The emergence of the new player Isildur1 has taken the online poker world by storm! He has wrecked and destroyed many top players and is apparently a 19 yr old from Sweden. The news is reporting that he felted Tom "Durrr" Dwan for 3 MILLION!So this poses a few questions and creates great interest. Can this kid be just that good? He is asking to multi table up to 6 tables at a time with the pro's and is playing nosebleed stakes (heads up). Apparently he has been playing on the european sites like BetFair and dominating there for a couple years. He then moved over to FullTilt and has been smashing some top online pros like Brian Townsend and Cole South.
Here are a few questions for you to ponder:
1. Are the high stakes online players as good as they say or is their image just as daunting and as large a factor as their decent play?
2. Is a slight edge all that is needed to dominate your opponents which have similar skill sets? IE: 6 tabling PLO?
3. How much does ego play in high stakes poker and will it kill the action or destroy their bankrolls?
All these questions will be answered shortly as we watch the development of Isildur1. He has taken a few losses as of late against Patrick Antonius. So is he just a "luck box" who went on an incredible run? Who knows, we don't even have an interview with this kid yet. Maybe he just kicked some ass and took the ring of power for his own use. Hopefully he doesn't have the same fate as that his name represents!
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