Speedyfold Poker Blog

The mysterious Isildur1 on Full Tilt has been revealed as retired Swedish ice hockey pro Mats Sundin. He played 11 seasons with the Torono Maple Leafs, the majority of them as team captain.

Since his retirement in Sept 2009 he has been playing a huge amount of online poker player with a view to it being a career post-hockey. Ironically he has already done endorsement work for Full Tilt’s bitter rivals Pokerstars in 2008, although that deal was only a temporary one whilst he was still a NHL player.

For a long time Viktor Blom was widely suspected as Isidur1 but always denied it. Sundin is perhaps a surprise to some but things do add up easy in retrospect. Ex-sportsmen like Benamine and Antonius often look for a new competitive persuit post-retirement. And with Sundin having very substantial amounts of cash and assets and a heavily competitive spirit, poker really fits the bill. At age 39 he is still relateively young in sense of careers vs retirement. With a bit more discipline he could quite easily turn his talents into long term success on the green felt.

Mats Sundin will be playing in the Party Poker Big Game in mid April following his friendly relationship and backing relationship with Tony G (who is heavily involved as a Party Poker Pro)