ited ▁$ 2 , 5 0 0 ▁on ▁Party P oker . ▁He ▁discussed ▁his ▁plans ▁with ▁a ▁friend ▁and ▁off ▁he ▁went . ▁Two ▁days ▁later , ▁the ▁friend ▁asked ▁him ▁how ▁much ▁he ▁had ▁on ▁Party P oker , ▁expecting ▁him ▁to ▁say ▁he ▁had ▁b usted ▁out ▁or ▁had ▁at ▁most ▁$ 3 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁He ▁was ▁wrong . ▁Bl om ▁had ▁actually ▁won ▁over ▁$ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁just ▁two ▁days ▁of ▁play . ▁After ▁another ▁hot ▁stre ak ▁on ▁i P oker , ▁he ▁won ▁over ▁$ 1 . 7 ▁million ▁in ▁two ▁weeks . ▁ ▁Is ild ur 1 ▁ ▁Is ild ur 1 ▁first ▁appeared ▁at ▁Full ▁T ilt ▁P oker ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁and ▁remained ▁largely ▁un not iced ▁until ▁November , ▁when ▁he ▁began ▁playing ▁well - known ▁profession als ▁such ▁as ▁Tom ▁D wan , ▁Phil ▁I vey , ▁Brian ▁Town send , ▁Cole ▁South , ▁and ▁Pat rik ▁Anton ius ▁at ▁st akes ▁as ▁high ▁as ▁$ 5 0 0 /$ 1 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁He ▁reached ▁a ▁career ▁peak ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁November ▁with ▁total ▁w inn ings ▁of ▁$ 5 . 9 8 ▁million . ▁ ▁By ▁mid ▁December , ▁however , ▁he ▁was ▁down ▁$ 2 ▁million ▁net , ▁including ▁an ▁approximately ▁$ 4 ▁million ▁loss ▁to ▁Brian ▁H ast ings ▁on ▁ 8 ▁December , ▁when ▁the ▁two