Tag: Viktor Blom

Trickett Takes Out Blom

Viktor Blom has fallen to Sam Trickett after a pre flop all in showdown. Trickett raised to 16,000 before Blom three-bet to 46,000. Trickett shoved and after some thought, Blom called off his 266,000 stack. Trickett: Blom: The board ran .

Blom Takes Some From Bonomo

The board read when Justin Bonomo bet 42,000 and Viktor Blom called from the button. On the river the hit and Bonomo check-folded to a 162,600 bet. Blom is back up to 820,000 while Bonomo takes another hit.

Mercier Skyrockets To the Top

Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier has had quite an amazing last ten minutes that saw him shoot up to the top of the leader board. First, Mercier doubled through Justin Bonomo. Then, he won a big pot off Viktor Blom on the very next hand.

Huge Lead For Blom

The flop read when Full Tilt's Professional Viktor Blom bet 18,400 from the small blind. Tom Marchese put in a raise to 37,000 and we picked up the action right when Blom moved all in.

Blom Somehow Finds Value

Maybe only Viktor Blom could've found value in the hand he played out with Sergii Baranov and Justin Bonomo.

Silverman Can't Bluff Blom

Following a victory in the €25,000 High Roller here in Monaco last night for €775,400, Steven Silverman has opted to play the €100,000 Super High Roller in hopes of "running the gauntlet.

Mercier Picks One Up

Like fellow Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier is coming off a final table appearance in the €10,000 Main Event from yesterday.

More for Blom

The stakes are big so it's no wonder that Viktor Blom is in his element. Dan Smith is no stranger to winning big buy-in tournaments but he had to admit defeat in a hand with the Swede.

Aces Good For Blom

Viktor Blom has won an early pot with pocket aces. He bet on a board and called when Mikhail Smirov check-raised to 35,600 from the small blind. The river came as the and both players checked.

Kenney Killed; Blom Colered; Others Bust

PokerNews ran into Bryn Kenney in the cash game room and he confirmed that he busted with to an opponent's aces. He flopped a flush draw but failed to hit.

Blom Triples and Busquet Busts in Three-Way Clash

Benny Spindler raised from the cutoff seat, Olivier Busquet reraised all in from the button, then Viktor Blom called all in from the big blind. Spindler called, and it was a big three-way clash of big names for this pot.

Yarchever Gives Blom and Dani and Viktor a Stern Talking To

Jeffrey Yarchever knocked out both Viktor Blom and Dani Stern in one hand. All the chips went in pre flop and the cards were flipped up. Yarchever: Stern: Blom: The board ran .

Blom Gives Up on the River

Viktor Blom is back below his starting stack after giving up on the river versus Alex Bilokur. Around 13,500 had made it into the middle by the turn of an board.

The Field Grows

A few more players have jumped into the field, including the one and only Phil Ivey, Viktor Blom and Shaun Deeb. Griffin Benger, winner of the European Poker Tour Berlin €10,000 High Roller, got back into the field after busting earlier.

Hansen Hung By Liu

Gus Hansen never recovered from his precarious position and busted to Xuan Liu. He moved all in from the cut-off with and Liu caled with ace-deuce. Neither player improved on the board. "That was a quick one!" said Hansen.

Short in Scandi Corner

Viktor Blok and Gus Hansen both have very short stacks and are bound to double or bust anytime soon. Blom is taking the patient approach whereas Hansen is playing as many pots as he can.

Ivey Play and Blom's Arrival

Viktor Blom is in the house and he's been sat at a very juicy table with Annette Obrestad and David Williams to his direct right and Xuan Liu to his left.

Viktor Blom Does More Viktor Blom Things

Faced with a 10,200-chip bet from Ognjen Sekularac on a board of , Viktor Blom opted to raise to 27,100. Sekularac tanked for a bit, then slid forward a tower of blue T5,000 chips.

Viktor Blom Doing Viktor Blom Things

Viktor Blom opened for a raise in the cutoff, and Bryn Kenney three-bet to 6,800 on his direct left. Both blinds released, and the action was back on Blom. Not one to back down, the Swede reached for chips and four-bet to 12,600.

Negreanu has a Short Day

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu was one of the late registrations for the High Roller today. Unfortunately he lost with queens to Viktor Blom's king-jack before losing a flip for his remaining chips.

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