Rumors about the identity of Isildur1 were spreading for a long time, but finally during dinner break of Day 1a at the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event the secret was officially lifted:

the Swedish 20-year old Viktor Blom was revealed to be the notorious online high stakes player. Viktor became popular under the nickname "Isildur1" by recklessly playing on Full Tilt Poker. He appeared on the online poker scene in late 2009 and spun his roll up to over $5 million with huge wins against Dwan and Ivey but then lost it all and more, mainly to Hastings.The phenomenal player joined Poker Stars Pro in December 2010. Right after the breaking news he walked in front of the cameras to play a 100 heads-up match against Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, where each player began with $ 10.000 and two reloads.