An Orbit with Online Superstar Viktor "Isildur1" Blom

Late last week, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom was busy winning himself a million dollars online in a single day, a feat documented in the latest edition of PokerNews' Online Railbird Report. Today, Blom's in action here in the EPT11 Grand Final Main Event, and we decided to spend an orbit with the Swede to see if his live game is as good as his online shenanigans.

The orbit happened at the tail end of Level 5, and Blom was sitting with 20,950.

Hand #1 (Under the Gun): Blom folded.

Hand #2 (Big Blind): The under-the-gun player raised to 1,000 and action folded to Blom, who also folded.

Hand #3 (Small Blind): The under-the-gun player raised to 650 and everyone folded, including Blom.

Hand #4 (Button): A player in early position raised to 700 and Blom folded after action had folded to him.

Hand #5 (Cutoff): A player in the under-the-gun raised to 700 and Blom folded after action had folded to him.

Hand #6 (Hijack): Action folds around to Blom, who also folds.

Hand #7 (Lowjack): Action folds to Blom, he raises to 1,000, and takes down the blinds and antes.

Hand #8 (Middle Position): Action folds to Blom and he releases. Level 5 expired, which seemed like a good place to stop.

Clearly Blom is content to play patiently, which is definitely a different gear than we're used to. We'll see if we can't catch the young superstar in a notable hand or two as the day progresses.