David Edward "Chip" Reese (born March 28, 1951) is an American professional gambler from Centerville, Ohio. Nickname: The Entertainment Capital of the World; Sin City Location of Las Vegas in Nevada Coordinates: County Clark Mayor Oscar B. Goodman(D) Area    - City 131. ... This article is about the U. S. state of Nevada. ... The WSOP logo. ... The large and growing jargon of poker includes many terms. ... The 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. ... Centerville is the name of some places in the United States of America: Centerville, Georgia Centerville, Indiana Centerville, Iowa Centerville, Maine Centerville, Massachusetts Centerville, Minnesota Centerville, Missouri Centerville, New York Centerville, North Carolina Centerville, Gallia County, Ohio Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio Centerville, Pennsylvania Centerville, South Carolina Centerville, South Dakota Centerville... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ...

He suffered from rheumatic fever during his elementary years at school and had to stay at home for almost a year. During this time, his mother taught him how to play several board and card games and Reese later described himself as "a product of that year." By the age of six, he was regularly beating fifth-graders at poker. At high school he was an excellent football player and appeared in the national finals of debating. Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease which may develop after a Group A streptococcal infection (such as strep throat or scarlet fever) and can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Debate is a formalized system of (usually) logical argument. ...

He attended Dartmouth College, after turning down an offer at Harvard University. At Dartmouth, he played freshman football briefly, participated in debate and majored in economics. He also had tremendous success in poker games against students and some of his professors. He taught his fraternity brothers at the Beta house to play a variety of card games, including bridge and FYB. His fraternity's card room was later named the "David E. Reese Memorial Card Room". He was admitted to Stanford Business School, but decided instead to play poker professionally after winning $40,000 in a tournament in Las Vegas. By the time he would have started at Stanford, he had made $100,000.^[1] His first visit to Las Vegas was so financially rewarding and so much fun that he literally never left--calling several days later to quit his day job in Arizona and later hiring someone to fly to Arizona to clean out his apartment and drive his car to Las Vegas. Dartmouth College is a private academic institution in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Face-to-face trading interactions among on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor Economics or oeconomics is the study of human choice behaviour. ... Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game of skill and chance (the relative proportions depend on the variant played). ... Stanford Graduate School of Business, also known as Stanford Business School or Stanford GSB, is one of the top business schools in the world, and part of Stanford University. ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ...

Shortly afterwards, Reese wrote the seven-card stud section for Doyle Brunson's Super System, the best-selling poker book of all time. In it, Brunson describes Reese as "one of the two finest young ... poker players in the world" and the best seven-card stud player he had ever played.^[2] He won the $1000 Seven Card Stud Split event at the World Series of Poker in 1978, and the $5000 Seven Card Stud tournament there in 1982. His tournament results may seem modest, but he has decided to concentrate his efforts on cash games instead. He has been named in various gamblers' magazines as the best all-around gambler in the world, being proficient not only at all games of poker but also in games like gin and backgammon. Seven-card stud is a variant of stud poker. ... Doyle Texas Dolly Brunson (born August 10, 1933 in Longworth, Texas) is an American poker player who has played professionally for over 40 years. ... Super/System is one of the most famous and seminal books about how to play poker. ... Poker Room at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, which is awarded to the player or players... The WSOP logo. ...

He later became the card room manager at the Dunes casino. In 1991, he became the youngest living player to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. As of 2006, he still plays poker but also bets on sports. ^{[citation needed]} Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. ... The Poker Hall of Fame is a group of poker players who have played poker well against top competition for high stakes over a long period of time. ...

At the 2006 World Series of Poker, Reese won the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event, taking home the $1,716,000 first prize when his A♣ Q♣ held up against Andy Bloch's 9♣ 8♠ in the final hand, on a board of J♠ 7♣ 7♠ 4♥ 4♠. This event was notable for having the largest buy-in in WSOP history, as well as the longest heads-up battle with Reese and Bloch playing for 7 hours and 286 hands. By comparison, the final table of the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event lasted for 232 hands total. The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with satellite events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions scheduled for June 28 and 29. ... H.O.R.S.E is a form of poker commonly played at the high stakes tables at casinos. ... Andy Bloch is a poker player who started playing seriously in 1992, entering some small $35 weekly tournaments once a month. ... The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. ...

As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,500,000.

• The purported amounts he made as a member of the "Computer Group," one of the most successful sports-betting syndicates in history, are likely in the tens of millions.

References

• Brunson, Doyle et al. (1978). Super/System. New York, N.Y.: Cardoza Publishing. 1580420818.
• Legends of Poker - David 'Chip' Reese. Poker News. Retrieved on 2006-05-10.
• Chip Reese. Poker Babes. Retrieved on 2006-05-10.

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Notes

1. ^ Super System 127.
2. ^ Super System 127–128

External links

• Barry Greenstein's player analysis of Reese
• World Poker Tour profile
• PokerListings.com interview
• Hendon Mob tournament results