Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

Viktor Blom down over $1 million in November

The Isildur1 heater has come to a sudden and brutal end, as he loses seven-figures in Mixed Games this month.

Poker player Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom
Viktor Blom

The career of Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom has had more twists and turns than an M. Night Shyamalan movie, and November is no different.

He ended October up $1.8 million, and was the biggest overall winner of 2015 by a huge margin. However, that has all come crashing down this month, as is customary for the Swede's rollercoaster playing style.

At the time of writing he is down $1,105,505 this month. The biggest benefactor of which appears to be Alexander "joiso" Kostritsyn, who has taken over half a million from him at least at the $1,000/$2,000 Mixed Games tables this month.

Blom's PokerStars account is up $3,512,484 this year, and his Full Tilt account is down $1,367,244, to give him an overall profit of $2,145,240, making him the biggest tracked winner of the year by quite a margin. 

Elsewhere Phil Ivey is still struggling to claw things back in 2015. He is down $413,280 this month, which leaves him down $3,586,876 overall, making him the biggest loser of the year.  

All these results are, as always, based on the players who have chosen to remain tracked by HighStakesDB.com

Biggest winners and losers in November so far

TOP WINNERS

Ben Sulsky
Ben Sulsky
Profit:$247,060
'Educa-p0ker'$161,945
'Empire2000'$109,197

TOP LOSERS

Viktor Blom
Viktor Blom
Loss:$1,105,505
Phil Ivey$413,280
Jens Kyllönen$130,719

Will Viktor hang on to his 2015 lead? Let us know in the comments. 

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.