Johnny Chan
Profile
Place of Birth – Hong Kong , China
Residence – Las Vegas, Nevada
Nickname – “The Orient Express”
Playing Style – extremely aggressive
Favorite Starting hand in Holdem – Jack and Nine of Clubs
Tournaments Won
- 2003 W.S.O.P. Pot Limit Omaha $5,000 buy-in
- 2003 W.S.O.P. No Limit Holdem $5,000 buy-in
- 2002 W.S.O.P. Heads up Match Play $2,500 buy-in
- 2000 W.S.O.P. Omaha Pot Lmit $1,500 buy-in
- 1997 W.S.O.P Deuce to Seven Draw $5,000 buy-in
- 1997 W.S.O.P. Pot Limit Holdem
- 1994 W.S.O.P. Seven Card Stud
- 1989 W.S.O.P. No Limit Holdem Championship, 2nd place
- 1987 AND 1988 WORLD SERIES OF POKER CHAMPION
Other Accomplishments
Johnny Chan is a legend in the poker world for winning nine W.S.O.P. gold bracelets (tied with Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth). What is most impressive is that two of the bracelets were from back to back W.S.O.P. Championships in 1987 and 1988. Furthermore, he almost won in 1989, but finished second to a then young Phil Hellmuth.
His second W.S.O.P. championship victory versus Eric Seidel was repeatedly played in the movie Rounders. Johnny also had a role in that movie fictitiously showing him losing a hand to Matt Damon. In the end, the movie immortalized Johnny Chan to the general public as the most dangerous and feared poker player in the world, which the poker world already knew.
Johnny Chan, along with Doyle Brunson, are the only living card players to have twice won the World Series of Poker. Johnny Chan was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2002.
Famous Quotes
- “Not too many players try to bluff me. If there’s any bluffing or stealing, I’m going to be the one doing it.”