Few people in modernity, have smashed the virtual felt with the same impact as Viktor’ Isildur1′ Blom. He wasn’t pretentious. He wasn’t big time. He was a star who loved poker and the way it made him feel.
We’ve seen less of him in recent times, punctured by the odd million-dollar result, but when we do see him, it tends to be on the tournament circuit, not the arena where people used to shower him with roses.
But who cares, right?
As long as we see more of the man ‘being the man’.
The Swedish star currently occupies the #1 spot on the Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB) Online Preliminary Leaderboard after a Day #3 performance that made poker connoisseurs lose the ability to form sentences.
Blom conquered the 75-entrant field in Event #9: $10,300 No Limit Hold ’em and added his $213,750 purse to the $365,500 obtained for finishing runner-up to Dan Smith in Event #8: $25,500 No Limit Hold ’em.
Smith currently sits in second place on the leaderboard. Not only did he win Event #8 for $527,000, but he also finished eighth in Event #9, and is one of four players to have finished in the money (ITM) in four of the first nine events.
Luuk Gieles was the other winner of the day, defeating 90-entrants to win the $234,000 first prize in Event #7: $10,300 No Limit Hold ’em. George Wolff finished runner-up in that event for his third cash of the series, and Ali Imsirovic finished third for his first cash.
Here are the results.
Luuk Gieles Wins Event #7: $10,300 No Limit Hold’em
90-entrants
Results
- Luuk Gieles – $234,000
- George Wolff – $166,500
- Ali Imsirovic – $117,000
- Pascal Hartmann – $81,000
- Mark Radoja – $63,000
- Jonathan Van Fleet – $45,000
- Mikita Badziakouski – $36,000
- John O’Shea – $31,500
- Simon Higgins – $27,000
- Adrian Mateos – $27,000
- Orpen Kisacikoglu – $27,000
- Darrell Goh – $22,500
- Kahle Burns – $22,500
Dan Smith Wins Event #8: $25,500 No Limit Hold ’em
68-entrants
- Dan Smith – $527,000
- Viktor Blom – $365,500
- Artur Martirosian – $153,000
- Simon Higgins – $153,000
- Alex Foxen – $119,000
- Giuseppe Iadisernia – $97,750
- Orpen Kisacikoglu – $80,750
- Darrell Goh – $63,750
- Linus Loeliger – $55,250
Viktor Blom Wins Event #9: $10,300 No Limit Hold ’em
75-entrants
- Viktor Blom – $213,750
- Christoph Vogelsang – $146,250
- Arnaud Enselme – $101,250
- George Wolff – $67,500
- Kristen Bicknell – $52,500
- Mark Davis – $41,250
- Darrell Goh – $33,750
- Dan Smith – $26,250
- Justin Bonomo – $22,500
- Rui Ferreira – $22,500
- Mikita Badziakouski – $22,500
Leaderboard Standings
- Viktor Blom – 625 pts
- Dan Smith – 511
- Daniel Dvoress – 432
- Alex Foxen – 402
- Chris Hunichen – 347