Poker Stars invites all comers to challenge Viktor “Isildur1” Blom in heads-up poker with the Superstar Showdown.
The PokerStars SuperStar Showdown consists of a single session lasting exactly 2,500 hands spread across four tables of NL Hold’em tables and PL Omaha with stakes of at least $50/$100. Whichever player wins the other’s bankroll before those 2,500 hands are up is the winner. If no one busts out then the player showing a profit at the end of 2,500 hands is declared the winner.
Poker Stars will not be funding challengers in the SuperStar Showdown, meaning you have to supply your own bankroll. But if you can do it, then this is a chance to play against one of the world’s best and most notorious online cash game poker players. Poker Stars requires challengers to place the equivalent of 1,500 big blinds (or $150,000 at $50/$100 stakes) in escrow with the site in order to secure the match. This indicates to PokerStars and Isildur1 that you’re actually serious about your challenge.
Since December of 2010, 11 players have participated in the SuperStar Showdown (or 10 players really; Daniel Negreanu played twice). Of all those matches only the first challenger, Isaac Haxton, and Daniel Negreanu on his second attempt managed to best Isidlur1. To challenge Viktor Blom to a SuperStar Showdown of your own, email PokerStars at showdown at pokerstars dot com.
You can find the SuperStars Showdown tables under the Showdown tab in the No Limit/Pot Limit part of the Hold’em Cash Game lobby.