Johnny Chan once again proved his quality by outclassing Phil Hellmuth. Poker legends Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth were at the table Thursday, playing in the made-for-television World Series of Poker Grudge Match — a series of three heads-up matches revisiting past final table battles at the Main Event, epic matches that helped shape the poker landscape.

Chan couldn’t help seeing the banner during his rematch with Hellmuth, a gigantic sign that lists the 10-time bracelet winner Chan as the 1987 and ’88 Main Event champ. He could have very easily won a third straight year.

Johnny Chan will be playing Erik Seidel in a match that has been chosen by the fans. This result – announced on Tuesday – surely came as no great surprise to WSOP organisers after they last month set up a poll to gauge the most anticipated main event rematch following their decision to announce two other big replays involving Chan vs Phil Hellmuth from 1989 and Sammy Farha vs Chris Moneymaker from 2003.

Johnny Chan made a successful return to high stakes poker by getting into the action. Johnny Chan returned to “High Stakes Poker” on Saturday night. The episode, which aired on GSN at 8:00pm ET, featured the final action from the first group of Season 7. Next week, a new lineup will be seated.

Johnny Chan has spoken about the new gameplan in poker. Position poker is a game designed to increase action. There are two buttons in the game. You have the regular button which determines the blinds and the deal and then you have the winner’s button, which is given to the player who won the previous pot. The player with the winner’s button is skipped over on each street and is given the last option during the betting rounds. They essentially have position during the entire hand, even over the regular button.

Johnny Chan is widely regarded as one of the legends of the poker game. As poker started to become more mainstream and, almost more socially acceptable, Johnny Chan was at the forefront of everybody’s minds, having shown up in cult poker film, Rounders, starring Matt Damon. Chan played himself in one scene and also had his 1988 victory against Erik Seidel played during the movie.

JP Kelly is about to create history by appearing in back to back tournament finals just like Johnny Chan. JP Kelly, who last year won a WSOP bracelet as well as the WSOPE £1,075 event, is back at the final table of the WSOPE tournament to defend his championship. He is the first player to make back-to-back NL tournament finals at the WSOP since Johnny Chan lost out to Phil Hellmuth in 1989.

Erik Seidel, Johnny Chan partnered on Full Tilt Doubles Poker Championship. The final pair of the second match was none other than Johnny Chan and Erik Seidel, whose heads-up battle in the 1988 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event was featured in the movie “Rounders.”

Johnny Chan is desperate to make history at World Series of Poker Main event. Chan will enter Day 6 of the event Thursday at the Rio among the top chip counts with his 2.559 million chips.

The Main Event is down to 205 players out of a starting field of 7,319 and everyone is assured at least $48,847. But Chan is after more.

"I'd like to write another chapter," Chan said.

Chan famously won back-to-back World Series of Poker Main Event titles in 1987 and 1988. He came close to the unfathomable three-peat in 1989 before Phil Hellmuth beat him heads-up.

The Golden Nugget played host to the inaugural World Team Poker tournament this week, a $50,000 per team buy-in tournament, and after an 18 and half hour marathon session it was team China who came out on top. The win netted Team China $300,000, and runners-up Team Brazil will pocket $100,000.

China came into the tournament as one of the clear cut favorites; with co-captains Johnny Chan and David Chiu headlining the team that also includes Maria Ho, Chiau Giang, Rich Zhu, Winifred Yu, and Derek Cheung.

Johnny Cahn is a professional poker player.