We just got word that the legendary Chip Reese has passed away.Chip Reese was considered by many old school poker pros to be one of the best all around players in the history of poker. Doyle Brunson called Chip Reese "the best seven-card stud player I had ever seen."

Reese won the 2006 WSOP $50K HORSE event in a marathon heads up session against Andy Bloch, proving to the entire world that he was indeed one of the best mixed game players of all time.

David "Chip" Reese was born in Dayton, Ohio and played poker as a kid using baseball cards as currency. During his teens in Dayton, Reese regularly played in home games with WPT announcer, Mike Sexton.

Reese graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in economics. He was the best player on campus and crushed the competition. The card room at his fraternity house was named the David E. Reese Memorial Card Room in his honor.

Chip Reese was accepted into law school at Stanford University and was planning on a career as an attorney. As the legend goes, in 1974 on his way out to California to attend law school, Reese stopped off in Las Vegas and started playing poker. He won a tournament worth over $60,000 and decided to skip law school and play poker for a living. He was once quoted saying, "Law doesn't have the same monetary incentive as poker."

Reese has three WSOP bracelets and would have won more if he played more tournaments. He was too busy beating the biggest cash games in the world to waste his time with tournaments.
Reese also wrote a chapter on seven-card stud in Super System.

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Chip Reese Passes Away


Reports are circulating this morning that Chip Reese was admitted to a Las Vegas area hospital last night with symptoms of pneumonia, and died in his sleep. Reese was 56 years old. Our hearts go out to his family and close friends.

David "Chip" Reese was easily one of the most respected poker players on the planet, with Barry Greenstein referring to him as the "Jack Nicklaus of Poker." Reese was a fixture at the "Big Game" in Las Vegas, and according to many reports, won the most money of any player at the game. Many considered Reese the best all-around poker player in the world.

Reese was born on March 28, 1951, and learned to play poker as a small child when he was home from school, suffering from rheumatic fever. He enjoyed competition, competing on his high school football and debate teams.

He attended Dartmouth College where he majored in economics. He was admitted to Stanford Business School, but decided not to attend after winning $40,000 in a Las Vegas poker tournament. At this point, Reese decided to play poker professionally and never turned back.

Reese won three World Series of Poker bracelets, including the $1000 Seven Card Stud Split event in 1978, the $5000 Seven Card Stud event in 1982 and the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event in 2006. In 1991, Reese was the youngest player to ever be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.

Reese was successful at pretty much everything that he did. He reportedly made tens of millions of dollars betting on sports as part of a sports-betting syndicate; he had almost $3 million dollars in life-time tournament cashes, and he won countless more millions playing cash game poker. There is a reason why Reese is a legend in Vegas.

The poker world has lost one of its legends. RIP Chip Reese. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.

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Chip Reese – Beerdigung der Pokerlegende in Las Vegas

Am vergangenen Freitag, dem 7.12.2007, fand die öffentliche Trauerfeier für Chip Reese statt. Die Pokerlegende ist in Las Vegas um 2 P.M (PST) zu Grabe getragen worden. In dieser Woche wird es zusätzlich eine Trauerfeier im Bellagio geben.

Will wer den erstklassigen Pokerspieler besuchen, wenn man sich in Vegas befindet, so findet man den Friedhof im Nordwesten von Las Vegas an der Adresse 6701 North Jones Ave. Schon bei der Beerdigung hatte die Familie darum gebeten, von Blumen am Grab abzusehen und statt dessen für die Alzheimer-Stiftung eine Spende zu tätigen.

Reese wurde Dienstag, den 4.12.2007 mit erst 56 Jahren tot in seinem Haus in Las Vegas aufgefunden.

Die offizielle Todesursache ist noch nicht freigegeben worden. Es gibt Spekulationen, dass er an Lungenentzündungssymptomen litt. Dass vermutet man seit Barry Greenstein in den Medien zitiert worden war, als er sagte, dass Reese Gesundheitsprobleme nach seiner Magenbypass-Operation hatte.

Als Kind entdeckte Chip Reese schon die Liebe für Poker, als er für Baseballkarten gegen Mike Sexton Poker spielte. Chip Reese betrat die professionelle Pokerszene, während er in Stanford in den 70ern Jus studierte. Eines Tages besuchte er einen Cardroom in Vegas, gewann und hörte dann nicht mehr auf, sein Leben Poker zu widmen. Sein Jus-Studium gab er dafür auf. Er spielte in kürzester Zeit um hohe Einsätze und lernte dabei einige Freunde kennen, darunter Doyle Brunson. Endgültig zum Pokerpro wurde er 1978, als er bei der WSOP sein erstes Bracelet gewann. Und es sollte nicht sein letztes sein – in den 80ern gewann er sein zweites Armband! Und wurde so bereits 1991 als jüngster Spieler in die Poker „Hall of Fame" aufgenommen!

Chip Reese vernachlässigte das Turnierspiel immer mehr und konzentrierte sich mehr und mehr auf reine Cashgames. Erst 2004 stieg er wieder in die Turnierszene ein und erregte großes Aufsehen, als er 2006 das $50k H.O.R.S.E. Event auf der WSOP und somit sein drittes Bracelet gewann. Damit ist er endgültig zur Pokerlegende geworden. Und viele Pokerpros sind der Meinung, dass er einer der besten Pokerspieler aller Zeiten war. Möge er uns in guter Erinnerung bleiben und in Frieden Ruhen!

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