Chip Reese

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Chip Reese

Name – David Reese
Birthday – March 28, 1951
Location – Centerville, Ohio
Online Screen Names - CaseyAtTheBat (Full Tilt Poker)

David Reese, better known as Chip Reese, is the best high stakes professional poker player in the world according to many students of the game. Although his bankroll is not as substantial as many other modern players, his reputation is fearsome, as is his poker playing skill. His skill is second to none, so it is no wonder that many players within the poker circuit look up to him and aim to achieve the same level of success.

Chip Reese is in fact the youngest player ever to be inducted into the Poker Hall Of Fame. He was inducted in 1991 and was forty years old at the time. He is commonly regarded as the best opponent that many a professional player has faced. Yet all this was achieved from meagre beginnings.

As a child in Dayton, Ohio, Reese excelled at poker from an early age and would bet baseball cards in place of chips. In fact, he excelled at numerous skilled games, including backgammon and rummy. However, poker was the favoured game of choice. After graduating, Reese chose to attend Dartmouth University to pursue a degree in economics. It appears that he always needed something to excel at! In fact, he is that revered in his college fraternity that they have since named their card room after him!

Law school beckoned after Dartmouth and Reese enrolled in Stanford. However, he didn’t make it that far. A quick stop in Las Vegas turned into a long term home! From the $400 he had when he rolled up, Reese managed to win $60,000 over the course of the weekend and never looked back. It was the start of his professional poker playing career, even though his family didn’t know it until a year later!

Reese has earned two World Series of Poker bracelets during his time at the table. The first was in the $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 1978 event and the second in 1982 for the $5,000 Seven Card Stud. This latter WSOP bracelet marked the end of Reese’s tournament career because he realised that they winnings were small compared to cash games. The Horseshoe Casino became his second home and winning millions of dollars in a weekend became standard for Reese. He only returned to the WSOP when his children requested that he appear on TV.

Upon his 2004 return, Reese made the final table and then finished 4th in the World Poker Tour later on in the year. Reese certainly topped of his career in style. He still plays to this day, but more with friends than on the circuit.

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