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Poker Martonas, definition of craps out, poker dan kiu kiu online, choctaw casino resort - durant choctaw event center durant ok. From the logical guesses of young European poker star Viktor Blom and another unknown high stakes online player 'Martonas,' to the less legitimate claims that Isildur1 is big foot or the ghost of.
Martonas Poker Player
It is very hard to say high stakes poker these days without mentioning Isildur1, but who is the anonymous Swedish high stakes poker player, and what is his connection to Martonas, if any exist. The whole poker world is asking these questions from various poker forums, poker portals, poker news sites and even his poker opponents. The Swedish poker invasion has hit the high stakes poker world at Full Tilt Poker with a big bang, and to say least, has turned the existing high stakes poker world upside-down.
Martonas came out first
The first Swedish player to take on the big names in the high stakes poker games was the unknown Martonas, who first appeared on Full Tilt Poker back in October 2008. At first he didn’t play at the highest poker stakes, but in March 2009 this changed in a big way as he took on all the biggest names on Full Tilt Poker playing $500/$1000 blinds. Some big winning sessions in the beginning quickly made him well-known in the poker world, but after a good start he ended up with about a million dollar loss and has not appeared on Full Tilt Poker since ultimo September 2009.
And then out of nowhere came Swedish Isildur1 on October 23 2009 and suddenly a new Swedish high stakes poker player had taken Martonas spot. Like Martonas he started out playing “small” at only $25/$50, but eventually moved up in stakes beating almost everybody on his way. Isildur1 seemed unstoppable on his way to poker heaven playing very aggressive and fearless.
He eventually took on Tom “durrr” Dwan in what was become tree epic matches in poker history. In all tree matches he seemed on top of durrr, who ended up losing more than 3 million dollars to the newcomer. During this time he also played many other Full Tilt Poker stars like Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonius, Cole South, Brian Townsend and more. Peking at about 6 million dollars in winnings within only 14 days he seemed unbeatable, but eventually he had a losing session against Patrick Antonius. This amounted in some less peculiar records for Isildur1 as he both lost big biggest pot in online poker history and the most money within 24 hours with a $3.224.744 loss.
Won a bit back
Since then he has won some back, but the question still remains about who is behind the two Swedish high stakes poker accounts. Many people have guessed on their identity, but mostly things point in the direction of two young guys from Gothenburg Sweden. Rumors within the Swedish high stakes poker community has it that Victor Blom, who is well-known as Blom90 in European poker circles, is behind Isildur1 and as a twist to the story the Martonas account should be his neighbor. Whether this is true or not, it does seem likely that Victor Blom is somewhat connected to both accounts.
Victor Blom who is only 19 years old has so far dominated the European Ipoker network who host sites like William Hill Poker and others, and it does seem quite plausible that he would move on to the big leagues. Another thing pointing in this direction is the fact that Luke “fullflush” Schwarz actually warned about Victor Blom in an interview with Jesse May some time ago. Claiming Blom was one of the best HU NL Holdem players he ever played, and that he might move on to the big sites soon.
At this point in time no one can be sure though as to who is behind the Swedish high stakes poker wonders, but they certainly made an impact. Hopefully he or they will come forward in near future to take credit for this amassing entry on the high stakes poker tables and start playing some live games. In any circumstance they have been a blessing to the high stakes poker games, creating more action for the railbirds than ever before.
10:1310 Feb
Last year’s biggest online high stakes crusher, ‘Berri Sweet’, has gone public with a threat to unmask the players he feels have led the nosebleed PLO games on PokerStars ‘to a point where breaking the rules has become the norm’ – with Joe Ingram calling on Daniel Negreanu to ‘use his influence’ to fix the problem.
As reported here in the New Year, the anonymous online beast topped the nosebleed stakes winner’s list with a $1,769,395 profit in 2017 – ahead of a host of famous highstakes players including ‘Isildur1’ and ‘Trueteller' – but he took to the 2+2 forum yesterday to decry those he claims are ‘cheating’.
Sweet’s 2+2 appeal
‘Hello everyone. High stakes PLO on PokerStars has degenerated to a point where breaking the rules has become the norm. Most people reading this probably don't care. That is understandable. The people who do care can, if they would like, help significantly with little effort.’
‘Sweet’ then lists the various ways in which the as yet ‘unnamed’ villains are cheating the system, stating the most common as:
- Sitting out on a 6-max with 3 people on it, unwilling to play 3-handed.
- Sitting out specifically when a recreational player busts/takes a break.
- Starting tables because a specific recreational is around, while having no intentions of playing unless the targeted player gets a seat at the table.
Cheating
“These types of cheating shouldn't be separated too far from MA'ing or colluding in terms of severity”, says Berri Sweet in his post, and it didn’t take long before Joe ‘Chicago Joey’ Ingram picked up on the contentious matter, himself making a stand this week for the integrity of the game with videos entitled Tournament Poker CHEATING Exposed On Winning Poker Network!! and Online Poker Cheating EXPOSED On America's Card Room!!!
Ingram calls on Negreanu to ‘use his influence’
Ingram replied to Sweet’s post, stating:
‘Thanks for posting this Berri. I have posted it to Daniel… so maybe this might be the first of 1000 he actually does something with it.’ He added: ‘I also might have meetings in place with higher up at Pokerstars about the state of high stakes games, bots, etc.. so we might be able to make an actual impact here in improving the current ecosystem. I think the first step is drawing awareness to these type of things.’
Negreanu himself had been the apparent target of a failed ‘bumhunt’ last month, after which Ingram, the Canadian PokerStars legend and a host of others discussed ways in which the problematical practice of singling out weaker players could be tackled…
‘Berri Sweet’ had explained that:
'Although I personally don't lose much, if any, EV from the poor behaviour of these people since they tend to make my games softer and I hold all tables anyway’, he believes that ‘there are many ethical regs that get cheated out of at least 5 figures each year’.
Martonas Poker Games
Naming the bad guys?
Although at this point Sweet says he won’t be naming and shaming those he holds responsible for the ‘degeneration’ of the high-stakes PLO games - ‘I ultimately decided against making a list of repeat offenders at this time’ – he says:
‘If things don't change, I believe public outings will be in order. Just like they have been when people have colluded or MA'd in the past.’
Shout out to the good guys
He does make a point of naming those who DO behave responsibly however, those he describes as players who ‘never fail to show the highest level of ethicality at the tables’, listing Gavz101, fjutekk, Cobus83, Sauce123 and WRUUUUM, just to mention a few people off of the top of my head.’
He finishes his post with the following statement:
‘Often times, as a high stakes player, you have the choice between sacrificing a little money/EV or degenerating into narcissistically making whichever unethical choice makes you the most $$ in the moment. Far too many regulars have chosen the latter path lately. 'Everyone else is doing it' is one of the worst excuses of all time.'