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Originally Posted by PimpLotta
My best guess is that he broke the backers rules playing too high PLO w/o cap AND drunk and was booted.
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Originally Posted by PimpLotta
He should have more than $550,
So how could he be broke?
1. Booted by backer
2. Backer wanted out earlier and thats what he had left
3. Isildur finaly figured he should safe some winnings before busting again, buy a house/car/w.e
4. Transfer to other sites
5. Lost in live cashgame at the EPT
6. CR was tired of datamining and just got FTP security to confiscate all founds and transfer to CR
7. ?
But the whole thing is really weird, he had lots of $$$$ on the table and was ready to play townsend more, and the day after just broke?
Also seems weird a backer would only start him off with $50-$100k. That being said $1.7 / 2 = $800k so that would actually be what he owed a backer if he wanted out at highest peek. I can just see the chat:
Isildur: im gonna play townsend now 3/6 PLO
Backer: what??? no way!! are you drunk?
Isildur: just a little lol
Backer: Im not gonna back that, I want out!!
Isildur: lol, pussy, sure thing bud, more for me
Backer: thats $800k than!
Isildur: ok
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It looks to me like PimpLotta has nailed it. The last few days in summary:
- Isildur resumes playing ZeeJustin after previous day's big win, starts spewing, drops some $200K+ and admits in chat that he's a little drunk
- Isildur quits ZJ to play Townsend (who seems to turn up within seconds of Isildur announcing he's drunk ^^) at 300/600 PLO
- Isildur drops another $600K or so to Townsend before quitting
- The following day Isildur plays a single table of 6max cap PLO - buying in for an odd number of dollars and cents only just above table minimum and not hassling anyone to move up stakes or play HU. After winning a pot he splits this over 3 tables and then quits when he loses
- The next day Isildur is spotted playing at a single PLO .25/.50 table, busts and leaves
- Yesterday his only game was the FTOPS main event $500 buyin - a single table full ring tourney at which he patiently waits for premium hands and spots, otherwise just clicking 'fold' for hours in pursuit of a main prize that's smaller than single pots he was playing for three days before
- Nothing since
Sadly, it looks as if the kid has blown the second coming. I hope not, I hope he's just having a few days rest, but all evidence points to Isildur being busto. I suspect the conversation with backer was exactly as PimpLotta describes. If it
was Tony G, I can just hear him screaming down the phone "What the f*** do you think you're doing with my money kid??? Ship it back NOW!!!!"
If this it true, it would seem that the only hopes for him now are:
- For the backer to have a change of heart - Isi did generate around $900K profit in three days after all, despite the contract breaking/spew... that's not a bad return on any investment
- For another backer to step in - anyone out there up for a potential $300K-$1million profit per day on a highly volatile investment? How about you CR crew??
- Isildur to rebuild his bankroll himself
I do hope one of these happens. If I had a spare couple of million I'd definitely stake him $250K at a time, on the proviso that I got it back the second he'd doubled up, and a percentage cut weekly thereafter. It'd be great to see the mad, fearless, undisciplined genius back lighting up the nosebleeds again.
Whichever way it goes Isildur can at least take heart that he's lived the dream... and at the very least he's got a bunch of equity he could cash in by selling his story.
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