Johnson "John" Chan was born in Canton China in 1957, he is a Chinese professional poker player, with 10 bracelets from the World Series of Poker!

John came to the United States in 1968 to Phoenix, Arizona, and later to Houston in Texas in the state where his family opened a restaurant chain. His poker career has taken a big leap in 1987 to win the WSOP main event and repeat the feat again in 1988 winning the main event in 1989 almost won again in the final having lost the final to Phil Hellmuth. He won a total 10 career major events of World Series of Poker, its profits in poker already surpass the 5 million dollars.