Ian Munns Poker

Everybody knows Viktor Blom as a fearless online fighter, who is capable of defying and defeating any of the world’s top professional poker players in various types of online heads-up high stakes poker duels. The rank of the opponent and the level of competition should be giving Viktor Blom additional excitement and fun!

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But the biggest exciter in the world of poker is WSOP. To complete your poker success profile, you should get cash in WSOP, not to mention winning the WSOP bracelet, which is the most prestigious trophy. That is why Viktor Blom should try at least to add some WSOP lines to the book of his poker life. And he did it!

2009 WSOP Europe Main Event, London

Back then, the true identity of Isildur1 was not fully revealed to the public, and it was not clear whether Viktor Blom was indeed that very Isildur1; and vice versa! This only led to ever greater attention towards the performances of the young Swedish phenomenon, whose style of play was considered by many as overly aggressive.

This first claim for WSOP fame was not successful for Viktor Blom. But his failed bluff against English amateur Ian Munns definitely deserved attention, as it was highlighted over the web as one of the most epic bluffs, and widely discussed in attempts to figure out the logic of this epic failure.

Hole cards:

Ian Munns A♥7♠

Viktor Blom K♦2♦

Blom pre-flop raised to £3,000, Munns three-bet to £9,000, which should have already served as a warning to Blom. But he called, and they saw the flop A♦A♣3♣ — just a perfect flop to Munns giving him trips. At this point Blom checked, Munns bet £9,000 and Blom raised it up to £58,000. Munns raised to £116,000. It is indeed quite difficult to explain what Viktor Blom might have had in mind, but at this point, he shoved all-in for £231,000 — pretty suicidal after that flop, and also against the 96% equity of his opponent. Maybe Viktor just had hoped that Munns would fold at that point. But Munns tanked, though not for long; and then called, and opened his cards!

Blom screwed his face up, stood up and went out, barely looking at the 10♣ on the turn and the 3♦ on the river. The hand was played, constituting one of the most epic fails in the history of poker bluffs.

WSOP Europe Main Event, 2010, London

It was an intense and high-competition £10,350 No-Limit Hold’em buy-in tournament which was taking place at the Casino at the Empire in London. After two days, Viktor Blom was heading the peloton. Here is the list of the top 6 chip stacks:

1. Viktor Blom — 443,200
2. Bojan Gledovic — 442,300
3. Darren Woods — 372,500
4. Andrew Pantling — 344,000
5. David Peters — 309,300
6. Phil Ivey — 289,300

But then it went less good for him. He finished 16th, winning only 33,285 quid.

WSOP 2012 43rd Annual, Event #16, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed

This WSOP event was held in Vegas, in Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Viktor Blom was an also-runner here, having finished 151st and won $2,706 only.

WSOP 2012 Annual, Event #45, $50,000 Poker Players Championship

Viktor Blom was a lot more successful at this event in Vegas. He finished 14th, cashing $105,235, though at one moment he was leading the race after this hand:

Hole cards:

Viktor Blom A♥9♦9♠2♥

Joe Cassidy A♠Q♦10♣10♦

On the flop interesting of 10♠9♥5♣ Cassidy checked and Blom bet $38,000. Cassidy raised to $138,000, and Blom called. The A♦ on the turn made Cassidy pot it for $485,000, having set of tens. Blom called and went all-in, hoping for his set of nines. And here came the 9♣ on the river, which was a miraculous one-outer. Both players jumped off their seats, overwhelmed with totally opposite emotions.

It was on Day 3. With that pot, Blom led the peloton of 26 players. But Day 4 was less lucky for him. He finished 14th with $105,235, which was a good result anyway.

But Is It Really Worth It?

Playing at WSOP events in Vegas is very costly. Traveling, accommodation and food — everything is expensive there, especially while WSOP events are being played! You need to bring cash because otherwise, the whole thing is a big blowout! And indeed, there have been stories about successful online grinders who have only ever lost money in Vegas. Playing online and playing in live tournaments, especially the WSOP, is very different.

Besides, refusing to participate at WSOP events may actually give an additional advantage to a professional online grinder. For since the best players may be out of their computers, making themselves busy by the WSOP felt, the average level of those who play the virtual felt online is somewhat lower. The level of competition these days is not as high as usual; so if you are a good online grinder, you may cash more at that time! Maybe that is why we won’t see much of Viktor Blom in WSOP events in the near future?

There have been many ridiculous and ambitious bluffs been made in the game of NL Holdem. Some people losing hundreds and thousands of dollars in equity the process. But it’s what keeps the game alive and entertaining to watch.

Bluffing will always be a key component of the game and the adrenaline rush is like no other. We’ve captured some of the worst bluffs from over the years.

1 - Viktor Blom v Ian Munns - EPT Event

This bluff came as a surprise to many with one of the best players in NL Holdem wagering his stack with bare nothing. Viktor Blom, otherwise known as ‘Isildur1’, is an online NL Holdem and PLO high stakes professional who has had multi million dollar swings online in the past. Isildur, who quickly earned $5 million in profit in a short space of time, is praised for his high variance plays and ultra aggressive style and this is exactly what he has given us here. Ian Munns on the other hand, is an ameteur player from England with only $6,000 in earnings and not much experience on the felt. Unfortunately for him, he did not cash this event. Munns has only one significant cash for sixth place in EPT Monte Carlo back in 2006 with no other cashes since.

2 - Dzmitry Urbanovich V Gilles Bernies - EPT Dublin

One of the more controversial hands, this $5,300 EPT event highlight captures high stakes Polish pro Dzmitry Urbanovich and German amateur Gilles Bernies face off in a heads up match. Dzmitry, with near $6 million in earnings ,and in the top 250 players in the world, went on to seal the win after winning this massive equity pot. Urbanovich is a partypoker pro who plays both online and live. He is ranked number one for the all time money list Poland. Across the table, Gilles Bernies has very little experience at the high stakes but still managed to cash for 2nd place in this EPT for a score of $393,000. Other than this, he only has one other live cash for $4000 in a 2015 WSOP event.

These are the final results for EPT 12 - Dublin:

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3 - Vanessa Selbst v Prahlad Friedman PokerStars The Big Game

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This bluff comes from the Big Game with all sorts of recognisable faces at the felt such as Barry Greenstein and Antonio Esfandiari. The action kicks off between Vanessa Selbst and Prahlad Friedman. Both players each have million dollar scores. Selbst, a Yale graduate and investment worker, ranks 67th on the all time money list with over $11 million in live tournament earnings. Friedman, on the other hand, is an American rapper and poker player with one bracelet under his belt. Friedman has over $2.5 million in earnings and ranks 670th on the all time money list. This play is a good example of exploitative poker and show that there is more than one way to play a hand. Unfortunately for Selbst though, this one did not work out for her.