 | Most people know Russell Rosenblum from the 2002 (the year Varkonhi won). He was at the final table. Russ, a real estate attorney from Bethesda, Maryland and the Internet favorite that year, busted out 5th. Russ, like Paul Malgriel, has a habit of talking a lot to manipulate his opponents. The hand where he got eliminated at the WSOP was an interesting one becuase Russ tried to steal the blinds from the button by going all-in with his J 6 of Diamonds. Well, Julian Gardner found pocket Aces in his big blind and had no trouble calling all-in. Now Russ had only $92,000 and was out the next hand with A 8 against A K to Scott Gray. Russell admits he played a bad at the final table, and he failed to change gears. But there was a reason behind his move. The reason was based on the fact that every time he raised to steal the blinds, Julian Gardner (who was sitting to his left) kept reraiseing and forcing Russel to fold - but every time Russell went all-in Julian would fold. This, coupled wwith the fact that Russell only showed down a few hands over the prior few days (all good hands), made him think his position and table image were good enough to make the steal raise a good one.
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Alan Goehring
