Chip Reese(credit: Wikipedia)
David “Chip” Reese passed away on December 4, 2007 at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada. He had been suffering symptoms of pneumonia and, according to a report by the Associated Press, he “died in his sleep.” Only 56, Reese, a graduate of Dartmouth College, had already achieved poker greatness. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1991, the youngest player to receive the honor. In 2006, Reese also took down the WSOP $50,000 HORSE tournament, prompting Daniel Negreanu to call him the “True King of Poker.”
Reese won his first World Series bracelet in 1978 in Seven Card Stud Split and his second in 1982. That was a $5,000 Seven Card stud tournament. Doyle Brunson in his seminal work on poker,
Super/System, referred to Reese as “the best Seven Card Stud player I’ve ever played with.” Reese wrote the chapter on the Seven Card Stud in
Super/System.
Wildly and deservedly respected, Reese will be sorely missed by his fellow professionals and the poker community. His family has requested that in lieu of flowers or other gifts, people offer donations to the
Alzheimer’s Association in Chip’s name.
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