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Posted by Suffolk Punch on the Stars blog

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2010/breaking-pokerstars-signs-isildur1-launc-076421.html


Wow! I'm used to PokerStars making big announcements, but this one really made my eyes pop out on stalks... Isildur1, the most infamous name in online poker, has today signed up to Team PokerStars Pro.

And to celebrate the hottest poker signing of the year, PokerStars is launching a cash game spectacular, the SuperStar Showdown, in which Isildur1 challenges all-comers to take him on at the nosebleed stakes.

Unless you've had your head buried in the sand (what are you, an ostrich?*), you'll know Isildur1 lit up the poker world by coming from nowhere to compete in the highest stakes online cash games. When I say high stakes, I mean games that generated the biggest pots in history - one coming in at a whopping $1.3million. And the swings! One week the poker world saw Isildur1 spin up several million dollars, then watched aghast as he lost it soon after. If heart-stopping action is what you're after, Isildur1 is the one to follow.

But what makes Isildur1 even more of an enigma is that no-one knows his or her true identity. Is this player really a young starlet with the guts to take on the world's best? Or is it a seasoned professional who, under a new guise, has been taking everyone to the cleaners?

Well, that's for a select few to know, and the rest of us to guess. What we do know is that the player's real identity MAY be revealed before the PCA in January, but in the meantime the new Team PokerStars Pro will be playing online at PokerStars as Isildur1.

It's no exaggeration to say all this is something of a coup, because the whole poker industry was after the player's signature, a signature hotter than a tin roof in Las Vegas. So how did it come about?

"I chose to join PokerStars because it's the biggest site and it will be an exciting challenge," Isildur1 said. "It means a great deal to be playing in a team alongside players such as Daniel Negreanu, Dario Minieri and Johnny Lodden."

And Isildur1 had some bad news for those brave enough to come and take him/her on: "My goals now are to improve my live game for some upcoming events, continue to focus on no-limit heads-up Hold'em, but also try to develop my Pot Limit Omaha game."

Aha! That last bit leads us nicely to his/her SuperStar Showdown. Here's the top secret blurb that I had to collect this morning from a man in a beige overcoat, reading a copy of The Times newspaper under the clock at Victoria Station.

"A SuperStar Showdown is a head-up cash game match that takes place over a single session of 2,500 hands. The hands will be split evenly across four tables of No Limit Hold'Em and Pot Limit Omaha, at stakes no lower than $50/$100. The winner of the match will be the player that shows a profit after all 2,500 hands have been played.

"In addition to money won during the 2,500 hands, the players will be competing for a prize purse of at least 300 big blinds ($30,000). The purse will be funded from the players' bankrolls and will be held by PokerStars in escrow (to be transferred to the winner after the match).

"The SuperStar Showdown will take place once per week (at a mutually agreeable time/day to be determined in consultation with Isildur1). The opponents will alternate between a specially selected invited player, and a player that has responded to Isildur1's open challenge."

Oh my word, these are going to be great fun to watch! More good news is that the boffins in the PokerStars Lab (which is set in a huge crater under a false lake on the Isle of Man) are working on making the railing experience even better. Soon, the four Showdown tables will be hosted within a single window that will display the current leader on each of the four tables, the overall match leader, the number of hands remaining on each table and the number of hands remaining in the match. There will be a chat box for players and a separate chat box for observers. The table will be especially themed for the matches. Nice!

If, like me, you are seriously contemplating taking Isildur1 on (my nose grows long; my pants are on fire) you can see all the rules on the Isildur1 SuperStar Showdown page that details things like bankroll requirements, breaks, rules etc.

I can confirm that the first SuperStar Showdown will be on December 19 at 6pm (ET). Put that in your diary now.

So there you have it, the world's biggest online poker name joins the world's biggest online poker site. You can read Isildur1's bio on his/her PokerStars Team PokerStars Pro page. Furthermore, you can follow Isildur1's progress via Twitter where the player will be sending exclusive updates from @RealIsildur1.

Hold on tight. This, ladies and gentlemen, is going to be fun.

I just got the same thing direct from PS.

Monday mornings must be a right headache over there.

"OK guys, what shall we do with all this money?"

Saw that he changed his location to London instead of Sweeden last week, obv for tax reasons. Big news.

Stars sign a young Eddie McCracken who couldn't beat the high stakes regs on Full Tilt.

This isn't going to appeal to non-poker people but Stars have never had the 'buzz' around their HS tables. A spectator friendly challenge of the Durrrr one isn't a bad idea though.

Hope this doesn't mean no more battles with Durrr.

Apparently Ronaldo has been playing Antonius HU................

he's been playing PLO vs Jungleman on full tilt but at $1/2.

25/50 v Antonius.........

still bowl for a guy on 500k/week

It's the same at Black Belt. We had MacDonald's yesterday instead of a packed lunch.

Man stars sure are full of win.

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SuperStar Challenge: How to Qualify Online
PokerStars is running online qualifiers giving you the chance to play Isildur1 in the SuperStar Showdown heads-up match format, with a bankroll of $15,000. The format is exactly the same as a regular SuperStar Showdown, but at 1/10th of the stakes ($5/$10).
The online challenger gets to keep whatever bankroll they have when the match is finished. If either the qualifier or Isildur1 takes their opponents entire stack during the match, they’ll be awarded a $10,000 knockout bonus!



That would be unreal

Would be so com, if stars have signed some random Swedish chancer pretending to be Isildur1.

Very possible

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rotflmfao

I would say impossible.

Stars simply wouldn't make that mistake.

They will have done their due due diligence & will be sure to have signed the real Isildur 100% imo.

they not announced him as VB?

Nooope

isildur won a 100k pot at 25/50 last night, wtffffffff

Wow, was it deep table ?  Sick 2000bb pot

He just dropped $400k+, now $100k down on Stars

Making for some content...

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2010/huge-loss-as-isildur1-rides-the-roller-c-076569.html

Haxton is first up...

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2010/isaac-haxton-to-take-on-isildur1-076691.html

Isildur still losing, at lower limits

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/isildur1_2/2010/isildur1-playing-lower-losing-076815.html

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What I like about this image:

We don't know his height
We don't know where he is from
We don't know what he looks like
We don't know what colour hair he has.

All we know for sure- he definitely wears a hoody.

As for all of those saying- wow, what a great signing for Stars- well let's see. Full Tilt generally like to sign proven long-term success stories, whereas PokerStars will give a deal to anyone who luckboxes one tourney. Let's see if he's still looks like the man after the-best-in-the-world-that-can-still-play-on-stars have had a go.

I don't think he has to look like the man for it to be successful - it's already generating publicity for them!

If he loses the lot they can put some form of spin on that too "Team Stars better than isildur1" or what have you.

Wat???? Have you seen the red pro line up on tilt?

If not here is that illustrious list of massive losers online top pros.

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/ourFriends.php

This, looking at this list I would say that most of them are long term losing online players.

We should get a staking thread together and put a decent highish stakes blonde up against him! Would be a great sweat and rail

The ones I've played a fair bit of PLO with are the ones all the decent regs try and jump in games with.

Erica Schoenberg, Stefan Rapp, Berry Johnston, Frank Thompson and Robert Williamson III all absolutely terrible.

Mihai Manole and Matt Jarvis are both good at PLO.

It's basically just a huge mixture of sharks and fish.

This would be great!!

Riverdave?

Nah, lol....

CrabMaki obv.

With Riverdave if he wins a lot of money, only then does the sweat begin.

"RT @hardboiledpoker: about 1/3 of the way through the 2,500 hands and Haxton pulling ahead of Isildur1 @PokerStars; up ~$18K atm"

Berry Johnston ridic good at Razz iirc.

Isaac Haxton won 1st Showdown

2500 hands at $50/100, ended up +$41.7k

what an amazing news for PS, had to do it before someone else offering him a position in the pro team... now he is where he desrves to be..
i hope he is some new face to the world of poker... imagine if he is one of the stars we know... wht a turndown that will be....

Fighting words from Isildur1 about Isaac Haxton: "He didn't deserve to win." http://bit.ly/hkFOgq

Tony G next http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/isildur1_2/2010/isildur1-to-face-tony-g-in-next-supersta-077073.html

Confirmed at last: Isildur1 is Viktor Blom http://bit.ly/htpPDY

Sick sick sick man

"I deposited $2,000 and within three weeks I had two million," he said.

Lying Git I am Isuldir!!!
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Isildur1 is Blatch?

No, he's RiverDave.

Not tonight he isn't :)

Just got back from the hospital where iv been treated for severe shock having learnt that Isildur1 is in fact.......wait for it.......you'll never guess...........

VIKTOR BLOM

wp Stars you've blown us all well and truly out of the water.

Viktor Blom obv

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/isildur1_2/2011/finding-isildur1-viktor-blom-cops-to-his-077269.html

 ;gobsmacked;

Is there anyone who is genuinely surprised by this? My mum knows it was Blom and she hasnt got a clue what an Isildur1 is.

i thought it was riverdave

I thought it was Paul Ho

Yeah, pretty lame...

The shadowy outline they gave was of Blom so it was always pretty obvious rotflmfao

Currently getting crushed on 2xnlh and 1xplo 25/50 by Nutsinho.