Cooler Flop Denies Legendary ‘Isildur’ First WSOP Bracelet as Vogelsang Wins His First

Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, some of the legendary on-line poker gamers ever, took a shot at his first World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelet on Tuesday within the Bahamas. However he fell brief in heads-up play due to a flop that did not go his manner on the ultimate hand.

The Swedish excessive curler, considered one of 284 entrants in WSOP Paradise Occasion #7: $10,000 Tremendous PLOSSUS, misplaced ultimately to Tom Vogelsang, who did not simply win his first gold bracelet. He earned simply his second profession WSOP money, and first since 2021.

Phil Hellmuth made a little bit of a run at his 18th bracelet by reaching Day 2, however inevitably bowed out in sixteenth place for $26,000. Sean Winter, Bryce Yockey, and Kane Kalas have been among the many 43 gamers who earned a chunk of the $2,754,800 prize pool however did not attain the ultimate desk.

How a Winner was Topped

Day 1 of the pot-limit Omaha occasion ended on Monday with 17 gamers remaining, and the Day 2 motion was quick and intense, because the match ended round 7 p.m. native time within the Bahamas. The ultimate desk featured some heavy hitters, equivalent to Brazil’s Yuri Dzivielevski, who was after his fifth bracelet.

Dongwuk Moon (ninth place for $48,000), Tom-Aksel Bedell (eighth place for $61,000), Andreas Torbergsen (seventh place for $79,000), and Sean Rafael (sixth place for $105,000), have been all eradicated in need of the High 5. Dzivielevski was then denied that fifth bracelet when he busted in fifth place for $143,000.

Remaining Desk Outcomes

Vogelsang entered the ultimate session as one of many shortest stacks, whereas his ultimate three opponents — Blom, Thomas Eychenne, and Xixiang Luo — began in a greater place. Luo was the fourth-place finisher, which paid $199,000.

Eychenne, throughout heads-up play, held the chip lead, whereas Vogelsang sat in a well-known place with the brief stack. However he’d rally within the swingy recreation of PLO and overtake the lead after Eychenne went dwelling in third place ($281,000).

The stacks have been shut between the ultimate two gamers after they went all in on a flop of Ax5x3x with Vogelsang out in entrance with 9x7x4x2x in opposition to AxAx5x6x. The board did not pair and that ended Isildur’s possibilities of successful his first bracelet. He was eradicated because the runner-up for $406,000. Vogelsang earned the bracelet and the $609,800 first-place prize.

Vogelsang, a Dutch professional who now has over $6 million in The Hendon Mob cashes, has by no means performed a World Sequence of Poker occasion in Las Vegas. Nevertheless it will not be lengthy till he does.

“I’ve all the time lived within the Netherlands the place I could not actually play within the U.S., and I solely moved this 12 months,” Vogelsang instructed PokerNews after successful the PLOSUSS occasion. “I have not actually considered successful bracelets ever. So, subsequent 12 months’s World Sequence goes to be my first World Sequence the place I’ll actually play tournaments. That is actually the primary time I actually take into consideration bracelets.”

Vogelsang referred to his heads-up opponent as “tremendous robust,” and praised Blom for “working all around the ultimate desk.” Blom, who solely started enjoying tournaments repeatedly a couple of years in the past, made his mark on the 2025 WSOP in Las Vegas regardless of failing to win a bracelet. He reached 4 ultimate tables, together with a runner-up end, this previous summer time, and was a contender for Participant of the Yr all through many of the sequence.

Isildur famously got here out of nowhere within the late 2000s on Full Tilt Poker, enjoying within the largest money video games. Poker followers watched these nosebleed video games in awe with out even understanding who the mysterious participant was behind the display screen title. Years later and the poker increase period legend is now constructing a formidable match resume. However he’ll have to attend for one more day to win his first WSOP bracelet. The identical cannot be mentioned for Vogelsang, the most recent champion at WSOP Paradise.