Johnny Chan

Johnny Chan
Johnny Chan (2008)
Personal information
Year of birth	1957
place of birth	Canton
Nickname	Orient express
place of residence	Cerritos
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.750,000 $
Total prize money	$ 8,714,013
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	10
Cashes	51
Best main event	Victory ( 1987 , 1988 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	6th
Last updated: January 6, 2020

Johnny Chan (* 1957 in Canton , People's Republic of China ) is a professional American poker player .

Chan won the Main Event of the World Series of Poker in 1987 and 1988 and is a ten-time bracelet winner in this tournament series. As part of the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker , he was named one of the 50 best players in poker history in June 2019 .

Personal

Chan came to Houston via Hong Kong and Phoenix in 1973 . At the age of 21, he dropped out of the University of Houston and started working in hotel and restaurant management. In the mid-1980s, Chan moved to Las Vegas to earn a living as a professional poker player.

Poker career

Career

Chan won in 1987 and 1988 , the Main Event of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas . In 1989 he only had to admit defeat to Phil Hellmuth . So far, Chan has won ten bracelets at the WSOP. This made Chan, together with Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth, the record holder until 2007. Hellmuth is now the sole record holder with 15 bracelets. Chan was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2002. Along with Johnny Moss , Doyle Brunson and Stu Ungar, Chan is one of the four players to have won the WSOP Main Event twice in a row. In March 2020, Chan was recognized for Lifetime Achievement at the Global Poker Awards .

Chan's total income from live poker tournaments are more than 8.5 million US dollars . In 1998 he made a cameo in the film Rounders with Matt Damon and Edward Norton .

Bracelets

year	Buy-in (in $)	competition	Attendees	Prize money (in $)
1985	0.1000	Limit Hold'em	342	171,000
1987	10,000	No Limit Hold'em (Main Event)	152	625,000
1988	10,000	No Limit Hold'em (Main Event)	167	700,000
1994	0.1500	Seven Card Stud	226	135,600
1997	0.5000	Deuce to Seven Draw	032	164,250
2000	0.1500	Pot Limit Omaha	156	179,400
2002	0.2500	No Limit Hold'em	028	034,000
2003	0.5000	No Limit Hold'em	127	224,400
2004	0.5000	Pot Limit Omaha	085	158,100
2005	0.2500	Pot Limit Hold'em	425	303.025

Web links

Commons : Johnny Chan  - collection of images

• Official website
• Johnny Chan in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Johnny Chan in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
• Johnny Chan in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WSOP Reveals List of 50 Greatest Players in Poker History , pokernews.com, accessed July 3, 2019.
2. ↑ Ingram, Chidwick & Kerstetter Among 2nd Annual Global Poker Award Winners on pokernews.com on March 7, 2020, accessed on March 12, 2020 (English).
3. ↑ Johnny Chan in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 16, 2017.