Rodman Wins $2K NL Hold’em as Doyle Brunson Chases Record
Tuesday, 3 July 2007
The final table of the World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha (Event
50) game could see Doyle Brunson equal Phil Hellmuth’s record 11
WSOP bracelets.
The chip counts at the start of play will be:
1.
The final table of the World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha (Event
50) game could see Doyle Brunson equal Phil Hellmuth’s record 11
WSOP bracelets.
The chip counts at the start of play will be:
1. Tommy Ly 1,895,000
2. Robert Mizrachi 1,090,000.
3. Rene Mouritsen 775,000
4. Patrik Antonius 650,000
5. Doyle Brunson 510,000
6. Jonas Flug-Entin 445,000
7. Marco Traniello 420,000
8. Stephen Ladowsky 360,000
9. Steve Sung 175,000
While he has only just over a quarter of the chip leader’s
collateral, 74-year-old Brunson could see a huge position change if
he took out Flug-Entin, Traniello or Ladowsky. As a high-stakes
cash game player, Brunson has made a friend of pressure, but with
pride on the table, some extra edge is expected.
As they say, all it takes is ‘a chip and a chair’, and Blair
Rodman won the $2,000 No Limit Hold’em event from 6th place at the
start of the final table. Despite being a veteran of the poker
circuit, this was his first WSOP win, earning him $707,898. Rodman
is a professional gambler and has made nearly $4m during his
career. Like Brunson, Rodman also has a degree in business and
benefits from a philosophical attitude. He said, “I almost didn’t
play. If I would not have been knocked out of that Omaha High-Low
event, I would not have been here. So, I guess getting busted in
that event was a good thing.”
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