Chino Rheem Wins!
by Court on 12.20.08, 5:49 am
After pulling ahead to a lead it wasn’t long before Chino Rheem (pictured) saw his lead vanish and found himself drawing to a flush to stave off elimination in second place at the hands of Justin Young. Young was able to get a couple of key double ups before getting Chino all in on an A
6
3 flop where Young had the A3
for two pair while Chino was drawing with the T4. Chino hit his flush with the 6 on the turn, but Young still had 6 outs for a full house to win the tournament. He didn’t hit on the river and Chino was able to double back to the chip lead and an 18 million to 4 million chip advantage.
After that the two continued to battle but Young was never able to get over 6 million chips. In the last hand Chino raised to 720k and Young made the call. On the Q83 flop Young check raised all in over the top of a 1.2 million bet from Chino. Rheem called and when the hands were turned up Justin had flopped top pair with the Q5 but Chino was in control with pocket kings. The kings held up on the turn and the river and with that Chino Rheem claimed the title at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic and the $1,538,730 that goes along with it.
After playing a great tournament Justin Young is left with a runner up finish, but still gets almost a million dollars for his effort. His $936,760 cash is his largest to date and a great score for the solid pro.
Rheem and Young put on a heads up battle worth remembering, playing for hours and battling back and forth with neither giving an inch and both playing solid, patient, aggressive poker in their quest for the title. In the end Chino came out on top, but Young was 2 cards away from the title and can have no regrets about his play from start to finish in this tournament.
