He took on Tom Dwan in an epic heads-up encounter which included some marathon sessions and by the end of it, the mystery Swede was up more than $5 million on the New Jersey Wonder Kid. He has said that he thought most of the players who played that high were playing too scared and that it was easy to bluff them knowing they were afraid of the money at risk. He jumped into the nosebleed stakes scene in November and caught the majority of Full Tilt’s high stakes regulars off-guard. Isildur1 was a breath of fresh air to the poker world in 2009.
Most people in the poker community, however, still believed it was Blom. There were various rumours on his real identity that ranged from fellow Swedish pro Robert 'Gulkines' Flink to 11-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. He was in fact only known as Isildur1 from 2009 to the beginning of 2011 which gave Blom the allure of having a secret identity. Viktor “Isildur1” Blom is a Swedish high stakes player who captivated the poker world long before his true identity was revealed. Isildur1 also plays as Isildur1 on PokerStars
