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Poker Pros - Bio - Johnny Chan
Johnny Chan may be poker's
most well known name. He is a legend in the poker world for
winning ten World Series of Poker gold bracelets, tied for the
most along with
Doyle Brunson. But more impressively is that two bracelets
were from back to back Championship events in 1987 and 1988.
Amazingly he almost won in 1989 too, but finished second to Phil
Hellmuth. He is not only known by poker players, but also by
movie goers for playing himself as in
Rounders. The movie contained footage of Chan's victory
against Erik Seidel in the 1988
World Series. Chan, nicknamed "The Orient Express", flopped a
straight and got Erik to move all in with a pair of queens.
Chan moved with his family from Hong Kong to Phoenix in 1968.
They later moved to Houston where his family owned some
restaurants. He was expected to continue in the family business,
but poker took him on a life detour. He started playing in the
early 80’s and hasn't looked back since. When he started playing
poker, he also was an avid bowler. He used to hide some of his
poker escapades by saying he was at the bowling alley.
The nine gold bracelets from the World Series of Poker are from
the two Championship events in 1987 and 1988, Limit Holdem in
1985, Seven-Card Stud in 1994, Deuce to Seven Draw in 1997,
Omaha Pot Limit in 2000, No Limit Holdem and Pot Limit Holdem in
2003, and the last bracelet was from a match between previous
bracelet winners. The event was a series of heads up matches and
the final two players were Chan and Phil Hellmuth Jr. This time
Chan was victorious. When I did the research on his wins, I was
impressed with the variety of games he has won. This validates
what many say, that he is one of the best all around poker
players. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2002.
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