CHINO TAKES THE DIAMOND CLASSIC
26 December 2008
1,538,730 reasons for playing a major live
tourney!
28-year-old poker pro David "Chino" Rheem has followed
his 2008 World Series of Poker final table appearance
with a major win, surviving a field of 497 and a tough
final six table to win the Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond
Classic. His reward was a winner's check for $1 538 730,
bringing his career winnings to date to over $4 million.
Rheem and 496 others anted up a buy-in of $15 000 for
the pleasure and experience of playing in the 6 day
tournament, which was held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas
this week.
The final table comprised Rheem, Amnon Filippi, Hoyt
Corkins, Steve Sung, Evan McNiff and Justin Young, with
the latter surviving to face Rheem in the heads up with
the chip lead, but as so often happens this fluctuated
frequently between the two survivors as they battled it
out for the big money. In the end, though it was Rheem
who prevailed, ending the game with a massive lead to
take the main prize. Justin Young collected a very
useful Christmas check for $936 760 for his second
place.
Rheem has achieved two seven-figure cashes in the last
five weeks for a total of $3.2 million, preceding the
Diamonds event with a seventh placing in the 2008 WSOP
final table. His previous best tournament cash was a
$327 000 check for a second place against Allen
Cunningham in a thousand dollar re-buy event during the
2006 WSOP.
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