There has been quite a buzz going around about the identity of the unknown Isildur1, but that is not the only thing keeping people talking about this unknown Swedish player. Isildur1 ran over the online tables like a heat wave, and people quickly began to take notice as he dominated some of the biggest games online. However, that was not meant to last forever.

Brian Hastings had a monster session over Isidur1 taking $4.2 million from him in a single session. After a string of subsequent losses, Isildur1 retreated from the tables for a short time. He has since returned, newly energized from his hiatus, to take control of the tables again. However, he faced a crushing blow earlier this week.

The day began with Isildur1 and Col South going head to head in a $200/$400 PLO match. South proceeded to dump $240,779 to Isildur1 before upping the stakes to $300/$600 PLO. This only proved to exasperate South’s losing streak, as he lost another $401,733 over the course of 566 hands.

Brian Hastings made a move to jump in on the $300/$600 PLO game and started with a $250,000 loss. The stakes got deeper as Hastings sought to recover his losses in the $500/$1,000 game. Hastings dropped another $581,954 before throwing in the towel.

Then Isildur1 brought his fury against Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo in $200/$400 NL Hold’em. Bonomo lost over $100,000 before looking for better options. It seemed as though Isildur1 couldn’t be stopped, but all good things must come to an end.

Isildur1’s upswing took a minor dive. It began when he lost $30k to skjervoy in $100/$200 PLO. Then he lost another $350k back to South, but he was able to retain a major profit for the day. In total, he ended up with over $1.5 million. That’s not bad for a day’s worth of work!

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