Poker Players Championship Rewind: 2006 - David "Chip" Reese
Back at the 37th World Series of Poker in 2006, a new event was added to the schedule, and at the time it was called the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship.
The event attracted 143 entrants at the time, and created a prize pool of $6,864,000 that saw some of the world's best poker players take a seat in this inaugural event.
The likes of Cong Do, Ralph Perry, David Levi, Joe Cassidy, Barry Greenstein, Gavin Smith, Robert Williamson III, and Patrick Antonius all registered an in-the-money finish but fell short of the final table.
The final table would be one of the longest in history at the time lasting 12 hours, however it would be the heads-up battle between David "Chip" Reese and Andy Bloch that set the record at the time of lasting 7 hours and 10 minutes. Eventually it would be Reese claiming victory over Bloch for his third WSOP bracelet; and unfortunately last after he passed away in 2007.
Posthumously, the WSOP named the David "Chip" Reese Memorial Trophy after him, and awards it every year to the winner of the Poker Players Championship.
2006 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | David "Chip" Reese | United States | $1,784,640 |
| 2nd | Andy Bloch | United States | $1,029,600 |
| 3rd | Phil Ivey | United States | $617,760 |
| 4th | Jim Bechtel | United States | $549,120 |
| 5th | T.J. Cloutier | United States | $480,480 |
| 6th | David Singer | United States | $411,840 |
| 7th | Dewey Tomko | United States | $343,200 |
| 8th | Doyle Brunson | United States | $274,560 |