Weekly High Stakes Report - Isildur1 on a Downswing, Sauce Wins $950,000

Last week was completely marked by the domination of none other than Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom, who amassed the profit in excess of $1,000,000, reminding us all of the good old days when the unknown Swedish phenom first appeared at the tables and took the high stakes community by storm.

But just like that first time, Viktor's aggressive approach turned against him again as this week saw him swing up and down, eventually ending up with quite a significant drop in profits.

However, Blom wasn't around much on Sunday, when 'NoelHayes' topped the winners' list by banking $232k, the majority of which came from $100/200 PLO tables, as reported by the HighStakesDB. Also leaving the mark was Ben 'Sauce123' Sulsky, who finished in the six figure territory to the tune of $109k. German 'GeorgeDanzer' did well for himself at the PLO tables, earning just shy of $72,000.

Blom may have taken a short time away from the tables on Sunday, but one thing we can be absolutely certain about 'Isildur1' is that he will be back. Sure enough, Swede was back in action on Monday and his run of good fortune continued as he ended up with the combined profit of almost $260k across the two sites.

On PokerStars, Blom got involved in some Limit Omaha Hi/Lo action where he was a dominant force throughout the session. The things did not go as smooth over on Full Tilt where the Swede actually put in the majority of his volume, but after a rather swingy day and playing different opponents, including 'Kagome Kagome', Ben Tollerene and 'Doorbread', he was able to come out a winner.

Phil 'RaiseOnce' Ivey had a solid 24-hours span as well, banking $187k after good run at the FLO8 tables, with Kyle 'KPR16' Ray contributing the most to Ivey's profit, with a generous donation of $150,000.

Tuesday saw pretty much the same theme repeating, as Viktor Blom was pushing the action left and right. If Monday was somewhat swingy for the Swede, Tuesday was even more so, as he went from being stuck over a million to just $290k in the red, all in one day - the joys of being 'Isildur1'.

As for the winners, 'Doorbread' had a particularly successful day as he banked $335k. You can probably guess who was the (un)willing donor. Like him, 'Sauce1234' took advantage of Blom's downswing and added $293k to his roll.

'NoelHayes' also added in excess of $200,000 to his bankroll, more precisely $226k, after getting the better of Phil 'RaiseOnce' Ivey at the FLO8 tables, but he too claimed some funds from the bank of Isildur. After all this, Swede still continued to play and restored most of his losses, primarily banking on the losses of a new player in the hood, going under the alias 'BigNittyBanker'.

Blom may have been able to (almost) turn the things around on Tuesday, but poker gods had no mercy for him on Wednesday as the downswing finally hit the young Swede in full force. Ben Sulsky and Sean 'Doorbread' Rafael were on the receiving end of Blom's downward spiral, together with Ben 'Bttech86' Tollerene.

'Sauce1234' took the Sweded for nearly $400k in under two hours of play at the PLO tables. Sean Rafael continued where Sulsky left off, proceeding to take Blom's winnings from the past ten days, taking him for another $300,000. Finally, to wrap the things up, 'Bttech86' claimed the profit of $244k, a good part of which (some $170k) came out of Blom's bankroll.

German pro 'Kagome Kagome' also took his share of the spoils, beating 'Isildur1' out of $160,700 in some 2-7 Triple Draw matches.

Not surprisingly, the demise of 'Isildur1' led to action calming down by quite a bit and Thursday saw just one six-figures winner. It was Cort 'thecortster' Kibler-Melby, who got the better of Phil 'Polarizing' Ivey and 'Trueteller' to the tune of $117k.

Our hero thankfully did not give (or go busto), and it seems he only took a short break before once again tackling the tables on Friday. Leaving the bad in the past, Blom was able to top the daily leaderboard again after profiting for $273,500. Majority of this profit came from 'thecortster' who had rough time at 2-7 TD tables.

Second on the leaderboard and the only other in the six-figures territory was Phil 'Polarizing' Ivey whose adventure at the 8-Game tables ended with $142,000 profit.

Finally, yesterday action did not see any huge winners, but Blom did continue his comeback after a profitable day worth $86,000. Slightly better off, Phil 'RaiseOnce' Ivey finished the day with $88k to his name, while Daniel 'w00ki3z' Cates banked $59,000.

Poker players are like kids - they love swings

Bringing this report to the final tally, we simply have to lead with Viktor Blom, who's been the main action driver over the last two weeks. All said and done, 'Isildur1' ended up dropping $513,000 during the past seven days. This number would be bigger if it was only for the Full Tilt action, but the Swede actually managed to win about $150k on PokerStars to soften the blow.

New face at the tables, 'BigNittyBanker' had a hell of a debut, but at least proved himself to be an excellent guest, spreading $462,000, boosting the rolls of the high stakes sharks.

German regular 'SanIker' dropped a relatively small amount (especially when compared to the above nubmers) of $51,500.

As for the winners, there were some quite sick numbers kicking around, with Ben 'Sauce' Sulsky topping the leaderboard. Sulsky finished the week just shy of a cool million, banking $943,000!

Sitting in the second spot is Sean 'Doorbread' Rafael, whose good fortune at the tables translated into the profit of $829,000, heaps of which came from playing Viktor Blom.

Phil Ivey had a profitable week, finishing $243,000 to the good, not unlike 'NoelHayes' who also added $250k to his roll.