The winner of Event #47, the $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship was 53-year old longtime professional gambler Blair Rodman, from Las Vegas, NV, in what was his first WSOP triumph.

Rodman gambles professionally -- mostly on golf, sports, and poker, and has been playing in the WSOP since 1982.

This will rank as one of his biggest pay days ever, as first place paided out $707,898.


Rodman earned a B.S. degree in business. Aside from gambling, Rodman co-authored the popular book, "Kill Phil" which explains counterstrategies designed to beat the best poker players in the world.