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David “Chino” Rheems Wins First Epic Poker League Main Event

by Wicked Chops Entity on 8.13.2011 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

It was a big win for the poker community as Chino Rheem captured the first Epic Poker League Main Event.

How fitting.

David “Chino” Rheem captured the inaugural Epic Poker League Main Event.

For the win, Chino banked $1M. This marks Chino’s third million dollar plus score in three years.

Talk on Twitter and the forums immediately swirled around Chino paying off his multitude of backing debts, which Chino seemed to acknowledge and promised to make good on.

The “audience” (which–aside from friends and fam–were paid $64 to sit in the stands) witnessed the charismatic Chino defeat a mega talented final table (although maybe not the greatest ever, as Annie Duke claimed).

Coming in second was Erik Seidel ($604,330). This is Seidel’s 14th cash of the year, raising his 2011 winnings to over $6.2M.

The rest of the final table results were: Jason Mercier (3rd – $360,970), Hasan Habib (4th – $237,560), Gavin Smith (5th – $154,260), Huck Seed (6th – $107,980).

Finally, this.

* Photo Credit: Epic Poker Leauge

Tagged as: David "Chino" Rheem, Epic Poker League, Erik Seidel, Poker News

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Watch Erick Lindgren Win His First Bracelet on ESPN Tonight

by Wicked Chops Entity on 8.5.2008 in Uncategorized | 6 comments

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Erick Lindgen was among many big names pros who may have won tonight’s ESPN 2008 WSOP broadcast.

Now we don’t want to spoil who won tonight’s 2008 World Series of Poker broadcast, so let’s just say this: you may or may not have heard already, but this year ended up being officially tagged The Year of the ProTM.

In tonight’s broadcast (Event #4 – $5,000 Mixed Hold’em), the pros really helped drive home the point that it was the year of them, with a final table that included in no particular order of where they actually finished: 2008 WSOP Player of the Year Erick Lindgren, Justin Bonomo, Andrew Robl, Roland de Wolfe, David "ChinoTM" Rheem, Howard Lederer, David Williams, Pat Pezzin, and Isaac Haxton.

It’s probably a good idea for you guys to vote on who you think will win tonight’s ESPN broadcast on the WCP Forum here. Since you have no idea who won it. Vote here.

Also in case you missed it, vote for who you think will win The November 9TM here.

In related news, here’s a preview of a feature ESPN is doing on Erick Lindgren from his golf prop bet last year. We mention this because 1) it’s cool to see that make the ESPN broadcast, and 2) it appears as if ESPN has failed to give RawVegas.tv credit for use of the footage (at least during the segment). Watch the entire Erick Lindgren golf prop bet here and here.

Tagged as: 2008 WSOP, David "Chino" Rheem, Erick Lindgren.

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Odds on 2008 WSOP November 9(TM) – UPDATE

by Wicked Chops Entity on 8.3.2008 in Poker News | no comments

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Editor’s Note: When Harrah’s came to us back in April this year and said, "Hey Entities, we’re going to do this thingy with the 2008 WSOP Main Event final table were we delay it till November. Can you help us come up with a cool way to brand it?" we said "Ok…but it will be our trademark." They said, "We guess that’s aieght." So we said, "All right well we’re naming it ‘The November 9TM‘." And Harrah’s was like, "Coolio. We’re Audi 500." *

It took a little longer than we would’ve expected, but we finally have some odds on The November 9TM for the 2008 WSOP Main Event.

Dennis Phillips, who we are slowing changing our opinion on and possibly upgrading to "Good for PokerTM," leads "theTM" way at 3/1. He’s followed by Scott Montgomery at 4/1.

Our pick to win from the get-go, the guy you just can’t get mad at although we may be downgrading to "Bad for PokerTM" David "Chino" Rheem, is at 15/2. And with eight big blinds left, Tommy Rocky Horror Kelly Kim brings up the rear at 25/1.

Head over to Bodog Life here to view the rest of the odds. Discuss the odds or who you think has the best value in the WCP forum here.

* Conversation didn’t quite happen like that. Or at all.

UPDATE: Tell us who you think will take it down. Head over to the WCP forum and cast a vote in our poll here. (Btw, the correct answer is Chino Rheem).

Tagged as: 2008 WSOP, David "Chino" Rheem, Dennis Phillips, Poker News

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David “Chino” Rheem Downgraded to Potentially Bad for Poker

by Wicked Chops Entity on 7.17.2008 in Poker News | 1 comment

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This one hurts.

Turns out that David "Chino" Rheem, our random pick from the get-go to win the 2008 WSOP Main Event, has a warrant out for his arrest in Florida.

Chino, who got his start in Florida at the same casino as Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (who was sweating him big time en route to the final table), has multiple convictions, including felonies, in Broward County. According to the Sun Sentinal:

Eight years ago in Broward County, Rheem was convicted of dealing in stolen property and burglary, both felonies, as well as larceny and possession of marijuana, court records show. He was sentenced to four months jail time and 30 months probation.

He also failed to appear in court on a 2003 misdemeanor trespassing charge in Hollywood, according to state criminal records, leading to a court order for his arrest. The warrant for his arrest remains active.

Chino, come on man. However, since this site is all about the Entities and our agenda, we’re willing to overlook this, since he was our pick and all. In fact, we’d be willing to bet that Chino has since learned from his earlier indiscretions and has since set up multiple inner city rec centers to help mold the minds of youths in Florida. "Learn from my mistakes," he probably tells them, "and you too one day can win the World Series of Poker…" is what he says.

Good job, Chino. Readers, if there’s a lesson or two to be learned from all this: 1) get on our good side, and 2) have a friendly sounding nickname like "Chino." Can’t get mad at a guy named "Chino," can you?

Read the full Sun Sentinal here.

Tagged as: 2008 WSOP, David "Chino" Rheem

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2008 WSOP Main Event Final Table Is Set

by Wicked Chops Entity on 7.15.2008 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

2008 WSOP November Nine

These guys are it.

The 2008 WSOP Main Event has it’s "November NineTM" as the final table is finally set.

The chip leader for the next four months will be Dennis Phillips, stacked at 26,420,000. Phillips has been impressive and aggressive all today, playing the role of big stack well.

Our pick David "Chino" Rheem was up and down, but will go into final table play 7th overall with just under 11M.

The unofficial chip counts of the other remaining players are Ivan Demidov (23,920,000), Peter Eastgate (19,300,000), Scott Montgomery (19,300,000), Ylon Schwartz (13,040,000), Darus Suharto (13,020,000), Craig Marquis (10,120,000), and Kelly Kim (2,900,000).

All in all, this final table is a major bad beat considering the star power going into the last two days. But hey, that’s poker.

Tagged as: 2008 WSOP, David "Chino" Rheem, Dennis Phillips, poker

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