Blair Rodman

{{Short description|American poker player (born 1954)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox poker player

| name = Blair Rodman

| nickname =

| image = Blair Rodman.jpg

| caption = Rodman after winning the $2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em event at the 2007 World Series of Poker

| residence = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|April 5, 1954}}

| birth_place = Troy, New York, U.S.

| wsop bracelet count = 1

| wsop money finishes = 47

| wsop main event best finish rank = 34th

| wsop main event best finish year = 2009

| wpt titles = None

| wpt final tables = 2

| wpt money finishes = 2

| updated = {{nobold|July 20, 2009}}

}}

Blair Rodman (born April 5, 1954, in Troy, New York) is an American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Rodman has been playing poker professionally since 1985, when he quit his job dealing craps.

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. In March 2005, he made his first World Poker Tour (WPT) final table, finishing 2nd to Arnold Spee in the 2005 World Poker Challenge.{{Cite web |title=2005 World Poker Challenge, Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=10814 |access-date=December 24, 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}} In May 2005, Rodman made the final table of the Professional Poker Tour event won by Ted Forrest.{{Cite web |title=2005 Mirage Poker Showdown, PPT No Limit Hold'em Final |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=12401 |access-date=March 29, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}} He also made the final tables at the 2nd and 3rd Ultimate Poker Challenge grand finals, finishing 2nd and 6th respectively.{{Cite web |title=Ultimate Poker Challenge, Main Event - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=13764 |access-date=March 29, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Ultimate Poker Challenge, UPC Final - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=15544 |access-date=March 29, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}} He made a second WPT final table in February 2006, again finishing 2nd, this time to Barry Greenstein in the Pro-Celebrity Invitational event.{{Cite web |title=2006 L.A. Poker Classic, WPT Invitiational - No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=16321 |access-date=March 29, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}} On July 1, 2007, Rodman won his first bracelet, in the 2007 World Series of Poker $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event, winning $707,898.{{Cite web |title=38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=26191 |access-date=March 29, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}}

As of 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,500,000.{{Cite web |title=Blair Rodman's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=6432 |access-date=December 24, 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} His 60 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,768,345 of those winnings.{{Cite web |title=Blair Rodman |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=722 |access-date=March 29, 2024 |website=WSOP.com}}

Rodman is the co-author, with Lee Nelson, of the book Kill Phil: The Fast Track to Success in No-Limit Hold 'em Poker Tournaments ({{ISBN|0-929712-24-2}}).{{Cite book |last1=Rodman |first1=Blair |last2=Nelson |first2=Lee |last3=Heston |first3=Steven |title=Kill Phil: The Fast Track to Success in No-Limit Hold 'em Poker Tournaments |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W2KgfgHYhvQC |access-date=March 29, 2024 |date=June 2009 |publisher=Huntington Press Inc |isbn=978-1-935396-31-4 |language=en}}