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Chino Rheem Wins WPT Copy+Paste Title

by Wicked Chops Entity on 12.20.2008 in Poker News,Tournaments,World Poker Tour | no comments

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Looks like we were slightly off on which major tournament Chino Rheem was going to win.

Chino Rheem is running good.

After a poker career that for years wasn't too bad, wasn't too good, Chino has figured it out in 2008. He final tabled two WSOP tourneys (including the Main Event), and now, after never even having one World Poker Tour cash in his name, he has won the WPT Copy+Paste title.

Chino beat Justin Young heads-up for the win, banking $1,538,730. Young takes home $936,760.

Of note, Chino was NOT wearing a Poker Stars patch. Why? They dropped him. Chino had the biggest and most vocal support group at the final table and plenty of friends in the pro ranks, but behind the scenes he hasn't been worth the hassle for Stars, apparently. Like we always say though, can you really ever be mad at a guy named Chino?

The rest of the final table payouts were: Evan McNiff ($540,440), Steve Sung ($396,206), Amnon Filippi ($288,235), and Hoyt Corkins ($216,175).

Tagged as: Chino Rheem, Poker News, Poker Stars, World Poker Tour

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Chino Rheem, Hoyt Corkins, Amnon Filippi Gun for WPT Copy+Paste Title

by Wicked Chops Entity on 12.19.2008 in Poker News,Tournaments,World Poker Tour | no comments

Wpt-logo The WPT has once of its most pro-packed final tables in awhile at the Copy+Paste.

All six remaining players are full-time pros, and most of those are people you've actually heard of before too.

Leading the way is Steve Sung, stacked at 5,885,000. Sung has $1.4M in career earnings and a second place finish at the WPT Bay 101 event earlier this year.

He's followed by Evan McNiff with 4,805,000. McNiff is the only member of the McNiff/de Knijff combo to make the final table. He has five in-the-monies this year, including three cashes at the 2008 WSOP.

The rest of the final table includes former November NineTM hostage Chino Rheem (4,240,000) (note to Amanda Leatherman…do NOT ask him how he feels about being knocked out if he doesn't win the event…don't do it), Amnon Filippi (2,750,000), Justin Young (2,410,000), and Hoyt Corkins (2,295,000).

Follow the final table action later today here.

Tagged as: Chino Rheem, Hoyt Corkins, Poker News, World Poker Tour

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Don’t Ask Chino Rheem How He Feels After Busting Out of a Tournament

by Wicked Chops Entity on 11.11.2008 in Poker News | no comments

Who knows what they’ll show during tonight’s 2008 WSOP Main Event broadcast, but emotions were running high for Chino Rheem after he suffered a brutal bad beat from eventual winner Peter Eastgate and busted from the final table.

So when a reporter asked how he was feeling after the bust, let’s just say he felt like "poo-poo" and the question itself he thought was "making love" "not too intelligently."

Chino Rheem’s 2008 WSOP Main Event exit interview

Tagged as: 2008 WSOP Main Event, Chino Rheem

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Chino Rheem Will Not Win the 2008 WSOP Main Event

by Wicked Chops Entity on 11.9.2008 in Poker News,Tournaments | 1 comment

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Well, it was still a sick call.

When we picked "David" Chino Rheem to make a deep run in the 2008 WSOP Main Event, most people (like Andrew Feldman at ESPN.com) thought, "who"?

6,800+ eliminations later, Chino, the most experienced pro in the field, was knocked out of the 2008 WSOP Main Event in seventh place. Chino’s A-K was sucked out on by Peter Eastgate‘s A-Q.

But thanks for making us look smarter than we really are, Chino.

Actually, we’re pretty f’in smart, so thanks for validating that.

At the dinner break, the chip stacks are: Ivan Demidov 30,725,000, Peter Eastgate 27,175,000, the back in contention Dennis Phillips 26,950,000, Ylon Schwartz 20,475,000, Scott Montgomery 20,300,000, and Darus Suharto 10,600,000.

Tagged as: 2008 WSOP Main Event, Chino Rheem, Peter Eastgate, Poker News

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