On Saturday, the saga over the identity of mystery Swedish online poker pro Isildur1 came to an end when PokerStars announced that it was indeed Viktor Blom. The pro, who recently updated his Facebook account to show that he was employed by PokerStars since December, promptly faced off against fellow site pro Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier in a live 100-hand $25/$50 heads-up match.

Around 2:30pm ET on Saturday afternoon, PokerStars officials distributed a press release claiming that Isildur1’s identity would be unveiled at 7:00pm ET live from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in the Bahamas. Isildur1, who is now known to be Blom, would then play Grospellier in the 100-hand heads-up battle, with each player bringing $10,000 in cash to the table. The festivities were set to play out near the Main Event tournament area inside the Atlantis Hotel and Casino.

Following his match with Grospellier, Blom was scheduled to play against German PokerStars qualifier “OU THE NICK” in a separate 100-hand match. “OU THE NICK” won a 424-man qualifier to get a crack at Isildur1 and, according to PokerStars, “is already freerolling his way to the Bahamas after winning a satellite run for the year’s top 150 PokerStars Tournament Leaderboard finishers.”

Blom arrived at Full Tilt Poker in force in 2009 under the Isildur1 handle and battled several of the game’s top cash game players including Phil Ivey, Tom “durrrr” Dwan, and Patrik Antonius. In November of that year.

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