Famous Poker Legends

Johnny Chan is known also as “the Oriental Express”. When he was 9 years old he arrived in the United States from China. His parents opened a restaurant in Houston. At the age of 21, Chan came to Las Vegas where he worked as a cook on Fremont Street. He played poker frequently after work. In time Chan made enough money to become a poker player on full-time basis and to quit the unsatisfactory job he had that time. He participated in the biggest games in Houston and Las Vegas for a decade before in 1987 he managed to win his first world championship. The year after, Chan won the title again. In 1989, Chan was shooting for his third championship, which would have been an extraordinary feat, but he finished on the second place. The winner of that tournament was Phil Hellmuth Jr. From that moment Chan mainly takes part only in the biggest games, even if in the 1998 he made an appearance in the poker movie “Rounders” with Matt Damon.

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