Johnny Chan

　　Johnny Chan出生于中国广东，1968年移居到美国。他的家族在德州的休斯敦拥有数家餐馆。Johnny曾就读于休斯敦大学，但是在他21岁时就辍学来到了拉斯韦加斯，并成为一位职业的竞技扑克选手。

在连续取得1987和1988两年的世界扑克系列赛（World Series of Poker）的冠军后，Johnny当即成为扑克领域的一个神话。1988年度WSOP最后夺冠的一幅牌简直就像是电影中的演绎。Johnny在对阵Erik Seidel时，3张公共牌一出就拿到了顺子，但是他没有着急进攻，引诱Seidel在河牌时全押（all-in），自然Johnny轻易让对手出局，拿到了冠军的头衔。

　　目前Johnny与Doyle Brunson共同保持着WSOP手镯的纪录。Johnny仍然生活在拉斯韦加斯，如果你参加世界上最高注码的现金D博，你会经常碰到Johnny这个强硬的对手。

姓名: Johnny Chan
居住地: Las Vegas, NV, United States
得奖次数: 43
总奖金额: ,088,143
冠军次数: 11
WSOP手镯: 10
最高职业比赛积分排名: 1096

Johnny Chan 第一位赢得过两次世界扑克大赛WSOP的华人
Johnny Chan(外号东方快车)是第一位被介绍到世界扑克名人堂的亚裔(2002年),他曾赢
得九条冠军金项链.这样的荣耀只有两位选手(Doyle Brunson 和 Phil Helmuth Jr)获得过.不仅仅如此,他最辉煌的一页是他在1987,1988 连续两年赢得世界扑克大赛冠军,1989年与
冠军擦身而过,获得亚军.
Johnny Chan 原籍中国广东,1962年随家庭移居香港,1968年移居美国Phoenix,Arizona.
后又迁往Houston,Texas.1973年在他21岁时,他从Houston 大学缀学,在Las Vegas
开始他职业X徒身涯.
有关他的趣闻轶事:
1.他比赛时总在桌前摆一只橙.别人说是运气.他却说是为了闻橙的香味代替烟味.
2.2003年,他赢得第34届WSOP $5000 No Limit冠军,几天之后,他又赢得$5000 
Pot Limit 冠军,共赢得$382,000.00美元奖金.
3. 他也是一位不错的商人,在Las Vegas Stratosphere 酒店,他拥有一家快餐店.也为娱乐场和XXX游戏做咨询工作
　

有关他的英文介绍，熟悉英文的朋友，不妨看一看：
Johnny Chan,美国的香港DU王

Early life
Chan was born in Canton, China but moved with his family in 1962 to Hong Kong, then in 1968 to Phoenix, Arizona and later in 1973 to Houston, Texas where his family owned restaurants. He was going to continue in the family business, but when he was 16 he went on a junket to Las Vegas, Nevada. When he was 21, Chan dropped out of the University of Houston, where he was majoring in hotel and restaurant management, and moved to Las Vegas to become a professional gambler.

World Series of Poker
Chan attributes some of his early success to the fact that many players had not previously played against Asian players before. He shot to fame in the late 1980s, winning the championship event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in two consecutive years (1987 and 1988). A videotape of the 1988 WSOP final heads up match is featured in the movie Rounders, in which Johnny Chan makes a cameo appearance. He almost won a third consecutive title, but finished in 2nd place in 1989 to Phil Hellmuth. Jerry Buss, an avid poker player and owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, promised Chan an NBA championship ring if he could win three in a row.
Chan is known for keeping a "lucky" orange in front of him on the table, and after the second consecutive WSOP title other players began bringing fruit to the table in hopes of increasing their luck. Chan says he only had an orange with him because of the pleasant scent, as smoking, which was allowed in many tournaments then, bothers him. Chan was once a smoker, but now he neither smokes nor drinks alcohol.
In 2005, Chan won his tenth World Series of Poker title, defeating Phil Laak in a Texas hold ';em event. He is now tied with Doyle Brunson for the record of 10 World Series of Poker bracelets. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2002.

Poker Superstars
Chan competed in the $400,000 Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament in February 2005. He came back from only having $20,000 chips out of $3,200,000 in play to finish in second place to Gus Hansen. Chan later competed in Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament II around summer 2005. He defeated 22 of the best players to make it to the finals. Then he defeated Todd Brunson in the finals after three matches to win the $400,000 first prize.
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Personal life
In addition to playing poker, Chan owns a fast-food franchise in the Las Vegas Stratosphere Hotel and is a consultant for various casinos and game makers. He has aspirations of opening his own casino. Chan has also written for Card Player magazine. He is currently appearing in the GSN series High Stakes Poker.
Chan has six children. He relaxes by swimming, playing pool and tenpin bowling.
In 2005, Johnny collaborated with Mark Karowe to release Play Poker Poker Johnny Chan, an instructional book on several different types of poker. In February 2006 they will release the follow-up titled: Million Dollar Hold';em: Winning Big in Limit Cash Games, which focuses on limit hold';em strategy.