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 *** [
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Isildur1: checks
Ruxandescu: bets 90000
Isildur1: raises 648736 to 738736 and is all-in
Ruxandescu: calls 648736
*** TURN *** [
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*** RIVER *** [
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*** SHOW DOWN ***
Isildur1: shows [
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Ruxandescu: shows [
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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 *** [
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Ruxandescu: checks
Isildur1: bets 40375
Ruxandescu: raises 83125 to 123500
Isildur1: calls 83125
*** TURN *** [
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Ruxandescu: bets 237500
Isildur1: calls 237500
*** RIVER *** [
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Ruxandescu: checks
Isildur1: bets 650000
Ruxandescu: calls 650000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Isildur1: shows [
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Ruxandescu: mucks hand
Isildur1 collected 2102750 from pot
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