In the WSOP $10K High Roller event, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom mistakenly folded his winning Ace-high hand after betting on the river before his opponent had even shown his cards, resulting in the loss of the pot and ultimately preventing him from making the money.
On Tuesday, online poker legend Viktor “Isildur1” Blom made a costly “oops” mistake during a $10k event livestream at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
This online poker legend in event #11:10,000 GMillion On the second day of the High Roller No-Limit Hold'em tournament, when facing Rick Mechammil, he had only one hand in his hand when he bet on the river – Ace-high.
Although Mechammil called the bet, Blom's unpaired hand remained the strongest. However, the number one ranked player in Sweden ultimately failed to win the pot...
How did this happen?
This hand, edited and shared by Rob Kuhn on the X platform, was fairly standard, culminating in a heroic call on the river. Mechammil raised pre-flop with K♦9x, and Blom called with A♠8♠, seeing the flop come 7♦Q♥6♥, which didn't significantly benefit either player.
Mechammil, holding a backdoor flush draw, checked and called a bet. The turn, an 8♥, didn't improve either player's hand. Both players checked, and then the river landed a mediocre 3♠.
Both players had only high cards, and Mechammil checked on the river. Blom bet a little over half the pot, bluffing with his best hand, but was called by a weaker hand. However, after the call, before his opponent showed his hand, Blom immediately folded.
Mechammil ultimately advanced with the 16th largest chip stack among the remaining 64 players at the end of Day 2; while Blom, after making this costly mistake, had about four times his river bet left with chips and ultimately failed to make the money, exiting the tournament with 627 entries.
This was a major blunder, but it's certainly not the biggest showdown blunder in poker history. That title belongs to convicted felon Tom Goldstein, then a mystery player using the pseudonym "Thomas," who folded a winning straight at showdown in a $540,000 cash game pot at Hustler Casino Live in 2024.
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