Viktor Blom in Bluff Europe
WSOP 2011 is in cold storage till November and no one is really interested in Full Tilt any more (except the players who are still to get their money). So the news is shifting on other issues. The man in the news at the moment is Viktor Blom and he is in the news for being the lead feature in the August issue of Bluff Europe.
As Isildur1 Blom changed the way nosebleed online poker was played in the latter part of 2009, when winning and losing millions of dollars in a session became commonplace. Then the revelation of the mystery man Isuldur1 as Viktor Blom by PokerStars turned out to be a damp squib, because this was already common knowledge. So what is the big deal in Blom featuring in Bluff Europe?
For those who are interested, this will be the first interview with an English language magazine that the 20-year-old Blom will be giving. He will describe his epic rise in high stakes online poker, talk about how he took Tom Dawn to the cleaners and also say how he felt when he lost five million dollars in a matter of days to the likes of Brian Hastings and Cole South. And his female fan following will be thrilled see him on the cover from a shoot with photographer Rankin. The number of the female fan following is not known, but Jenny Woo did rank him as the 6th most sexy poker player.
Philip Conneller, Editor for Bluff Europe, explains the choice. “Viktor is now a proud member of Team PokerStars and, although still notoriously publicity shy, is beginning to emerge from the shadows. … So, it’s very exciting that we’ve finally got him.” The issue also contains the portrait and fashion photographer’s depictions of other members of Team PokerStars including Liv Boeree, Bertrand Grospellier, Sandra Naujoks and Dario Minieri. Liv is a favorite of Bluff Europe. In a first of its kind deal for Bluff Europe, iPad users are being allowed to download the August issue for free in advance of its publication on the web or anywhere else. iPad savvy poker fans simply need to search for ‘Bluff Europe’ in Apple’s iTunes Store and downloading their copy for free.
