Rheem Wins Poker Championship

December 28, 2008

Many people are under the mistaken impression that poker ends with the World Series of Poker Tour. They think that once that last game is played that this is it until next year. However, this is simply not true. There are many poker tournaments out there that run year after year, and all year long. This makes it extremely exciting for poker players as they know that if they didn’t do well in the tournament they just finished, they have another chance coming.

The latest poker tournament was the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic. It was played at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, and the winner was David Rheem. Rheem had not yet won a big poker tournament game in the series, but more than made up for it this time around. Rheem took home more than $1.5 million.

There were 497 players entering into the poker tournament, which was a $15,000 buy in. The second place winner was Justin Young, and many thought that he might have a chance in taking it, but it was Rheem’s year. Young took home almost $1 million, and Evan McNiff rounded out the top three with $540,440.

The poker game was one more step on the poker tour for many of these players. The Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic is easily one of the premier events for the World Poker tour. Rheem set himself apart from the rest with his excellence in playing, and was simply thrilled to win his first World Poker Tour championship.