Dwan Loses $200k To Isildur1 On Full Tilt

On Sunday, railbirds flocked to Full Tilt Poker’s virtual tables to watch sponsored pros Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Tom “durrrr” Dwan battle it out heads-up across four tables of $100/200 NLHE, with $200k of their own money at stake.
Dwan and Blom first locked horns back in November 2009, a session the Swede won convincingly before later going on to amass more than $5 million against other top players, such as Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius. This time Tom Dwan received another hammering and 1,381 hands over two hours and 45 minutes was all it took for the Swedish ninja to lighten Dwan of $200,000 of his bankroll.
The beginning of the match saw Tom Dwan get off to a small lead after his pocket kings held against Blom’s pocket tens in a pot worth $45,198. However, before long Isildur1 started doing his trademark thin value betting and over bets to induce Dwan to pay off his big bets.
One and a half hours into the match and then Isildur1’s extreme aggression saw him edge the lead before taking down the match’s two biggest pot to suddenly shoot ahead by $100,000. One of those pots was worth $56,157 and involved Dwan bluffing all the way to the river holding J-9 against Blom (A-K) with the board falling 3-10-2-K-7.
Tom Dwan lost further ground after having bluffed ace high into Blom’s flopped trips, as well as later stacking off holding two over cards and a gut shot straight draw against the Swede’s top pair top kicker to eventually go in the red by $150,000. Finally, Dwan was whittled away to just $4,000 when he managed to get it all-in pre-flop with 10-10 against Blom’s A-3. Once again, the board came to Blom’s rescue, producing an ace on the turn to bust Dwan out of the match.
However, railbirds will be hoping this is just one in a series of heads-up battles between the two Full Tilt sponsored pros and next time Dwan is sure to be hungry for some payback.