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Johnny ChanJohnny "Orient(al) Express" Chan (born 1957?) is a professional poker player.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 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 he dropped out of the University of Houston, where he was majoring in hotel and restaurant management, and moved to Las Vegas become a professional gambler. 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). He almost won a third consecutive title, but finished in 2nd place in 1989 to Phil Hellmuth. Jerry Buss, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, promised Chan a NBA championship ring if he could win three in a row. Buss is an avid poker player. As of 2004 Chan has won 9 World Series of Poker titles. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2002. 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 addition to poker playing, Chan owns a fast-food franchise in the Las Vegas Stratosphere Hotel and is a consultant for various establishments and game makers. He has aspirations of opening his own facility. Chan is also a writer for Card Player Magazine. A videotape of the 1988 WSOP final heads up match is featured in the movie Rounders, in which Johnny Chan makes a cameo appearance. Chan has six children. External links
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