There are three common occurrences in online poker in the last year or so. First, Ben ��Bttech86�� Tollerene tends to win, and that was no different this week as he banked $610,908 in 1,765 hands over 27 sessions, which brought him up to a leading $1.36 million in profit for the year.
Second, Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom��s swings are sick. He started the year off dropping more than half a million, and then he won over $800,000 last week to finish as the week��s biggest winner. He captured that title again this week by winning an additional $794,717 in 15,250 hands over 98 sessions.
Finally, Gus Hansen can��t seem to win. He dropped another $463,742 this week in 1,799 hands over 23 sessions, which brings his lifetime losses to over $16 million! While that was bad, two other players actually faired worse in Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray (-$753,937 in 39 sessions/5,124 hands) and Alex ��IReadYrSoul�� Millar (-$659,520 and in 10 sessions/1,389 hands).
On the opposite end of the spectrum, some other players had superb weeks, including Doug ��WCGRider�� Polk (+$665,786 in 8 sessions/3,386 hands) and Isaac ��luvtheWNBA�� Haxton (+$503,606 in 7 sessions/474 hands) on Full Tilt Poker, and Ilari ��Ilari FIN�� Sahamies (+$303,066 in 161 sessions/1,422 hands) on PokerStars.
Blom Takes Top Spot on 2014 Leaderboard
On Friday, Jan. 17, Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom won $813,000 to bring his yearly winnings up to $1.7 million. The young Swede strung together his win throughout several games beginning with a $64,500 win over "AtherCliath�� at the $2,000/$4,000 2-7 triple draw tables. He followed that up by winning $150,000 at the pot-limit Omaha (PLO) tables, and then he switched over to the $1,500/$3,000 8-Game tables against rival Alex ��PostflopAction�� Kostritsyn, who he relieved of $289,000.
Blom went on to lose $150,000 to Niklas ��ragen70�� Heinecker at 2-7 triple draw, and then won $32,000 off Kyle ��cottonseed1�� Hendon playing $200/$400 PLO. After that, Blom sat down with ��SallyWoo�� at the $2,000/$4,000 fixed-limit Omaha hi-lo (FLO8) tables and played for six hours, during which Blom skinned his opponent for $410,700.
Blom Gives Most of It to Polk
Doug ��WCGRider�� Polk
The next day, Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom played a five-hour session of $500/$1,000 CAP no-limit hold��em against Doug ��WCGRider�� Polk. The match happened late at night, and up to that point Blom was up $364,000 on the day, most of which had come off Kyle ��KPR16�� Ray at the $2,000/$4,000 FLO8 tables.
That said, Blom got off to a bad start against Polk by dropping $250,000. Blom made a comeback, but then Polk hit a heater of his own. When the dust finally settled, Polk was up $666,000.
Here��s a look at three capped $60,000 pots from that match.
Hand #1: Polk ($100,499.50) opened for $2,000 and then called when Blom ($37,499.50) three-bet to $5,500, which brought about a flop of 7?10?4?. Blom led out for $4,000, Polk raised to $10,000, and Blom capped it at $24,500. Polk called and the cards were turned up.
Polk: J?10?
Blom: A?A?
Polk had flopped top pair, but it was in bad shape against the overpair and nut-flush draw of Blom. The pair agreed to run it twice, and Blom secured half the pot when the 3? and 7? appeared on the first run. Fortunately for Polk, he got his money back when the 10? and J? on the second run gave him a full house.
Hand #2: Polk ($95,599.50) opened for $2,000 only to have Blom ($34,399.50) three-bet to $5,500. Polk called, the flop fell 2?Q?9?, and Blom led out for $4,000. Polk responded with a raise to $9,000, Blom capped it with a three-bet to $24,500, and Polk made the call.
Polk: 10?Q?
Blom: 7?3?
Polk was ahead with top pair, but he had to sweat Blom��s flush draw. Again, the two ran it twice, but Blom would come up empty handed as neither the 3? and 4? on the first run nor 6? and J? on the second run delivered him a club. Ship the $60,000 pot to Polk.
