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Johnny Chan by Muresan Vasile
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Johnny Chan was born in Canton province of Communist China in 1957. Five years later, his family moved to Hong Kong, where Johnny spent four years because of the unstable situation. At that time, Hong Kong was rocked by riots against the government of British bombings are on the agenda. Chan family decided it was time to move again, this time in Phoenix, Arizona. Here, Johnny learned English along with his parents. None of the family members do not speak English. In 1973, they moved again, this time in Houston, Texas. His parents opened a Chinese restaurant, and Johnny was raised with the idea of taking over the family business. He was only 16 years and was a good student, an excellent chess player and bowling. Sometimes, after the restaurant was closed the evening, several customers and restaurant staff were playing poker. So Johnny has learned the secrets of the game. After a short period of time, people worried about playing with him because he was a very good player and always win. At 16, he went on a trip to Las Vegas. There he quickly lost the $ 2,500 that came to play blackjack. He decided to walk through the city but saw the Golden Nugget casino. He went inside and noticed how few customers were playing poker. He realized that he can easily beat them all. He used a credit card limit was put at $ 200, he pawned gold chain worth $ 120 and began to play. He quickly turned the 320 dollars of $ 30,000. He returned home and helped his parents still attending lectures University of Houston. When he was 21 years, but dropped the idea of getting a degree in hospitality and moved to Las Vegas to be dedicated career professional player. At that time, poker players with Asian origins were a freak. People think that Asians did not know to play poker, but speculated that Chan and won money from their naivete. Asian players were more difficult to guess than the Americans. Johnny hit the late '80s. He won the WSOP two years in a row (1987 and 1988) and was about to win in 1989, won by Phil Hellmuth. Chan is recognized because he has an orange at the table beside him, to bring good luck. He says that at first they used orange because of strong odors, cigarette smoke because it does not support. In 2005 he won the 10th to WSOP bracelet and is tied with Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth in behind him, which has 11 bracelets. Johnny Chan appears frequently in television shows and is currently Poker Superstars, where he won the second edition, and Poker After Dark, where he won 3 times. He is married, has six children and owns a chain of fast food in Las Vegas. His dream is to set up his own casino. Chan has published several guides about the game of poker, such as "Play poker like Johnny Chan'Johnny Chan' 'or' Million Dollar Hold'em: Winning Big in Limit Cash Games." Johnny Chan called 'The Orient Express' is one of the greatest professional poker players in the world.
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