Isildur1 is Back at Full Tilt Poker and Up $1.6 million in 2 days

After winning in the neighborhood of $6 million at the Full Tilt Poker tables in November only lose all of it plus a few million of his own money in December, the mysterious Swedish poker player known only as Isildur1 has found his way back to the nosebleed tables on Full Tilt: And is up to his old tricks, generating huge pots, major buzz, and winning $1.6 million in two days!

The comeback started against a couple of new opponents, Justin “zeejustin” Bonomo and Isaac, “ILoveTheWNBA” Haxton. Haxton held his own against Isildur1 playing 8-tables of capped PLO and ended the session up about $90k; Bonomo didn’t fair quite as well, and dropped over $550k to Isildur1 on the No Limit Holdem tables. Isildur1 was able to fleece a few other players out of a couple hundred thousand dollars to end a long 5,800 hand session up $730k.

Day 2 of the comeback saw isildur1 jumping from the $200/$400 games up to $300/$600 where he tangled with some familiar foes, including Brian Hastings who took $4.2 million off Isildur1 in a single day back in December. This time around Isildur1 was able to lighten Hastings wallet by about $450k.

After Hastings, isildur1 set his sights on Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies and after 1,100 hands Ziigmund was down $132k.

The day concluded with isildur1 taking on the man he utterly dominated in late 2009 Tom “durrrr” Dwan. Dwan had a miserable 2009, but has turned it around in 2010, basically winning at will. However, Isildur1 still seems to have Dwan’s number, taking about $250k off the young poker phenom. It also seems Dwan is still rattled by the Swedish poker pro, having a slightly heated debate in the chat box when Isildur1 suggested switching to NLHE instead of PLO: Perhaps the lingering effects of 2009 are still in Dwan’s head.

One of the most amazing things about Isildur1 is that despite his definite skills, his willingness to play big pots makes him an alluring target for the other top poker players. Unfortunately, he is a very skilled player, and can do incredible damage to a player’s bankroll in the blink of an eye. In fact most players won’t go near a NLHE table he is sitting at; a game he has proven to possess expert knowledge of; instead they wait for him at the PLO tables -a game that he is definitely proficient at, but could be one of his weaknesses against the top players.

With the stakes and sessions he has been playing, it seems isildur1 is ready to make another run at it, hopefully having learned from the pitfalls that derailed his last attempt. As long as he can keep his cool, not let his opponent’s constantly dictate the game and stakes, and realize it’s alright to quit a game every now and then, isildur1 could be poker’s “Next Big Thing”.