Phil Galfond is $1.66 million richer after taking on Isildur1
You can’t really blame Isildur1 for wanting to press forward on the high stakes Pot Limit Omaha tables. After all, he wiped up Cole South and Brian Hastings earlier this week for a $2.2 million score and the notion of “playing your rush” goes back a long way. But the Swede’s decision to take on Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond last night in high stakes PLO ended up being a costly one as he lost it all back and then some.
First up was the man who played the role of Isildur1’s original benefactor from late last year, Tom Dwan. Though he claimed he didn’t really have time to play, Dwan still managed to sit down at six tables of $300/$600 PLO and book some 921 hands against Isildur1. That ended up being a solid last-minute decision, as Dwan claimed a $964,000 win before running off to his previous engagement.
Once Dwan hit the road, Isildur1 moved on to Phil Galfond and things went from bad to worse. The match started off on the $300/$600 PLO tables but quickly moved up to $500/$1,000, and the Swede’s tendency to chase his losses paid off big for Galfond. The former WSOP $5,000 PLO champ walked away from the his laptop some $1.66 million richer than when he sat down, leaving Isildur1 back at square one.
Luckily for Isildur1 he began the night by taking Cole South on again. In just 994 hands of $500/$1,000 PLO he managed to book a $463,000 win, giving him a bit of a cushion against the massive downswing he hit later.
As the legend of Isildur1 grows, it’s becoming more and more obvious that terms like “game selection” mean nothing to him. That willful charge into the world’s best competition is what makes him so fascinating to watch. With no indication that his resources are limited, it seems that even "going broke" wouldn’t be the end for this daring young online poker player.
