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Poker legend Chip Reese Dead at Age 56

zippyzippy Posts: 399
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One of the best Poker Players of all-time Chip Reese just died
a cash game specialist he won a fortune playing Poker & related games
He won the HORSE tourney at last yrs WSOP
The true test of a card player
The game just lost a true legend & A real class act

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  • bigfischebigfische Posts: 2,252 ✭✭
    how did he die?
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  • zippyzippy Posts: 399
    Monday nite was complaining about not feeling well
    went to bed & never woke up
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,033 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Poker Legend Chip Reese Died at 56 in Las Vegas

    Atlanta, GA 12/04/2007 10:11 PM GMT (FINDITT)

    Poker legend Chip Reese died in his sleep Tuesday in a Las Vegas hospital room. Reese was 56.

    The cause of his death is unknown, although it was said that he exhibited pneumonia-like qualities.

    In the course of his career, Reese, whose real first name is David, garnered almost $3.5 million in winnings and three World Series of Poker bracelets, with his final victory assuring his place in poker history.

    In 2006, he took down the first-ever championship in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament, the largest buy-in event in the history of the World Series of Poker.

    Reese was also inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.



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  • Cincykid8123Cincykid8123 Posts: 239

    Who did he play for in college?
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  • BigRedMachineBigRedMachine Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭
    Sad news. image

    Reese graduated from Dartmouth and was on his way to grad school at Stanford when he was sidetracked by Las Vegas. Pretty smart guy I imagine.

    By all accounts he was a great guy. Probably difficult to be liked while you're taking people's money.

  • zippyzippy Posts: 399
    Sidetracked, indeed
    stopped in Vegas
    played a small tourney & won 40K
    which was nice money for one days work back then
    come to think of it
    it's not bad even today
    of course he put law school on hold
    permanently
    smart move as he won over $100 million playing cash poker games

    youngest player to get in the Poker HOF as well
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭
    great player
    sad news

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  • hotmushhotmush Posts: 657
    Somewhere, in the darkness... the gambler he broke even.

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