Even the best professionals in the world can make mistakes. During Day 2 of Event #11 (US$ 10,000 GGMillion$ High Roller), the Swedish star Viktor “Isildur” Blom made an embarrassing mistake. In fact, the player ended up deciding to “muck hand”, that is, to hide his winning hand.
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However, to make matters worse, everything was broadcast on the WSOP channel. The play happened against the American Rick Mechammil and was shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) by Rob Kuhn. “I’ve never seen this in my life at a poker table”, the player wrote on social media.
It is true that Mechammil didn’t have much in the action. He only had a K high, but his hand lost to Blom’s Ace high. However, the action showed complete inattention from the Swede and a lot of courage (or reading of the opponent) for the American to call a big bet on the river.
However, it is worth noting that Viktor Blom has numerous results in online poker and in High Stakes cash game sessions. The profile on “The Hendon Mob” does not show these results, but it shows US$ 7,632,188 in live circuit earnings, with several WSOP final tables in recent seasons.
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Understand how the play went
Thus, everything happened at blinds 4,000/8,000, with big blind ante. Mechammil opened raise to 16,000 in “middle position” with K9 of diamonds, called by Blom who had A8 of spades. Only the two saw the flop 7Q6, with one diamond and two hearts. The aggressor went check-call for 16,000 chips.
Additionally, the turn was a 7 of hearts and both checked. On the river, a 3 of spades came and Mechammil once again checked. Blom then bet 48,000 into a pot of 84,000. After thinking a bit, he decided to call and before he could show the losing hand, the Swede chose to fold and hid his cards.
Finally, it is clear that Blom was trying to bluff on the river. In fact, this was also clear to the opponent, who decided to call with only K high. The problem is that the Swede’s bluff was better than the American’s cards. The advice is always to reveal your cards with some value; you already spent chips bluffing, at least you will know with which hands you were called. To see how the play went, click here.
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