Chino Rheem wins his first WPT title

December 20th, 2008

Last month, Chino Rheem finished 7th at the WSOP Main Event, netting a cool $1.8 million. December brought Chino his first major championship, The Doyle Brunson Poker Classic, and another monster payday, $1.5 million.

Chino bested a very tough field that included: Hoyt Corkins, Amnon Filippi, and Steve Sung.

The final hand saw Justin Young move in with top pair (Q5) unfortunately for Justin, Chino had pocket Kings.

Final table lineup, Preliminary event results

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