The Online Railbird Report: Blom Loses $1.3 Million; Haxton Week's Biggest Winner

September 15, 2013

Chad Holloway PR & Media Manager

After we published last week’s Online Railbird Report, another big game broke out between Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Alex “IReadYrSoul” Millar. Blom lost over $771,500 to Millar in that match, and not surprisingly he went on to become the week’s biggest loser.

The Swede ended up losing $1,366,606 in 12,031 hands over 210 sessions, which was more than twice as much as the next biggest loser Gus Hansen, who lost $666,808 in 4,212 hands over 53 sessions. Hansen’s loss put him down more than $4.3 million on the year, more than any other player.

Meanwhile, Millar, who was last week’s biggest winner, went on to finish as the week’s third-biggest winner with $451,496 in profit (4 sessions/556 hands). The only two players who performed better were Isaac “luvtheWNBA” Haxton and Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond. Haxton won $655,730 in 2,435 hands over 18 sessions, while Galfond banked $525,128 in 1,966 hands over 13 sessions. That erased Galfond’s $485,580 loss from the week before, and pushed Haxton’s two-week total up to nearly $1 million.

Blom’s Slide Continues on Saturday

On Saturday, Sept. 7, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom looked as if he might have a good day when he took $205,000 off Kyle “KPR16” Ray in a two-hour early-morning battle at the fixed-limit Omaha Hi/Lo tables.

Later in the day, Blom sat down at the $400/$800 no-limit hold’em tables and squared off against “RookieNFL.” Their match lasted 2.5 hours, and in the end “RookieNFL” walked away a $54,500 winner – thanks in no small part to winning the second biggest pot of the day.

In the hand, Blom ($121,170.94) opened for $2,400 and then called when “RookieNFL” ($120,085.50) three-bet to $7,200. Blom then called a bet of $8,820 on the 9♠8♠K♥ flop, the 8♦ appeared on the turn, and “RookieNFL” slowed down with a check. Blom took the opportunity to bet $21,600, “RookieNFL” called and the 5♥ completed the board on the river. “RookieNFL” checked for a second time and then called off for $82,465.50 after Blom moved all in. Blom tabled the A♦8♥ for trip eights with an ace kicker, but it was no good as “RookieNFL” held the K♣K♠ for a full house. The $240,171 pot as shipped over to “RookieNFL.”

From there, Blom sat down at a table with “Sanlker” and five minutes later was down $158,000! It was during those five minutes that the biggest pot of the day occurred. In that hand, “Sanlker” ($130,049) opened for $2,000 only to have Blom ($129,948.50) three-bet to $7,200. Not to be outdone, “Sanlker” four-bet to $18,200, Blom called and the flop came down J♠10♣8♥. Blom checked, “Sanlker” bet $14,500 and Blom moved all in. “Sanlker” called and tabled the 9♣7♦ for a flopped straight, which was ahead of Blom’s 7♠10♠. The turn and river were run twice, but neither the Q♦K♣ on the first run nor the 10♦3♥ on the second changed a thing and “Sanlker” took down the entire $259,897 pot.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, Blom and “Sanlker” met again later in the day, this time at the $500/$1,000 CAP NLHE tables. It was there that “Sanlker” continued his winning ways and took Blom for $239,300. Needless to say, “Sanlker” finished as the day’s biggest winner with $397,600 in profit.

Haxton Wins $309,500 in Sunday Action

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom was back in action on Sunday, but things did not go well. He sat down with Isaac “luvtheWNBA” Haxton at the $500/$1,000 CAP NLHE tables, and two hours later, he was out $287,000. Of course there were plenty of pots capped at $60,000. Here’s a look at three of them.

The Online Railbird Report: Blom Loses .3 Million; Haxton Week's Biggest Winner 101 — Isaac “luvtheWNBA” Haxton

Hand #1: Haxton ($31,998.50) limped on the button only to have Blom ($57,999) raise to $3,000. Haxton responded with a three-bet to $30,500 to cap the pot and Blom called.

Haxton: 3♣3♦
Blom: Q♥J♥

It was a flip, and according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Blom was actually a slight favorite with a 51.61% chance of winning the hand, though Haxton would win 47.45% of the time. The 5♠8♠4♣ flop saw Haxton’s chances jump to 70.09%, but Blom would hit either a jack or queen 28.28% of the time. The 10♦ turn gave Blom an added gutshot straight draw, but his chances of winning dropped slightly to 22.73%. Fortunately for Haxton, the 5♥ river failed to help his opponent and he took down the $60,000 pot.

Hand #2: Haxton ($118,485.50) opened for $2,000 from the button and was met by a three-bet to $6,000 from Blom ($30,000). Haxton capped it with a four-bet to $30,000 and Blom called with the Q♦J♦. Haxton then tabled the A♠A♥ and held as the board ran out an uneventful 8♠K♥4♥6♦K♣.

Hand #3:

Blom and Galfond Thrive in Tuesday Mixed-Game Action

After some horrendous days, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom tasted victory on Tuesday to the tune of $329,200. His winning ways started at the $25/$50 pot-limit Omaha, but before long he was at the $1,000/$2,000 8-Game tables. It was there that he won $42,000 in an hour, and that prompted him to move up to the $1,500/$3,000 tables and take on “punting-peddler” and Patrik “FinddaGrind” Antonius for five and a half hours. Blom started with $20,000 and by the end quit with $400,000 in front of him.

The only player to do better than Blom on Tuesday was Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond, who won $364,600. Galfond took on Gus Hansen for four hour at the 2-7 Triple Draw tables and won $450,000 from the “Great Dane.” Hansen, who was up nearly $200,000 before the match, ended the day down $228,000.

Biggest Winners/Losers (Full Tilt Poker)

Week’s Biggest Winners (9/6-9/12): Isaac “luvtheWNBA” Haxton (+$655,730), Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond (+$525,128), Alex “IReadYrSoul” Millar (+$451,496), Kyle “KPR16” Ray ($413,518), “Sanlker” (+$381,529), “turblets”* (+$262,073), “wilhasha”* (+$202,931), Alexander “PostFlopAction” Kostritsyn (+$172,516)

Week’s Biggest Losers (9/6-9/12): Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (-$1,366,606), Gus Hansen (-$666,808), “punting-peddler” (-$497,524), Sebastien “Seb86” Sabic (-$324,730), Kyle “cottonseed1” Hendon (-$169,050), “SallyWoo” (-$161,066)

Year’s Biggest Winners: Kyle “cottonseed1” Hendon (+$3,144,334), Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene (+$3,025,393), Alexander “PostFlopAction” Kostritsyn (+$2,903,470), Patrik “FinddaGrind” Antonius (+$2,700,059), “Rhje” (+$2,476,689), Niklas “ragen70” Heinecker (+$2,357,699), Hac “trex313” Dang (+$1,768,540), “Odd_Oddsen”* (+$1,493,932)

Year’s Biggest Losers: Gus Hansen (-$4,376,899), “MalACEsia” (-$3,773,524), “samrostan” (-$3,389,771), Phil “Polarizing” Ivey (-$2,945,119), “punting-peddler” (-$2,025,660), “patpatpanda” (-$1,330,885), Scott “mastrblastr” Seiver (-$1,220,399), Rui Cao (-$974,166)

*Denotes PokerStars