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David Reese was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1951 and even as a young boy he enjoyed playing with cards.  He used to play card with his friends and used to bet with his baseball cards. His friends really did not like to play with him because he always won.  When David was in Elementary School he developed Rheumatic Fever and due to this he missed almost a full year of school.  While he was recovering from his illness his mother took care of him and home schooled him.  His mother played board games with him and even taught him how to play Gin.

David has said in the past that it was his mother who taught him the basics of playing cards and gives her credit for teaching him and giving him the tools to be as successful as he is today.  David was also very athletic  in High School and he played football for his High School.  He was also very competitive on the debate team, and made it to the National Debating Finals.  After graduation he attended Dartmouth University where he was given the title Card Shark.  When he played against fellow classmates and teachers he could never lose.

After David left Dartmouth University the school named the card room after him. “The David E. Reese Room”. In 1974, David decided to attend Stanford University and become a Lawyer.  Well, on his way he stopped by Las Vegas and decided to play some cards with the $400 he had on him.  David turned that $400 into $60,000 and decided to change his career to playing Poker. It took almost a year for David to tell his parents what had happened in Las Vegas and that he was not going to be a lawyer anymore.

David was always playing Poker somewhere and his family encouraged him to enter the televised tournaments.  It was then that he started entering the World Series of Poker and his face became know real fast to those who tuned into the T.V. Series.  He did very well winning in 1978 as well as 1982, getting bracelets each time.  David has been a pro for 29 years and keeps on winning tournaments all over the country.

In 2006 David won the $50,000 Buy in H.O.R.S.E. when he had to play against Andy Bloch in a 12 hour standoff.  There were 143 other players who entered this tournament.  That’s pretty impressive.

 

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