Brian Townsend
Isildur1 Speaks About his $4 Million Loss to Brian Hastings
“Isildur1″ has been silent and anonymous since he broke into the high-stakes games on Full Tilt Poker back in October. Since then, he has been on a wild ride, filled with million-dollar swings that saw both the largest online poker hand ever played, as well as the biggest online poker win during a single session, achieved by Brian Hastings.
Brian Townsend’s Full Tilt Poker Status Suspended for Isildur1 Controversy
In the wake of the arrival of Swedish high-stakes online poker player Isildur1, Brian “sbrugby” Townsend, a CardRunners instructor, has had his Full Tilt Poker Red Pro status suspended for one month.
Are Team Cardrunners Cheaters or Just Hard Workers?
Brian Hastings had played against Isildur1 only three times before he obliterated him, but he, Cole South and Brian Townsend conglomerated their hand histories, which gave them bigger sample of hands to study how the mystery Swede plays.
Isildur1 Books a $262k Loss to Townsend
After losing just $13k to Isildur1 in a short session on Saturday, Brian Townsend returned yesterday for round two, taking over $262k from the unknown Swede.
Hastings Takes Isildur1 for $4 Million
If you were to ask people a month ago how they thought Isildur1 would go broke, chances are they would have said Patrik Antonius would take him down or that Phil Ivey would ultimately get the best of him. Some with a penchant for dramatic flare might have even said Tom “durrrr” Dwan would get revenge on his nemesis by breaking him.
The $2.5 Million Return of the Swede
The rumors of Isildur1’s demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated. Our favorite mystery Swede must have taken a hint from Tom “durrrr” Dwan, who mounted his own journey across the comeback trail on Friday. Isildur1 spent the past 48 hours at the tables recouping his losses and getting himself back in the black thanks to a day in which he won more than $2.5 million.
Isildur1 in the Red After $2.5 Million Loss
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” anthology, Isildur is one of the kings of the great kingdom of Gondor. He is best known for cutting the infamous, “one ring to rule them all,” off the evil Lord Sauron’s finger and saving the world from complete destruction. Then, rather than destroy the ring, he insisted on holding on to it because of his own greed and hubris, resulting in his subsequent murder and the second great battle for Middle Earth that we all went and saw the Peter Jackson version of at the movies a few years ago.
Townsend takes $1.1 million from Isildur1
In a bloodbath of a $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha session, Full Tilt Pro Brian Townsend took unknown Swedish player Isildur1 for over $1.1 million this morning.
