Most likely the best Stud player ever.
R.I.P. David “Chip” Reese
Posted on 12/05/2007 6:01:56 AM PST by SubGeniusX
LAS VEGAS (AP) — David "Chip" Reese, a card star who won one of the biggest cash games in the world and three World Series of Poker championships, has died. He was 56.
Reese died in his sleep and was found by his son early Tuesday morning at his Las Vegas home after suffering from symptoms of pneumonia, said poker great Doyle Brunson, his longtime friend.
"I knew him for 35 years, I never saw him get mad or raise his voice," Brunson said. "He had the most even disposition of anyone I've ever met. He's certainly the best poker player that ever lived."
After attending Dartmouth College, Reese was on his way to Stanford business school in the early 1970s when he stopped by a Las Vegas poker room and won big, said World Series of Poker media director Nolan Dalla.
"He just accidentally stumbled into Las Vegas and never left," Dalla said.
His immediate success at cash games and low-key persona won him friends, even among those who wound up passing him their chips.
Despite winning three World Series champion's bracelets over the last four decades, including a $1.8 million HORSE event in 2005 that combines five poker disciplines, Reese focused his attention on high-stakes cash games away from the limelight.
"I've seen him with a million dollars in front of him," said Dalla, describing how Reese would put out racks of $5,000 chips "like he was betting a few bucks."
Reese was part of a generation of players in the 1970s that challenged established greats like Brunson, Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston Jr. and Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson, Dalla said.
Brunson and Reese eventually became business partners, investing in everything from oil wells and mining to TV stations and racehorses and becoming sports betting consultants.
None of the ventures was successful, Brunson said.
"We went to look for the Titanic. We went to look for Noah's Ark. We were two of the biggest suckers whenever it came to business, but we both had poker to fall back on," Brunson said. "Thank God we could play, so we always survived."
Reese's prowess at both cash and tournament play was cemented with his 2005 win, said World Series of Poker commissioner Jeffrey Pollack.
"Many consider Chip the greatest cash-game player who ever lived," Pollack said in a news release. "His victory in the inaugural $50,000 buy-in HORSE championship ... made him a part of WSOP lore forever."
Reese is survived by a son, a daughter and a stepdaughter, Brunson said. He was recently divorced from his wife.
Services are planned for Friday in Las Vegas, Brunson said.
Most likely the best Stud player ever.
R.I.P. David “Chip” Reese
CSI Episode? 56 is awfully young.
Gambling ping!
Is he really dead or just bluffing?
I dunno - sounds like he really cashed in his chips...
Poker Ping...
From: Professional-Poker.com - Chip Reese
As the legend goes, in 1974 on his way out to California to attend law school, Chip Reese stopped off in Las Vegas with $400 in his pocket. He started playing low-limit Seven-card Stud. By the end of the weekend, he won first place in a Seven-card Stud tournament, which paid $60,000. He never made it to Stanford. A year passed before he finally told his parents that he did not attend law school and instead, he spent that time as a professional poker player in Las Vegas. He was once quoted saying, “Law doesn’t have the same monetary incentive as poker.”
Poker hall-of-famer dies: Reese 'top dog' in cash games, colleagues say
The article is a great read.
Poker Ping!
Thanks go out to SubGeniusX for the heads up.
R.I.P. David "Chip" Reese
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.
And may perpetual light shine upon him.
May the souls of the faithfully departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.
Amen.
I guess when the Lord calls, you lay your cards on the table.
Chip Reese battled obesity throughout the years. He had some big up and down swings wih weight. That can shorten a lifespan.
I wonder if he checked himself out APO, since they’d normally want you overnight for pneumonia.
At least they can provide some antibiotics and O2s for the shortness of breath episodes (I’ve been dealing with apparent mild “walking pneumonia” for a couple weeks now, starting with a trip to the ER which was a HUGE relief at the time).
In fact I’d give 10:1 that he walked against MD advice. Poor guy.
Tuesday Dec 04, 2007
published: about 21 hours ago
Chip Reese: 1951-2007
BY: BOB PAJICH | bob.pajich@cardplayer.com
PUBLISHED: Tuesday Dec 04, 2007 10:47 AM
One of the Greatest High-Stakes Cash Game Players Passes On
Chip ReeseDavid “Chip” Reese, the three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, longtime cash-game star, and member of the Poker Hall of Fame, has died. He was 56.
Card Player has learned that Reese went to the hospital last night with symptoms of pneumonia but was then sent home later that night and passed away in his sleep. Card Player’s original information reported that he had died at the hospital.
Reese, the Ohio native who learned to play poker while attending Dartmouth, was a regular in the biggest cash games and was considered the best seven-card stud player in the world. Doyle Brunson held Reese’s play in such high regard that he pegged him to pen the chapter on stud for his book “Super System.”
He affirmed his position as one of the world’s best all-around players in 2006 when he won the $50,000 WSOP H.O.R.S.E. event ($1.8 million). He also won bracelets in 1982 and 1978 ($5,000 limit stud and $1,000 stud split).
Please check back with CardPlayer.com for more information when further details become available.
RIP.
Sad...
I really enjoyed watching him play..
A real gentleman, in a sport running short of same....
At least I can continue to play against Chip on my “Poker Superstars” program...
“Chip” is a legend in the game. Reese introduced a lot of hold ‘em players like me to the game of 7 stud with his chapter on the game in “Super System”. Mike Matusow’s and Phil Hellmuth’s in the game are a dime a dozen...Chip Reese’s do not.
RIP, Chip.
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