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The 2020 Unibet Open Dublin in the Bonnington Hotel in Ireland's capital is in full swing, and PokerNews is right there on the floor to capture all the action. While the Main Event is just underway, several side events have already wrapped up and crowned their champions.
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One of them was a showcase Sit 'n Go between Unibet's ambassadors, the Battle Royale, where none other than Swedish poker phenom Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom walked away a winner. Blom, a staple at previous iterations of the long-running mid-stakes tour in Europe, defeated Unibet commentator David Vanderheyden heads-up, while Norwegian ambassador Espen Uhlen Jorstad settled for bronze.
Co-hosts of Unibet's award-winning podcast The Chip Race, Dara O'Kearney and David Lappin, just missed out on the money, with O'Kearney bubbling at the hands of Jorstad after a long stretch of four-handed play. By then, the tournament had escalated in a very short-stacked affair, with not even 30 big blinds in play left between Blom, Vanderheyden, and Jorstad.
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With the latter two on crumbs, 'Isildur1' then took them out in back-to-back hands to add another poker trophy to his mantlepiece.
2020 Unibet Open Dublin Battle Royale Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | €1,500 |
| 2 | David Vanderheyden | Belgium | €1,000 |
| 3 | Espen Uhlen Jorstad | Norway | €500 |
| 4 | Dara O'Kearney | Ireland | |
| 5 | David Lappin | Ireland | |
| 6 | Jorma Vuoksenmaa | Finland | |
| 7 | Alexandre Reard | France | |
| 8 | Monica Vaka | Norway | |
| 9 | Dehlia de Jong | Netherlands |
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Qunber Wins €2,200 High Roller; Farrell and Silver Cash
The 2020 Unibet Open Dublin €2,200 High Roller saw Ireland's Tarek Qunber keep the trophy on home soil after striking a three-way deal with Scottish star Niall Farrell and Robbie Toan. Qunber took €11,170 after chopping it up three-ways, while Farrell and Toan each became €10,000 richer. UK's Max Silver was the only other play to cash in the event.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarek Qunber | Ireland | €11,170 |
| 2 | Niall Farrell | United Kingdom | €10,000 |
| 3 | Robbie Toan | Ireland | €10,000 |
| 4 | Max Silver | United Kingdom | €4,830 |
€1,100 Unibet Open Main Event Day 1a
The first of three starting days drew 83 entries to the Bonnington Hotel, with 24 players advancing to Day 2 after ten levels of 60 minutes each. Mark Muldoon bagged the overall chip lead with 246,000, while the aforementioned Max Silver jumped straight in after finishing fourth in the High Roller to end up in second place. Irish poker legend Andy Black (143,000) and Unibet ambassador Espen Uhlen Jorstad (77,500) also advanced.
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Muldoon | Ireland | 246,000 |
| 2 | Max Silver | United Kingdom | 213,000 |
| 3 | Alex Hendriks | Netherlands | 182,000 |
| 4 | Dex de Jong | Netherlands | 160,500 |
| 5 | Wim Anne Wesselink | Netherlands | 160,000 |
On Friday, Day 1b will kick off at 12 p.m. local time and feature ten levels of sixty minutes as well. Those who busted on Day 1a or Day 1b have a second attempt in the turbo Day 1c that kicks off at 9 p.m.
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Swedish online poker pro Isildur1 is a relative newcomer to the industry. He took the high-stakes Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit Hold’em worlds by storm in November of 2009, squaring off heads-up against players like World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine member Phil Ivey, Tom “durrrr” Dwan, and Durrrr Challenge participant Patrik Antonius. He has challenged the very best that the Full Tilt Poker stable has to offer, as many of his opponents are sponsored pros of the world’s second largest online poker site.
Isildur1 jumped out to a sizable profit over his opponents. His hyper-aggressiveness was somewhat similar to Dwan’s, constantly putting foes at tough decisions for much of their stack. By the first week of November, Isildur1 was up $1 million according to Poker Table Ratings and crossed the $2 million threshold shortly thereafter. On November 15th, 2009, Isildur1 had raked in more than $5 million from his opponents. Most of his success had come at the expense of Dwan.
On November 21st, Antonius took down a record-setting $1.3 million pot against Isildur1. Two days later, Ivey was the victim of a $1.1 million haul by the Swede. Then, the bottom dropped out. By December 1st, 2009, Isildur1 was $1.7 million in the hole, a nearly $7 million real money swing at the tables on Full Tilt Poker.
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Who is Isildur1?
The debate has raged on in the online poker community as to the true identity of Isildur1. The Swede’s true identity may never be known due to complicated tax laws in the Scandinavian nation, but early speculation was that Robert “Gulkines” Flink was the mystery man.
On PocketFives.com, Frank “Frank1The1Tank” Calo sourced CardLovers.com and posted, “Fwiw, I have received intelligence by some very credible sources (who shall be kept completely private) who said pretty confidently who isildur1 is. So I give you the knowledge I have (with like 99% certainy but not quite 100% yet) that it is Robert Flink aka Gulkines. No this is not a level or me having fun or w/e. I can say with like 100% certainty that it isn’t viktor blom either fwiw.”
Others such as poker bad boy Tony G pointed to Viktor “blom30” Blom, a young Swedish pro. However, he has denied being the high-stakes newcomer, telling Bluff Europe, “I am not the one you are looking for. Keep searching.” In a chat that popped up on November 30th, Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies addressed Isildur1 by name as “Viktor,” but was not corrected. Other rumors have pointed to Todd Brunson, who is American.
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Effects on High-Stakes Poker
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Isildur1’s arrival sparked a renaissance of high-stakes poker on Full Tilt, with regulars flocking to the site to watch the matches unfold. With millions of dollars swapping hands daily, sites like Poker Table Ratings and High Stakes DB have seen their traffic explode as poker fans review hands and seek stats on each player. It’s unmatched action and all happening on a USA-friendly site.