October 22, 2014
Full Tilt Poker announced Tuesday that it will not be renewing the sponsorship contracts for high profile poker aces Viktor Blom and Gus Hansen. The severance appears to be amicable, with a company spokesman wishing the duo well in their future projects. “This follows a year-long review of the Full Tilt brand and a decision […]
August 29, 2014
Full Tilt has put together an epic online poker high stakes heads up clash featuring high profile aces Viktor Blom from Sweden and Gus Hansen from Denmark on Sunday September 14. The duo will play a best-of-three format with $50,000 up for grabs, with Hansen choosing Stud 8, Blom selecting No Limit 2-7 Triple Draw […]
June 3, 2014
The latest summary of high stakes online poker winners and losers publishing by the High Stake Data Base shows that Gus Hansen and Viktor Blom continued to battle with losses throughout May 2014 despite putting in more hours than most on the virtual nosebleed tables. The duo played 30,000 and 40,000 hands respectively across all […]
April 6, 2014
The latest High Stakes Data Base report on the high stakes online poker action at Full Tilt Poker notes something that is rarely seen – four of the biggest names at the nosebleed tables all at the top of the “biggest losers this week” list. The four – Cates, Ivey, Blom and Hansen – each […]
March 18, 2014
The Swedish online poker ace Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom enjoyed one of his huge upswings over the weekend, adding a further $1.6 million to his bank account after a relative quiet (for him) spell in recent weeks. The High Stakes Data Base reports that the PLO, 8-Game and 2-7 games at Full Tilt Poker were more […]
January 25, 2014
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom may have had a slow start to 2014, dropping over half a million dollars, but he’s now making up for lost time and enjoying a great run on Full Tilt Poker’s high stakes virtual tables. The High Stakes Data Base reports that Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene is at the head of the current […]
January 7, 2014
Gus Hansen and Viktor Blom may have taken a hammering on the virtual high stakes tables recently but they showed plenty of talent and aggression this week in besting four amateur challengers in Full Tilt Poker’s inaugural Bust a Pro promotion. The two pros faced a German, a Briton and two Russian players in three […]
November 1, 2013
The mercurial Swedish poker ace Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom is back at the top after playing through one of his notorious ‘cold’ phases and riding the comeback wave to regain his losses. The High Stakes Data Base reports that in his latest swing upwards Blom clashed with old enemy Douglas “WCGRider” Polk in a seven hour […]