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Johnny Chan (Chinese: 陳金海; [Note 1] (born 1957) is an American professional poker player. He has won 10 World Series of Poker bracelets , including the 1987 and 1988 World Series of Poker main events consecutively.
Moss, Ungar, Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan are the only people who have won the Main Event two years in a row. Johnny Chan's second victory in 1988 was featured on the 1998 film Rounders. [4] Peter Eastgate was the youngest person to win the Main Event when he won it in 2008, at 22 years of age. [5]
There were 167 entrants to the main event on 16 May 1988. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. The 1988 Main Event was the second consecutive World Championship for Johnny Chan. [3] The final hand that featured Chan against Erik Seidel would be featured in the 1998 movie Rounders. [4] [5]
The 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.The 1989 Main Event was won by 24-year-old Phil Hellmuth, defeating defending champion Johnny Chan, and also breaking the record for being the youngest player to win the WSOP Main Event (a record previously set by Stu Ungar in 1980).
Johnny Chan, with a win in Event #25 at the 2005 WSOP, became the first person to win 10 lifetime WSOP bracelets, just a few days before Doyle Brunson won his 10th bracelet in Event #31 of that same WSOP. [8] [9] Phil Hellmuth, with a win in Event #15 at the 2007 WSOP, became the first person to win 11 WSOP bracelets. As of the end of the 2010 ...
Johnny Chan, with a win in Event No. 25 at the 2005 World Series of Poker, became the first person to win 10 lifetime WSOP bracelets, just a few days before Doyle Brunson won his 10th bracelet in Event No. 31 of that same WSOP. The first person to win two bracelets in the same WSOP was Johnny Moss at the 1971 WSOP.
Johnny Somali, an American YouTuber known for his inflammatory stunts, became the center of a South Korean investigation that could keep him trapped in the country for a while. The streamer, whose ...
There were 152 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. The 1987 Main Event was Johnny Chan's first of back-to-back World Championships. [13] [14] Dan Harrington finished in sixth place. He would later go on to win the 1995 WSOP Main Event.