It was October 2009 when out of nowhere the account "Isildur1" appeared on Full Tilt Poker. He started to play the highest stakes and took on the biggest names in poker. It was going to be the biggest upswing the poker world had ever seen. Playing against the likes of Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, and Tom Dwan, sometimes all at once, a new sensation was born and railbirds were pulling all-nighters to witness the action.
What followed was probably the biggest downswing in online poker history, as his opponents started to figure him out and the "Isildur1" account started to lose big.