While there are certainly recent events that have been increasingly important to both players and fans alike (cough, cough, World Series of Poker), those looking for a break from all the Las Vegas hoopla and headlines were certainly tuned in to the intense online battle between Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom and Rui “PepperoniF” Cao. Fortunately enough  Read more »

Play at Carbon Poker if you are a US player (worldwide players accepted too).Despite falling in consecutive Superstar Showdown challenges, Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom managed to redeem himself by taking out a familiar opponent in Scott “urnotindangr” Palmer. Although this contest was primarily a rematch from the previous week’s battle, the action was never stale during  Read more »

In one of the few contests that many people from the start considered to be very evenly matched, the results fell in line with the predictions for the latest Superstar Showdown. Early this month on PokerStars, Scott “urnotindangr” Palmer was the newest contestant to take on the infamous Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom, and fared better than  Read more »

Despite a previous cut-in-half challenge between the two Team PokerStars pros, both Daniel Negreanu and Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom decided to reunite for a second installment of the Superstar Showdown.This time around, Daniel Negreanu managed to outlast his fellow comrad, and eventually booked a significant $26,500 victory over his opponent.The rules were very simple; play Blom  Read more »

Just a few weeks ago, PokerStars announced their newest signee’s first endeavor for their poker site, which was the Isildur1 “Superstar Showdown”. Similar in capacity to previous online challenges that have been issued in the past, many opponents stepped up to the plate willing to take on the infamous Isildur1 in hopes of building notoriety  Read more »