Regarding Chino, he didn't show up to the April 22 Borgata $15k buyin, $5m guaranteed tournament, which he had a free entry due to winning last year.
Oddly, Chino seemed to not realize that it was a freeroll when first asked about it:
April 22:
... but when explained to Chino that he indeed had a freeroll, he replied the same day that he was doing Choice Center.Robert Mizrachi @PokerRob24
@ChinoRheem I think you have a free roll since u won last year. I would find out
David Rheem @ChinoRheem
“@PokerRob24: @ChinoRheem I think you have a free roll since u won last year. I would find out”
What freeroll?
I have a feeling that Chino just forgot he had a freeroll, and thought he couldn't afford to play. Then he used the Choice Center thing as an excuse, though he was probably really doing it.David Rheem @ChinoRheem
@DanFleyshman @PokerRob24 I'm doing choice instead.. It is what it is..
He later said in Cardplayer:
I certainly didn’t forget about it. I had my own things going on in my life that I decided to skip that tournament for. That’s basically it. Obviously, if I am going to skip a freeroll in the WPT Championship people need to know that I am working on myself and trying to make my life better. If anyone can’t understand it, they can go f—k themselves…If people must know, I skipped it to do the Choice Center.