost the biggest pot in online history:

full tilt poker $500/$1000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2 players

Patrik Antonius (BB): $439479.50
Isildur1 (BTN/SB): $450494.50

Pre Flop: ($1500.00)
Isildur1 raises to $3000, Patrik Antonius calls $2000

Flop: ($6000.00) 5

7

Q

(2 players)
Patrik Antonius checks, Isildur1 bets $5000, Patrik Antonius raises to $21000, Isildur1 calls $16000

Turn: ($48000.00) A

(2 players)
Patrik Antonius requests TIME, Patrik Antonius bets $48000, Isildur1 raises to $192000, Patrik Antonius raises to $415479.50 all in, Isildur1 calls $223479.50

River: ($878959.00) 8

(2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $878959.00
Patrik Antonius shows 6

A

Q

9

(a straight, Nine high)
Isildur1 shows Q

T

K

A

(two pair, Aces and Queens)
Patrik Antonius wins $878958.50
(Rake: $0.50)

rofl 800k one hand... SO SICK

 

[KerouacsDog]

He just lost the biggest pot in online history:

Full Tilt Poker $500/$1000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2 players

Patrik Antonius (BB): $439479.50
Isildur1 (BTN/SB): $450494.50

Pre Flop: ($1500.00)
Isildur1 raises to $3000, Patrik Antonius calls $2000

Flop: ($6000.00) 5

7

Q

(2 players)
Patrik Antonius checks, Isildur1 bets $5000, Patrik Antonius raises to $21000, Isildur1 calls $16000

Turn: ($48000.00) A

(2 players)
Patrik Antonius requests TIME, Patrik Antonius bets $48000, Isildur1 raises to $192000, Patrik Antonius raises to $415479.50 all in, Isildur1 calls $223479.50

River: ($878959.00) 8

(2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $878959.00
Patrik Antonius shows 6

A

Q

9

(a straight, Nine high)
Isildur1 shows Q

T

K

A

(two pair, Aces and Queens)
Patrik Antonius wins $878958.50
(Rake: $0.50)

rofl 800k one hand... SO SICK

so sick
nice rake though!

 

[OzExorcist]

Yeah - nosebleed HU rake always brings the lulz

 

[KerouacsDog]

its good that FT goes easy with them over the rake, they need the money, dont they these pros...............

 

[golflove21]

how does this guy just come out of nowhere.. and no one see him coming?

 

[KerouacsDog]

he's a major Mafia man from sicilly, aged 54 with 9 kids and is a made man.
He's had extensive plastic surgery to make him drastically younger, and has training from Ivey and a Zen Buddhist*




*some, maybe all, of this might not be true

 

[chattin35]

What are the chances he's doing something like that former Absolute Poker employee who cracked the security system and could see his opponent's hole cards?

 

[Lonsdaleite]

http://ow.ly/162dRk

Lost a large pot to Patrik Antonius recently. It is an interesting hand because they both have top two pair. Antonius had a gutshot and nut flush draw. Isildur1 needed a king, jack or ten to make broadway (king of hearts and jack of hearts would have given Antonius the flush).

 

[Gamble1996]

Darvin moon???? ;-)

 

[jordanbillie]

Antonious took $2.7M off Isildur yesterday. Antonius had a $3.9M dollar day yesterday and Isildur had a -$3.6M day.

 

[only_bridge]

Its kind of obvious that he is either Viktor Blom, aka Blom90, Jonas Danielsson, aka Nebuchad, or gulkines (real name unknown).
All these three players have already earn millions at the highest non-American online cash game tables.

 

[Olddog21]

DURRR.................

How can I find this challenge...I'ld love to be able to watch it live? I'm on est.... Is there a schedule of some kind?

 

[only_bridge]

Gulkines, aka Robert Flink.
And to those who say this thing has never happened before, well it has, lots of times.
'Icallsowhat' for instance, crushed everyone last year before busting out.

 

[jazzaxe]

The main difference between Isildur1 and the rest of the crowd is how much of a loss potential he/she is willing to accept.

 

[GeoffLacey]

Gulkines, aka Robert Flink.
And to those who say this thing has never happened before, well it has, lots of times.
'Icallsowhat' for instance, crushed everyone last year before busting out.

You know for sure it's Gulkines? Hey you're from Linkoping? Aren't there a sick amount of great players from that area?

 

[F Paulsson]

Hey you're from Linkoping? Aren't there a sick amount of great players from that area?

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[GeoffLacey]

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Haha Must just be a much bigger area then I assumed

 

[stellerteller]

Heard about this guy this morning. Heard his name around a few times but it made cardplayer mags website this morning for loosing the record breaking pot to Antonius... Would like to see more play from him. Must be good to turn 2k to a million! wow! Card player mag. says that he is from sweden in this post.

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/7975-online-poker-patrik-antonius-wins-largest-ever-online-pot

 

[sharkyo01]

Wowowow Know we talking money!!! Love the rake!!

But man who could worst 800k in a hand... Making me sick thinking about it!

 

[OzExorcist]

its good that FT goes easy with them over the rake, they need the money, dont they these pros...............

Pretty sure Full Tilt is more interested in their reputation than the rake. They could just about make a mastercard commercial out of it:

Heads-up rake at nosebleed stakes? 50c per hand. Being known as the place for nosebleed action and watching the pros play online? Priceless.

Anywho, I'm dismayed nobody has taken my suggestion that it's obviously a Swedish black metal musician seriously. The evidence is overwhelming people!*




*except for the bit where he's actually got money. That suggests maybe it's not the case.

 

[FlopIt2Me]

isildur1 is a mystery. the first time i saw his name playing on full tilt i thought it would be another nick of tom dwan => isilDURRR^^

I thought the same exact thing the first time I saw him play. Then I saw him playing against Durrrr and found out it wasn't him.

What are some reasons you guys think that Isildur1 won't tell us who he is?

 

[OzExorcist]

What are some reasons you guys think that Isildur1 won't tell us who he is?

- He doesn't want people bugging him for money
- He wants to retain anonymity when he plays live
- He wants to retain relative anonymity when he plays on other sites
- He doesn't want players to be able to transfer reads they've got on him from other sites to his current games
- He's too busy playing to care
- Watching internet kids lose their minds trying to work out who he is brings the lulz

These are all good reasons, last one is definitely the best one though IMO.