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After beating a 8240 field in the SCOOP Event #2-M for the $247,200 first prize, Victor Blom is on the verge of winning back to back SCOOP events, with a very deep run in the $530+R SCOOP Event #3-H. He is currently heads-up against a Romanian player 'Ruxandescu', battling it out for the $160,000 first place.

It's pretty insane to run deep in two SCOOP events in one year, yet alone back to back... and with the potential to win both.

Many people, me included, have been sceptical as to how good Isildur1 really is, with his massive cash-game swings, winning and losing $1,000,000 in a day on a regular basis for periods of his short career thus far. He has really shown his class here though... a real talent and great for the game with his fearless playing style

I would imagine he is a firm favourite now, currently with a 3:2 chiplead and I can't imagine the $40k pay-jump is of great concern to the Swedish pro.

Hands like these sure do help though:

Seat 1: Isildur1 (848986 in chips)
Seat 5: Ruxandescu (4699014 in chips)

Ruxandescu: raises 18000 to 36000
Isildur1: raises 72000 to 108000
Ruxandescu: calls 72000
*** FLOP *** [Js 8d Ts]
Isildur1: checks
Ruxandescu: bets 90000
Isildur1: raises 648736 to 738736 and is all-in
Ruxandescu: calls 648736
*** TURN *** [Js 8d Ts] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [Js 8d Ts 4h] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Isildur1: shows [4d Td] (two pair, Tens and Fours)
Ruxandescu: shows [Qd Qc] (a pair of Queens)
Isildur1 collected 1697972 from pot


Seat 1: Isildur1 (2508444 in chips)
Seat 5: Ruxandescu (3039556 in chips)

Isildur1: raises 19000 to 38000
Ruxandescu: calls 19000
*** FLOP *** [Ac Ahrt 8c]
Ruxandescu: checks
Isildur1: bets 40375
Ruxandescu: raises 83125 to 123500
Isildur1: calls 83125
*** TURN *** [Ac Ahrt 8c] [Jc]
Ruxandescu: bets 237500
Isildur1: calls 237500
*** RIVER *** [Ac Ahrt 8c Jc] [5c]
Ruxandescu: checks
Isildur1: bets 650000
Ruxandescu: calls 650000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Isildur1: shows [Th Kc] (a flush, Ace high)
Ruxandescu: mucks hand
Isildur1 collected 2102750 from pot

and that's the win....

PokerStars Hand #80140806912: Tournament #2012050033, $500+$30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level LXXXVI (11000/22000) - 2012/05/08 23:43:59 WET [2012/05/08 18:43:59 ET]
Table '2012050033 18' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Isildur1 (3970274 in chips)
Seat 5: Ruxandescu (1577726 in chips)
Isildur1: posts the ante 2750
Ruxandescu: posts the ante 2750
Isildur1: posts small blind 11000
Ruxandescu: posts big blind 22000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Isildur1: raises 22000 to 44000
Ruxandescu: raises 88000 to 132000
Isildur1: calls 88000
*** FLOP *** [Js 9c 7c]
Ruxandescu: bets 165000
Isildur1: raises 299750 to 464750
Ruxandescu: raises 978226 to 1442976 and is all-in
Isildur1: calls 978226
*** TURN *** [Js 9c 7c] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [Js 9c 7c 9s] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Ruxandescu: shows [6c 5c] (a straight, Five to Nine)
Isildur1: shows [8s 9d] (a full house, Nines full of Eights)
Isildur1 collected 3155452 from pot
Ruxandescu finished the tournament in 2nd place and received $118400.00.
Isildur1 wins the tournament and receives $160000.00 - congratulations!
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3155452 | Rake 0
Board [Js 9c 7c 9s 8d]
Seat 1: Isildur1 (button) (small blind) showed [8s 9d] and won (3155452) with a full house, Nines full of Eights
Seat 5: Ruxandescu (big blind) showed [6c 5c] and lost with a straight, Five to Nine

Some pretty sick run good there  :)

Couldn't agree more "WotR". Isildur surely one of the great online players after this marvellous performance. Well done him

Sick thread WotR

WotRTheChances of you pissing off back to London pleazzzzzze?!

Yh he's a sick puppy alrite.

This doesn't ACTUALLY prove anything though as to his ability, as actually, anyone can win back-to-back scoops. He is though I can say seriously seriously sick poker player, however his weakest format is defo 6max PLO, which is alas what he plays most volume in as virtually no-one gives him HU action even in PLO anymore cos he is a complete fucking beast.

In on first page of epic diary.

Gl with it WotR.

looking forward to this. i really like your positive outlook on the game "WotR" and wish you all the best

+1 Inspirational from Thigh

Winnings should let him play about another 50 hands hu now...: Nice to scoop back to back sick player

subscribed

I heard from a friend that Rupert is very deep in one, play resumes today I think.

Believe it is the $1k 8-H, in which 153 are paid, he is 12/148 overnight.

If true, good luck him!

Confirmed true story. Ash Mason (DYBYDX) going back 3/148 along with my housemate Ben Martin (cheezees) and the one and only Dave Jones (LeKnave).

We can only hope that "WotR" gives these guys a good press!

Great news.

Good luck the lot of them.

When does it resume, please?

We might get a good sweat thread going!

Strangely enough it doesn't restart until 10pm! Looking like another very late finish

WoTR, on a scale of 1-10, how gutted were you to find out Elizabeth was not single?

Do you remember 2 years ago when I c/r you on a flop and you clicked it back playing 3 handed?

classic pads, can pop up with a poker question at any moment

Ben Wilinofsky ‏ @NeverScaredB

@PhilGalfond thanks for telling @Isildur1 he could dominate tournament poker, ya big jerk. Some of us have a living to make.

Yes, good luck them, but please, take it to the SCOOP thread, let's not derail WotR's diary.

Disagree Mr Alex, I'm just trying to bring some stray traffic to his Diary, to sort of oil his literary wheels.

Ah, most honourable intentions. As you were.

GLGLGL them but more importantly vbol with the diary WotR

Got to be one of the sickest things in online poker history. Thanks to WotR for starting such a diary!

Also gratz Isi, a shame this achievement has been overshadowed

WotR just posted this morning that he came 3rd in the nightly thirty grand on stars for $3.8k!

WotR great start to the diary!

grats WotR!

What a boss, vwp WotR, would you say Isildur inspired you to such a result ?

Not sure if anyone saw this, but it made me laugh

(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3333/screenshot20120508at235.png)

pretty dull diary so far.

I'm off back to chronicles of DD.

Quit acting like i'm starting a diary Al! I was just doing a little poker-news update. :(

Give the people what they want?

Congrats on the score yesterday WRTC. Are you planning to follow in the footsteps of your hero Viktor by playing many SCOOP events?

Here's our hero back in 2009.

(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc416/cambridgealex/WotR.jpg)

nice pic WRTC

Indeed.

I think you should answer some of the questions addressed to you ITT

Looking forward to seeing how this develops! Could be one of the all time greats. Epic spewage guaranteed.

Nahhhh.... if I had an ego issue, i'd create a diary :p

I thought High was his surname

In Jan when you were playing props with the drunk guy and winning massage flips with Andy, did you have any thoughts on my game? Also, that night you lost a pot with kings vs Andy, on the 567AA board. I agree with your river call if you remember the hand. Why did you look back at your hand the way you did, claiming only to check suits? Kinda blew my mind at the time and it was awesome to see something so small effect your thought process. Do you regularly use that sort of thing? Thoughts on the hand itself would be sweet and a great addition to the diary!

where will john black be in 6 weeks, 6 months, and 6 years?

Massive congrats on the diary Thigh.

Is it true that despite you being part of the DTD Degens football team, you actually wanted to be a footballl commentator? Rumour is that you run around the field commentating on the game.

All the best with this 'WotR'.

Looking forward to it.

Great post WotR, your openness and honestly is an admirable quality and will help this diary being a success I'm sure.

Do you see yourself in the poker world still in 5 years or have you ambitions and dreams elsewhere?

+1.

Finally a real diary!

So psyched for this diary

I don't get it.

excuse me?


I would love to see answers to this in this diary..

Also, Tom - gratz on the diary mate... sickest name imo.  How did you come up with it?

What are going to be your objectives this year? Where are 'we' going on this journey with you?




Hero's in your diary already....
[X] Connected
[X] Staked
[ ] derailing degeneracy possible


hmmmm I might need it selling to me subscribe to this one I'm afraid........

Level 4 mate. X

hahaha +1 to the diary thigh!

the Thomas high is starting a diary. A fantastic addition to blonde!

Tried a brothel?

bump

In all seriousness answer this please Thomas

I remember making a call i regretted vs Andy with KK. I dont remember the looking back at my hand bit? Explain what I did or what I said I did... this was ages ago... i literally dont remember hands I played an hour ago.

It was 1/2, not sure  but i think it was straddled to 8. Table looked like. Old crazy guy, me, you, flipping drunk, Andy. I think Andy opened button, you 3b he called. Flop came 567, check, check. Turn A, you check he bets you call. River, you c/c again. Andy had a set.

At tthe time you said you looked at your cards, so you could only see the suit, ie with your thumbs covering the letter/number, with you looking at the pips. At the time you said you weren't sure if Andy saw. Was a weird hand.

Also, that night you had the ridiculous flip where if your suits didn't come it was doubled, remember that?

As this is one of those "In The Well With WRTC" type diaries a few Q's if you dont mind!

Favourite Take-away food?


Biggest Pot Won/Lost?


If you had to pick a wingman out of "Team Eureka" who would it be and why?


TIA

hes crumbled!

I answered Adam's Q coz he was bugging me about it. Now everyone is asking questions. FML I cant win! I answer questions and I am almost forced to continue with this (WHICH NEVER WAS/IS/HAS BEEN A DIARY). But if I ignore this, I look like an a-hole.

Cant some moderator put me out my misery and delete this thread (which started out as an incredibly written, informative journalistic post  ;hattip;)



ps If you want to ask me anything you are welcome to derail Alex's diary... I will happily answer there (because it will piss him off and he started this ldo)

Just impressed me when i saw it, understandable for you not to remember, was a while back. Ah well. Diary would be sick but i guess the dream is dead :(

I woke up a happy man today :)

Great to see this thread finally out of the starting blocks.

Even Anne Frank couldn't manage a diary of this epicness, the highs and lows mixed with nail biting drama have been relentless so far!! Keep up the good work!!

Bump

Yes excellent summary, couldn't agree more.

Keep it up WotR!

+1 this diary knocks the socks of others on here ie Prowess of a Porsche Boy and Tales of a Busto Estate Agent  ;)

defo BOB contender if he maintains it!!

Bookmarked.

Can confirm this is the only diary I read every day.

Hmmmm

Brilliant.


Ahrt

this is the best diary ever

i have reread it 8 times already its that goood!

Is a HH review of your recent decce run in the Nightly 30k too much to ask for?

Would be great to have some insight into the play of a budget world class mtt player.

Diary lost a lot of steam.

WotR actually wanted me to post that he's away playing cricket right now, but will be back soon and he's sorry not to be updating the diary but he's without Internet access right now.

He also said that any further questions you have for him, DO post them here and he'll answer them we he gets back.

Cough Cough

Whose winning in the house stack chart atm?

Still playing the flipping game?  (The one that involves the full deck and like 18 showdowns!)

In their specific events who is better? Alex @ croquet or Andy at eating?

Andy and you ever played cricket together? Who is better

WotR, today you posted on PHA, why are you posting useless drivel there and not answering the fans on here?

Also, your post implied that it was possible that there were 5 aces in one deck of cards. What made you say this?

I'll quote for reference


when hero has AJ and the board is AQQxA

I it right you are from Norfolk? Are Skipper and Adam Daniel related to you?

What is your standard nandos order?

You have the choice to live with a gorilla who knows sign language or a dog who sings lullabies, which do you choose?


If you had the chance to go back in time for 24 hours, where and when would you go?


If you were on death row, what would your last meal be?


Thanks!

Would you rather be punched lightly in both bollocks or hard in one?

Would you spin a roulette wheel where 1-36 pays £25,000,000 but 0 means you die immediately?

Would you have sex with Mila Kunis if there was a i) 5%, ii)12.5%, iii)20% chance she would have a penis?

(http://www.jakefinnegan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mila-kunis-hot11.jpg)

^For inspiration/the fans (diary is a bit shit mate no offence)

I would if she 100% had one. Obv would need the wife's permission but pretty sure she would say yes :)

If she had one Jase your wife could join in :)

such a devoted husband you are.

I went up to 45/55% providing I was allowed to shamelessly brag about it.

What if you were publicly broadcast? Man enough?

Would be the most awesome tv show. Deal or no deal extreme. Box's ranging from Maggie thatch to 100 virgins

Can confirm my wife would allow me this indiscretion if she can watch. Just need to find someone this hot with a dick and we got ourselves a show :)

I will fine u one jas if u confirm me  that u going to
do the show!  HE defo will b hotter than that picture.
Guarantee or money back

Wtf money back gtd. I don't mind taking one for the boys but 100% won't be paying for the privaledge

If wit was shit would you be constipated ?

If brains were dynamite ,could you blow your nose ?

what if "she" had the option to go first?

Just have a few stiff ones before hand and think of it as the cutest prostate exam available this side of Thailand... 2 birds, one stone.

bump

Congratulations on your recent tournament takedown WotR. How do you feel?

Speedy work JK. Just minutes after his big bink.

Although Thigh was just writing a TR so is a bit annoyed at not being first to break the news.

Congrats anyway Thigh :)

lol you are terrible people

You're the terrible one for not congratulation thigh on the result!

well played. we're all super chuffed.


don't listen to Dan he's a miserable git.

Tom doesn't have access to his blonde account right now, but asked me to post this "Just won the $109 turbo for $6,617.70. WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"

Congrats WotR.

Huge gratz WotR. Trip report?!

 ;applause;

Updates?!

Thigh just bricked all his sunday comps :(

Morale is low. Come on blonde, cheer him up! :)

lol, such a live pro! :P

I thought you needed real cards and chips and stuff for it to be a 'comp'

Unlucky Mr thigh. Great diary tho.

your mum

sigh at being the new #1 target now that you've managed to troll pleno off the forum for a little while

lol, one post that wasn't even that bad, and he goes in a strop. I'll reply later when I can concentrate properly, don't want any beef with the lad.

got all in a mood with me the other day too. d/w about it

He seems ok with me, must have a thing against public school boys...

GL in the big $162 Thigh. (1/5 with $47k ftw)

Hope the score will inspire you to reignite the diary.

Sigggggh..... was grinding 1.1M with Trigg on my right playing about 3.5M. He opens blind vs blind... I have to jam 30bb @ 20/40 as there was an 800k and 560k stack also in play. He calls with A9o and gets there :( 47k FTW.... 20 will do though :)

Excellent effort, & that must help the 'roll.

Very well played.

Wp Tom, ill have sparkling rose' please.

That Trigg has crushed so many dreams with someone else's money the wanker. He folds his own there :)

Good score

name change for the diary please Tom, almost couldn't find it.

nice score btw, ul.

incorrect mate

3b/call > 3bjam?

<3 Trigg. Whose diary is this anyway?

Yeah I know that. Good to see a good run. Hope lots more to come.

Can mods please move this to the Diaries & Blogs forum, I'd like to hear from Tom High on his recent success in the Monte Carlo super mega satellite at Dusk Till Dawn. Thanks.

Glad to see diary back on track.

He is gutted a writer of his stature has been forgotten, his diary cast asunder. 

Tell me more about the Sunday Kickoff. :) glgl son!

Pissflaps of hell. Unlucky Thomas

Oioioi

Grats on making day2 in this weekends £150 from the online leg.

Really hope this weekend kickstarts the diary for you like it did for your housemate!!

Diaries FTW

This is my favourite diary. 

wp. (Al should definitely set up Mr. High's phone to beep like he has his own set up for that prose stuff)

One year on from the birth of this my favourite diary on blonde, with SCOOP starting on Sunday, how would you say your game has progressed since the series last year? 

My favourite thing about the diary is the writer always leaves us wanting more... Also thread title is incredible

Hi Tom,

Isildur being heads up in the SCOOP $10k Main brought a few questions to my mind, and what better place to ask them, and who better to ask them to that your good self.

I know you are watching him play right now, perhaps you are even writing another article similar to the one above you wrote 12 months ago.

What do you think it is about Isildur that makes him a cut above the rest? Do you think he is THE best?

If you were to spend a weekend with him, what would you do and why?

It's a shame to see you haven't kept up with this diary. I know you had great plans for it. Perhaps your hero's great success today will inspire it's rebirth. I hope so.

Kind Regards,

Alex

I see he won. What a boss. He's got to be up there. Crushing cash online this year too.
Unfortunately I don't generally fantasise aboutspending weekends away with men Alex... sorry to disappoint.

Thanks for the responses WotR.

Any plans for Vegas?

the diary is back weeeeeeeeee

gratz on the super tuesday win

Give the people what they want Thomas. We're not asking for much. Just the odd post from time to time.

Wot no bump?

One of THE great diaries. The OP is just immense.

How did "Isi" get on in the 5k in the end last night WotR?

All the greats come 9th. I bet he got coolered too :( why always us

How about telling everyone how you've been getting on lately Wot? I've heard you've had some great success at the tables.

You must be devastated to learn of your hero's sponsorship deal expiration. I was doing some reminiscing of my own and came across this video that you made a couple of years ago. I really think your voice is perfect for narration and that it sends chills down my spine listening / watching this. Thought I'd post the link here so other users can share.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI3kZ8VLi_k

I've seen one diary which only has one page. This diary has ten.. it starts really positively and then kinda tails away. WoteveR happened to WotR- seemed to have a real feel for Isildur's game as well