Blair Rodman is an American professional poker player born on April 5th, 1954, in Troy, New York. Blair Rodman had his own business from where he provided a stable income, as he was working as a dealer in the game of craps. His career in poker began in 1985 when Blair Rodman decided to give up his business to try the view from the other side for a change.
Blair Rodman has interests in many fields - sports betting, blackjack tournaments, casino tournaments, golf gambling and poker. He has had numerous finishes in the money at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in hold'em, seven-card stud and Omaha poker tournaments. Blair Rodman`s best achievement was on June 29, 2007 when he got his first World Series of Poker bracelet. After cashing in two events in the 2007 WSOP, he finally won the $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em event, topping a field of 2,038 players to gain more than $700,000.
Blair Rodman was very confident in his skills and knew that he would succeed as a poker professional. That’s why he has always been winning money. His first cashing was on May 3, 1991 in the Limit Hold'em game of the 22nd Annual World Series of Poker. On the next day, he once again finished in the money in a Limit Omaha game. Blair Rodman also succeed to finish in the money in three World Series of Poker events in 1993. In 1996 he entered the 27th Annual World Series of Poker and reached the final table, winning US$6,875. In 2004, Blair Rodman cashed in six WSOP events, in three of which he managet to reach the final table. He kept up that tempo and had three cashes in 2005 and four more in 2006 Blair Rodman has also success at the Aussie Millions and the World Poker Tour. He made the final tables at the 2nd and 3rd Ultimate Poker Challenge grand finals, finishing respectively 2nd and 6th. From the year 1985 untill 2008 his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,900,000.
Aside form the poker table Blair Rodman and Lee Nelson, another professional poker player, have co-written together a book, called “Kill Phil”. The book presents a strategy for no-limit poker tournaments and some important poker concepts that improve on Kill Phil Basic, and some high-level plays and strategies. Although Blair Rodman directs all his power to poker, he has made a try at golf. He played in the first-ever World Series of Golf in 2007, which combined poker betting strategies with his favorite game. Poker has also helps Blair Rodman find luck in love. He met his wife while she was working as a poker dealer at the Mirage, Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.