Viktor "Isildur1" Blom is no longer a member of Team PokerStars Pro.
PokerNews discovered Tuesday that Blom was no longer listed as a member of the Pro team in the PokerStars client. Eric Hollreiser, PokerStars' head of corporate communications, told PokerNews that Blom and the company mutually agreed not to renew the Swede's expired sponsorship agreement.
Blom was introduced as a member of Team PokerStars during the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and has been one of the most talked-about figures in poker over the past few years.
"In his short time as a poker player, Viktor has played against the biggest names in poker at the highest stakes in the toughest games," said Hollreiser. "It’s hard to recall a player who has kept the poker world so riveted at such an early stage of his career. We’ll be watching with great interest and we wish him nothing but success."
Commenting on his departure, Blom said: "I’ve enjoyed my time as a Team Pro and I wish everyone at PokerStars the best. Now I just want to concentrate on playing poker."
Thoughts? Kinda strange imo, he always gave great spectacle and action and was very well known
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dogmeat Czech Republic. Aug 15 2012 09:54. Posts 6374
banditos got him
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Stroggoz New Zealand. Aug 15 2012 09:58. Posts 5365
dam he was a true hero to poker. i wonder how long we will have to wait for the next person to come along and 9 table kanu, jungleman and sauce all at the same time.
One of 3 non decent human beings on a site of 5 people with between 2-3 decent human beings
On August 15 2012 08:58 Stroggoz wrote:
dam he was a true hero to poker. i wonder how long we will have to wait for the next person to come along and 9 table kanu, jungleman and sauce all at the same time.
he says he just wants to concentrate on poker, so it sounds like we may actually see more of this than we have been. Otherwise his time was occupied with a bunch of travelling to EPTs and media obligations which I guess might be something he's now tired of doing
On August 15 2012 11:38 Daut wrote:
i suspect stars was losing money on him, offered him a different deal and he turned it down
waaat if isil isn't worth sponsoring for stars then who is!!!?
I think he attracts internet railbirds, but is unknown to the recreational player which is all stars cares about
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im going to limp this, you know, ive been raising too much on the last orbit
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Stroggoz New Zealand. Aug 17 2012 11:27. Posts 5365
still better than phil hellmuths blackbelt poker tips.
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TalentedTom Canada. Aug 17 2012 19:30. Posts 20070
On August 17 2012 10:27 Stroggoz wrote:
still better than phil hellmuths blackbelt poker tips.
someone clearly doesn't understand how an eagle thinks
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us and as we let our own lights shine we unconsciously give other people permision to do the same
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NeillyJQ United States. Aug 19 2012 06:41. Posts 8947
vid seems soooooo old
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AndrewSong United States. Aug 20 2012 05:48. Posts 2355
Lol enjoyed the video. He explains himself very well
On August 15 2012 08:58 Stroggoz wrote:
dam he was a true hero to poker. i wonder how long we will have to wait for the next person to come along and 9 table kanu, jungleman and sauce all at the same time.
he says he just wants to concentrate on poker, so it sounds like we may actually see more of this than we have been. Otherwise his time was occupied with a bunch of travelling to EPTs and media obligations which I guess might be something he's now tired of doing
3 days of non stop poker... indeed, he is not going to stop !
On August 15 2012 11:38 Daut wrote:
i suspect stars was losing money on him, offered him a different deal and he turned it down
I doubt they hired him with the thoughts of him being directly profitable investition, however I doubt there will soon be a better guy to use for commercial purposes for online poker than him. And yeah you r most likely right, but its a bad move from PS imo. Plus considering his age I doubt he indeed finds the constant trips & press attention worth his time rather than actually doing something he loves
They hired him when FTP was still around. After he came they had a lot more nosebleed action than before. Then FTP closed. Now they need him much less. As mentioned, probably they offered him other terms for a new deal and he refused.
He is the biggest name in online poker, SuperStars showdowns created massive traffic and brought a ton of railbirds, no way they would drop him because they don't need him.
It's either about money or he is going to promote FTP when it launches, there is no other way.
On August 24 2012 06:34 Defrag wrote:
He is the biggest name in online poker, SuperStars showdowns created massive traffic and brought a ton of railbirds, no way they would drop him because they don't need him.
It's either about money or he is going to promote FTP when it launches, there is no other way.
They snatched him after FTP allowed his red pros to rob him, the person who was generating more action than everyone else taken together. Now there is no more FTP, all nosebleed games (if they run) run on PS. Mission accomplished. Why renew his contract with the same (supposedly very good for isildur1) terms?
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