helloman

A couple of years, I saw an interesting movie "Rounder" by Matt Damon.
In that movie there was a scene of high stakes poker game between Matt Damon and a real life professional poker player.
That guy turns out to be Johnny Chan.

Chan, along with Doyle Brunson, are the only living card players to have twice won the World Series of Poker, played annually at Binion's Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas. His second victory, in 1988, is legendary: He lost the biggest pot in the history of the tournament, then came back to take the title. He was immortalized in Rounders as he played himself as the best poker player in the world. The movie contains actual footage from the moment when Chan won his second consecutive world championship, trapping the then-young and inexperienced Seidel into moving in with a pair of queens when Chan held the nut straight. Although he has accomplished some things that not many other players have, many observers consider him a former champion that is past his prime - as he has not made any headlines in the poker world over the last 10 years.

http://goldsea.com/Personalities/Chanjohnny/chanjohnny.html

His competition records and earnings:
1985 $1000 Limit Hold'em - $171,000
1987 $10000 Championship Event - $625,000
1988 $10000 Championship Event - $700,000
1994 $1500 7-Card Stud - $135,600
1997 $5000 Deuce to Seven Draw - $164,250
2000 $1500 Pot Limit Omaha - $178,800
2002 $2500 Heads Up Match Play
2003 $5000 No Limit Hold'em - $224,400
2003 $5000 Pot Limit Omaha - $158,100
Those are Chan's bracelets. "nothing since 1988"[url="http://goldsea.com/Personalities/Chanjohnny/chanjohnny.html"][/url]