Isildur1 Wins SCOOP Main Event for $1 Million
For some reason, our jaw dropped when we saw that Viktor Isildur1Blom (pictured), one of the faces of Full Tilt Poker, took down the high-stakes SCOOP Main Event on PokerStarsfor $1 million. He edged out a final table that was packed full of pros, which is definitely what you would expect in a tournament with a $10,000 buy-in, and outlasted Noah ExclusiveBoeken heads-up. There were 580 entrants and the top 72 made the money.
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Reaction came from both sides on PocketFives in a thread in Poker Discussion. The original poster jested, “Cool $1,096,200. Not like he needed it.” Then, a post from a player pointing out that Blom is a sponsored pro of Full Tilt, PokerStars’ sister site, rained in. “Who cares? An employee of the casino wins again,” wrote one person from Canada, who later added, “With all the history of employee theft running poker sites to the ground, it just doesn’t look good. I don’t know any land casinos where employees can play in, so why should it be any different online?”
Boeken, who was camped out in Monaco, was searching for his second victory of the 2013 SCOOP, while Blom won two SCOOP tournaments right off the bat last year. Boeken was up 3:1 in chips when heads-up play began and was stacked with nearly 200 big blinds.
In the words of one PocketFiver, Blom “beasted” heads-up. The PokerStars Blog explained, “Blom proceeded with caution, and over the first half-hour of heads-up play managed to add more than a million to his stack without putting himself all-in and at risk once. Over the next few hands, Blom chipped up over 4 million to narrow Boeken’s lead even further, then edged out in front to grab the lead as the next break approached.”
In the final hand, on a flop of J-K-9 with two spades, Boeken(pictured) 3bet all-in with K-5 for top pair and Blom called with Q-10 for the nuts. A nine on the turn made the river interesting, but a harmless ace fell on the final card and Blom booked the high-stakes SCOOP Main Event title and a seven-figure payday:
1. Isildur1 – $1,096,200
2. Exclusive – $803,300
3. cmontopdeck – $591,600
4. munchenHB – $446,600
5. zcedrick – $313,200 (zcedrick)
6. govshark2 – $246,500
7. w4ldo – $188,500
8. leshkaGmBlZ – $130,500
9. Amadi_017 – $88,740
Blom Tweeted when all was said and done, “I win the SCOOP main! Feeling just like a million bucks… cash game seat open?“
PocketFives also posted about Blom’s win on our Facebook page, where the response was highly supportive of the Swede. One Facebook poster wrote, “Good game well played, it must be nice to flop the nuts for a cool million.” Another person heralded, “You have to be impressed with how his game has evolved. He was strictly a cash game player and to make the transition to tournaments isn’t easy. Completely different styles of play.”
What’s your reaction to Blom’s SCOOP Main Event title?
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