Chino Rheem Wins Third World Poker Tour Title and $705,885 at Seminole Hard Rock

It was just over one year ago that Anthony Zinno joined Carlos Mortensen and Gus Hansen in the three-time World Poker Tour champion club. Now, that trio has company in the form of Chino Rheem, who won his third WPT title after besting a field of 342 entries in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown $10,000 Finale.

“Honestly, because of where I’m at in life, man, it’s probably number one right now,” Rheem said when asked where this WPT win ranked among the three he has earned. “With everything I’ve been through and where I’m at in life and where my head’s at, this probably would be the number one, even though it’s not even a million-dollar score. It’s the smallest one I’ve done of the big ones, but this ranks as being up there as far as timing and everything.”

His two other WPT titles? Rheem won the 2008 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic for over $1.5 million and the 2013 WPT World Championship for $1.15 million. Now, with another $705,855 in winnings, Rheem moved over $8 million in career live tournament earnings.

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With Rheem, though, there’s always the question of his past, and while he’s enjoyed plenty of success in the poker world, Rheem has a few scars he carries along with him. He’s had some much-talked-about money troubles and was once put on probation by the Epic Poker League after winning its inaugural event.

But now, Rheem hopes to look ahead to greener pastures, and he hopes he can continue to write the story of his legacy as someone respected for his play on the felt.

“What do I want my legacy to be?” Rheem repeated …

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