Everyone must know by now that I’ve spent more than a few hours of time and energy trying to introduce Isildur1 to the poker playing world where his great poker playing skills could be appreciated like the other amazing internet phenomena of today.
I arranged to stake him and let him play in my Kermit the Frog costume at the Party Poker Big Game IV and really thought he would show, but he bluffed me. I’ve also offered to stake him when he ran into a bad run on Full Tilt Poker. He is an amazing player and just a kid and has a lot of promise in his game and that’s why PokerStars picked him up. He’s a featured promotion with them and playing the SuperStar Showdown with all challengers. Today, I’m scheduled to play the SuperStar Showdown.
My bike in the Isildur1 Match
So the move to the PCA did not work out but PokerStars is open to exploring a new match up with me and Isildur1 there. And now I am going to take on the best player in the world in a heads up match-up that is like Kobe Bryant vs. a college player. I am a massive underdog, probably the biggest underdog ever. I’ll be playing under conditions that don’t suit me well and I am an old man after all.
All I have going for me is heart and commitment. Let’s hope that is enough to at least put up a fight. Rail the game at 16:00 ET today, look for ‘Hold’em’ -> ‘No Limit’/'Pot Limit’ -> ‘All’ tabs and under the ‘Omaha’ tab. The tables are ‘Showdown.’
I have my bike ready.
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Goooooo!! Spank this guy!
Good luck Tony, give him hell
Best of luck, Tony.
And you are no old man. Pfft.
Hey tony, I watch your match with isildur and I have to say, besides it was the funiest match i’ve ever seen, you deserved the win, was a very good fight
I hope I can see more HU between u and isil
good game,
Hey Tony unlucky…..you showed alot of heart out there today…….be nice to see you play live at PCA vs isidur1.
lots of respect for ur matches, would have been awesome to see u come back on the 2 nlhe tables at the end, too bad for that pot where u had a pair and flushdraw vs his higher flushdraw which obv. hit, and too bad about the K6 too =-)
Hi Tony!
Great match between the two of you. Thought you did really well and made it exciting. So good job. 4.5 BI over 2.5k hands is nothing against such a high variance player like Isil. You could easily have won.
Tried to contact you earlier through tonybet but no success.
Happy New Year mate and hope your year will be another great one.
Well played Tony! Maybe you can set up a rematch sometime?
Hey Tony
Watched game – was a lot of fun.. didnt really like the way you played or talked – showed bad poker etiquette, obv I know this was part of your game. Most grinders just want to watch the poker, you dragged the game out to long which was your tactic. Overall it made you look childish (nothing new) and a bit of a tit!
Hi Tony,
Great fight with Isildur1!
The “old man” clearly still packs a punch (you should now bring out a “grill” range like big George Foreman!)
Any chance that you could talk through your strategy for multitabling heads-up against Isildur1?
Happy New Year!
u know tony, u know the real reson, and the conditions.
Remember.