Blair Rodman Wins WSOP Event #47 (2007)
July 2, 2007
Blair Rodman, in his twelfth WSOP final, claimed his first bracelet Sunday in Event #47, $2,000 No Limit Hold'Em. In what became a powerful final, Rodman sprung from the middle of the pack to beat out Amato Galasso for 1st place, taking home the WSOP bracelet and $707,898. The event began as follows:
Seat1 - Mark McKibben $643,000
Seat2 - David Schnettler $267,000
Seat3 - Klein Kim Bach $1,120,000
Seat4 - Joe Pelton $681,000
Seat5 - Blair Rodman $712,000
Seat6 - Steve "Stan" Crawford $1,498,000
Seat7 - Amato Galasso $1,165,000
Seat8 - Anna Wroblewski $1,137,000
Seat9 - Roland de Wolfe $961,000
Crawford, starting as the leader, was the next to fall as Bach took his all-in pot with Ace-high. Crawford finished 5th at $135,384. In the very next hand, Bach made another strong move that eliminated Wroblewski at 4th with $192,876. Bach's run swiftly ended several hands later, taking 3rd at $289,314.
At hand 73, heads-up play began with Rodman's stack twice that of Galasso's - 5,550,000 to 2,600,000. More than 50 hands later, Galasso had taken a strong lead. Another 30 hands passed before Rodman made his final move with two J's over Galasso's Ace-high. Galasso finished 2nd with $448,808 while Rodman took the 1st place bracelet and $707,898.
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