30 November 2025
Another poker legend in the making? An anonymous swedish online poker player is crushing the tables - and no, we're not talking about Isildur1. This player goes by the name of Sheater, and remains anonymous in order to avoid paying taxes.
It was only at the PCA 2011 that Isildur1 revealed himself as Viktor Blom. He moved to London since foreign citizens don't pay taxes on online gambling, and this is why Sheater (his PartyPoker's username) doesn't want to reveal his identity yet.
At the
Pocket Fives online
tournaments ranking, Sheater occupies the 2nd position, behind
Chris Moorman. The anonymous player said he only discovered poker 4 years ago, in a trip to Sydney.
Since then he has accumulated $4 million in winnings playing online tournaments; his best results was a 2nd place at SCOOP's event #10 High. At PokerStars he plays with the username gnetaren, and in this SCOOP tournament he was only beat by yadio.
This November he has won Full Tilt Poker's Sunday Brawl (with the nickname O Shark Eater O), earning $52,440; he also achieved another 2nd place - this time at a William Poker's iPOPS tournament, receving $36,000.
His immediate objective is to "save. I want to buy an apartment, but prices are too high in Sweden".
According to the Pocket Fives website these are his numbers:
Lifetime Total: $4,075,879
Largest Cash: $92,961
Number of Cashes: 4,159
Average Cash: $980
