Last July the 2008 World Series of Poker had 6844 players entering for a grand final prize of $9.1 million to the champion. The tournament stopped when it reached 9 players. These 9 players known as the “November Nine” will resume tournament play at the final table this November 9th.

November Nine 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table player - David Rheem

David Rheem or as he is known in the poker world, “Chino”,lives in Los Angeles, California and is 28. He’s a poker pro who’s been playing for 10 years and paid cash to enter the main event.

He starts the final table with 10,230,000 in chips.

Interview video of David Rheem
November Nine final table main event 2008 World Series of Poker player

Growing up, Rheem excelled at basketball and, as most kids following that sport, looked up to Michael Jordan. This California native has been playing professional poker for ten years now, topping the profits list with $634,657 over 15 cashes in the last three years. Five of those came from World Series of Poker events, but this will be Rheem’s first WSOP Main Event cash. He nearly won a bracelet in the 2006 No-Limit Hold’em $1,000 re-buy WSOP event finishing second and earning $328,000. Few people know that Chino is scared of heights. His plans with the prize money are to help his family and friends.